diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/sqlite-devel.template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/sqlite-devel.template
index 089386ec6f2..04e2cb6a1df 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/sqlite-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/sqlite-devel.template
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 #
 depends="tcl-devel readline-devel sqlite>=${version}"
 short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"
+noarch=yes
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
-	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
index e7f63139637..8c5b56e0c8f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sqlite/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'sqlite'.
 pkgname=sqlite
 version=3.7.15.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 wrksrc=sqlite
 create_wrksrc=yes
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel $pkgname-tcl"
 makedepends="readline-devel tcl-devel"
+crossmakedepends="readline-devel tcl-devel"
 short_desc="SQL Database Engine in a C Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.sqlite.org"
@@ -14,15 +15,26 @@ _amalgamationver=3071502
 distfiles="http://www.sqlite.org/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}.tar.gz"
 checksum=782d16b797f6ca879f6f679ba3fb6ceb54bcb0cab65feef332058bf04b36ba8c
 
+if [ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET" ]; then
+	unset makedepends
+fi
+
 do_configure() {
 	export CFLAGS="$XBPS_CFLAGS -DSQLITE_ENABLE_FTS3=1 \
 		-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA=1 \
 		-DSQLITE_ENABLE_UNLOCK_NOTIFY -DSQLITE_SECURE_DELETE"
+
+	if [ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET" ]; then
+		_tcldir="--with-tcl=/usr/$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET/lib"
+	fi
+
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}
-	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS}
+	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --enable-threadsafe \
+		--enable-readline --enable-dynamic-extensions
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}/tea
-	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} --with-system-sqlite
+	./configure ${CONFIGURE_SHARED_ARGS} \
+		--with-system-sqlite ${_tcldir}
 }
 
 do_build() {
@@ -30,12 +42,16 @@ do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}/tea
+	[ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET" ] && sed -i "s|-L/usr/lib||g" Makefile
 	make ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+
 	cd ${wrksrc}/sqlite-autoconf-${_amalgamationver}/tea
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+
+	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a
 }