diff --git a/srcpkgs/sddm/template b/srcpkgs/sddm/template
index e73646eda5e..b6bf48dfd5a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sddm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sddm/template
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ homepage="http://github.com/sddm/sddm"
 distfiles="https://github.com/${pkgname}/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a551551a6ba324e9c384c89bc63e871de65fea3740eadbea2d63df86045f8205
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" sddm qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake qt5-tools"
+fi
+
 system_accounts="sddm"
 sddm_homedir="/var/lib/sddm"
 sddm_groups="video"