diff --git a/srcpkgs/ncmpcpp/template b/srcpkgs/ncmpcpp/template
index 59ddd88d3bb..dfec987c4e4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ncmpcpp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ncmpcpp/template
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args=" --enable-clock --enable-outputs --enable-unicode
  boost_cv_lib_system=yes boost_cv_lib_date_time=yes
  boost_cv_lib_regex=yes
+ --with-boost=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include
  --enable-visualizer --with-curl --with-taglib --with-fftw"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
-makedepends="boost-devel-minimal libboost_filesystem libboost_locale
- libboost_program_options libboost_thread
+makedepends="boost-devel-minimal
  fftw-devel icu-devel libcurl-devel libltdl-devel
  libmpdclient-devel readline-devel taglib-devel"
 short_desc="Ncurses mpd client inspired by ncmpc"