diff --git a/dbus-1-glib.changes b/dbus-1-glib.changes
index f884eea..c09483e 100644
--- a/dbus-1-glib.changes
+++ b/dbus-1-glib.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Fri Sep 30 14:47:56 UTC 2011 - uli@suse.com
+
+- cross-build fix: use host's dbus-binding-tool
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sun Sep 18 17:17:12 UTC 2011 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/dbus-1-glib.spec b/dbus-1-glib.spec
index 9ae3fe3..2d39e12 100644
--- a/dbus-1-glib.spec
+++ b/dbus-1-glib.spec
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@ GLib thread abstraction and main loop.
 export CFLAGS="${RPM_OPT_FLAGS} -fstack-protector -fPIC"
 %configure \
     --libexecdir=%{_libexecdir}/%{name}	\
+%if 0%{?_crossbuild}
+    --with-dbus-binding-tool=/usr/bin/dbus-binding-tool \
+%endif
     --disable-static
 %{__make} %{?_smp_mflags}