diff --git a/srcpkgs/zimg/patches/fix-cross-build.patch b/srcpkgs/zimg/patches/fix-cross-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..59a28a2ae70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/zimg/patches/fix-cross-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2016-05-23 13:02:19.860132419 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2016-05-23 13:02:31.867133038 +0200
+@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@
+ 
+ LT_INIT([win32-dll])
+ 
++AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
+ AC_PROG_CXX
+ 
+-AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+-
+-
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([testapp],   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-testapp],   [Compile the test application. (default=no)]))
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([example],   AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-example],   [Compile example programs. (default=no)]))
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE([unit-test], AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-unit-test], [Compile unit tests. May result in slower code. (default=no)]))
+@@ -26,7 +24,7 @@
+ AS_IF([test "x$enable_unit_test" = "xyes"],
+       [
+         CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fno-fast-math -ffp-contract=off" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -fno-fast-math -ffp-contract=off"
+-        AS_CASE([$host_cpu],
++        AS_CASE([$target_cpu],
+                 [i?86],   [CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -mfpmath=sse -msse2" CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -mfpmath=sse -msse2"],
+                 [x86_64], [],
+                 [AC_MSG_WARN([Could not determine how to enable IEEE-754 compliance on host. Tests may fail.])])
+@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@
+ 
+ X86="no"
+ 
+-AS_CASE([$host_cpu],
++AS_CASE([$target_cpu],
+         [i?86],   [BITS="32" X86="yes"],
+         [x86_64], [BITS="64" X86="yes"])
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/zimg/template b/srcpkgs/zimg/template
index 3177b7e37bf..c466940768f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zimg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zimg/template
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'zimg'
 pkgname=zimg
-version=2.0.4
+# 2.1 needs a patch to cross compile.
+# Please remove on update
+# https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg/issues/47
+version=2.1
 revision=1
 wrksrc=zimg-release-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -10,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 license="WTFPL"
 homepage="https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg"
 distfiles="https://github.com/sekrit-twc/zimg/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e3b1f5b9f8ce750f96b9bc9801ff5d6aa931d35300d67711826e397df43c5245
+checksum=09093bbb4d73865362e1e346762a6efdc9acc3d2cab6a2ebf5f00ba5d90b17c3
 
 pre_configure() {
 	./autogen.sh