diff --git a/packages/textproc/itstool/package.mk b/packages/textproc/itstool/package.mk
index b569e04ef9..32329210e4 100644
--- a/packages/textproc/itstool/package.mk
+++ b/packages/textproc/itstool/package.mk
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ PKG_SITE="http://itstool.org"
 PKG_URL="http://files.itstool.org/itstool/itstool-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="toolchain libxml2:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="ITS Tool allows you to translate your XML documents with PO files."
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="-cfg-libs:host"
 PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"