diff --git a/srcpkgs/kwin/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/kwin/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9653590b34f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/kwin/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/effects/CMakeLists.txt	2022-02-07 13:48:20.000000000 +0100
++++ -	2022-02-10 15:23:10.228131146 +0100
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+     kcoreaddons_add_plugin(${name} INSTALL_NAMESPACE "kwin/effects/configs" SOURCES ${ARGV})
+ endfunction()
+ 
+-if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
++if (CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT FORCE_CROSSCOMPILED_TOOLS)
+     if (NOT KWIN_HOST_TOOLING)
+         message(FATAL_ERROR "Please provide the path to a native build and pass -DKWIN_HOST_TOOLING=path")
+     endif()
diff --git a/srcpkgs/kwin/template b/srcpkgs/kwin/template
index 6bb7084dcb3..682904c9509 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kwin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kwin/template
@@ -1,24 +1,27 @@
 # Template file for 'kwin'
 pkgname=kwin
-version=5.23.5
+version=5.24.1
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
+build_helper=qemu
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF
- -DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson"
+ -DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson
+ -DFORCE_CROSSCOMPILED_TOOLS=ON"
 hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules gettext breeze pkg-config
  qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools kcoreaddons kconfig"
 makedepends="plasma-framework-devel kcmutils-devel knewstuff-devel
  kscreenlocker-devel kinit-devel xcb-util-cursor-devel qt5-multimedia-devel
  kdecoration-devel libxkbcommon-devel libinput-devel libSM-devel
  libICE-devel xcb-util-wm-devel qt5-sensors-devel libcap-devel lcms2-devel
- kwayland-server-devel $(vopt_if pipewire pipewire-devel) krunner-devel"
+ kwayland-server-devel $(vopt_if pipewire pipewire-devel) krunner-devel
+ xorg-server-xwayland"
 depends="breeze hicolor-icon-theme kinit qt5-core>=5.15.2<5.16.0"
 short_desc="KDE Window manager"
 maintainer="John <me@johnnynator.dev>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://invent.kde.org/plasma/kwin"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/plasma/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=f749e7e9b753d1ed1ae9655ea3cdec7d13946c64c820d4c85be2c0f95ac55f01
+checksum=f2d71f786efab031f4e4709e09e460257cc65bc876e5e09b508f293f95dd07ab
 
 build_options="pipewire"
 build_options_default="pipewire"