diff --git a/srcpkgs/spicy/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/spicy/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d27777c1fd5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spicy/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+--- a/scripts/precompile-headers.sh
++++ b/scripts/precompile-headers.sh
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
+     config=$1
+     header=$2;
+ 
+-    for flag in $(${config} --cxxflags); do
++    for flag in $(${CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR} ${config} --cxxflags); do
+         if ! echo "${flag}" | grep -q '^-I'; then
+             continue
+         fi
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+ LIBSPICY=$(search_header "${SPICY_CONFIG}" spicy/rt/libspicy.h)
+ 
+ # Extract version from `hilti-config`. It should be identical to the one from `spicy-config`.
+-VERSION=$(${HILTI_CONFIG} --version | cut -d ' ' -f1)
++VERSION=$(${CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR} ${HILTI_CONFIG} --version | cut -d ' ' -f1)
+ 
+ # The cache is read from the environment variable `SPICY_CACHE`
+ # if set; else a patch under the user's home directory is used.
+@@ -61,14 +61,14 @@
+ # NOTE: The compiler invocations here should be kept in sync
+ # with what we do in `CMakeLists.txt`.
+ cp "${LIBHILTI}" "${CACHE}/precompiled_libhilti_debug.h"
+-$("${HILTI_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags --debug) -x c++-header "${LIBHILTI}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libhilti_debug.h.gch"
++$(${CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR} "${HILTI_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags --debug) -x c++-header "${LIBHILTI}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libhilti_debug.h.gch"
+ 
+ cp "${LIBHILTI}" "${CACHE}/precompiled_libhilti.h"
+ 
+-$("${HILTI_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags) -x c++-header "${LIBHILTI}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libhilti.h.gch"
++$(${CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR} "${HILTI_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags) -x c++-header "${LIBHILTI}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libhilti.h.gch"
+ 
+ cp "${LIBSPICY}" "${CACHE}/precompiled_libspicy_debug.h"
+-$("${SPICY_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags --debug) -x c++-header "${LIBSPICY}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libspicy_debug.h.gch"
++$(${CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR} "${SPICY_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags --debug) -x c++-header "${LIBSPICY}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libspicy_debug.h.gch"
+ 
+ cp "${LIBSPICY}" "${CACHE}/precompiled_libspicy.h"
+-$("${SPICY_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags) -x c++-header "${LIBSPICY}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libspicy.h.gch"
++$(${CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR} "${SPICY_CONFIG}" --cxx --cxxflags) -x c++-header "${LIBSPICY}" -o "${CACHE}/precompiled_libspicy.h.gch"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/spicy/template b/srcpkgs/spicy/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b6c2f3a30b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/spicy/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'spicy'
+pkgname=spicy
+version=1.8.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+build_helper=qemu
+hostmakedepends="flex python3"
+makedepends="libfl-devel zlib-devel"
+short_desc="Generate Robust Parsers for Protocols & File Formats"
+maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
+homepage="https://docs.zeek.org/projects/spicy/en/latest/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/zeek/spicy/releases/download/v${version}/spicy.tar.gz"
+checksum=016d2ba6dc7a35e007bc8519afd7dec4ede15a129ce7b268ebd90865d8da9fa8
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	export CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR="/usr/bin/qemu-${XBPS_TARGET_QEMU_MACHINE}-static"
+else
+	export CROSSCOMPILE_EMULATOR=
+fi
+
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}