diff --git a/srcpkgs/gphoto2/template b/srcpkgs/gphoto2/template
index b3e64ec6997..164579bf43f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gphoto2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gphoto2/template
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ pkgname=gphoto2
 version=2.5.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --disable-rpath udevscriptdir=/usr/lib/udev"
+configure_args="--disable-static --disable-rpath udevscriptdir=/usr/lib/udev
+ POPT_CFLAGS=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include POPT_LIBS=-lpopt"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config gettext-devel"
 makedepends="libgphoto2-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel readline-devel popt-devel"
 short_desc="Digital camera CLI iinterface to libgphoto2>=2.5.7"