diff --git a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
index cf89274f49d..097a2427d55 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/simple-scan/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://launchpad.net/simple-scan"
 distfiles="https://launchpad.net/$pkgname/${version%.*}/$version/+download/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=9c0925f702ca1609d61b9a8a508ab4e277349cd1716df69d4730d835cd9067c4
+nocross=yes
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's/--strict//' configure