diff --git a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
index 6e3830ad9d..af53af0f2f 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/expat/package.mk
@@ -30,3 +30,5 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="Expat is an XML parser library written in C. It is a stream-orient
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
 PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DBUILD_docs=OFF -DBUILD_tools=OFF -DBUILD_examples=OFF -DBUILD_tests=OFF -DBUILD_shared=ON"
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_HOST="-DBUILD_docs=OFF -DBUILD_tools=OFF -DBUILD_examples=OFF -DBUILD_tests=OFF -DBUILD_shared=ON"
+