diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/template b/srcpkgs/vte/template
index 54161b32b0c..1fa7f989e8c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/template
@@ -1,19 +1,31 @@
 # Template build file for 'vte'.
 pkgname=vte
 version=0.28.2
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-gtk=2.0"
-makedepends="pkg-config intltool gtk+-devel ncurses-devel pygtk-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection libtool pkg-config intltool python-devel glib-devel pygtk-devel"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel ncurses-devel pygtk-devel"
 short_desc="Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/0.28/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8d04e202b617373dfb47689e5e628febe2c58840b34cccc4af4feb88c48df903
-long_desc="
- Terminal widget with improved font, internationalization and
- accessibility support for the GNOME 2 desktop."
+
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
+}
+
+do_configure() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# XXX share python-config wrapper for all pkgs.
+		# create a python-config wrapper to fake --includes
+		install -m755 ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/py2cairo/files/python-config ${wrksrc}
+		export PATH=${wrksrc}:$PATH
+	fi
+	env PYTHON=python ./configure ${configure_args}
+}
 
 vte-python_package() {
 	depends="pygtk"
@@ -25,11 +37,12 @@ vte-python_package() {
 }
 
 vte-devel_package() {
-	depends="libglib-devel pango-devel cairo-devel gtk+-devel vte-${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="libglib-devel pango-devel cairo-devel gtk+-devel vte>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" -- development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
 	}
 }