diff --git a/sys-libs/llvm-libunwind/llvm-libunwind-16.0.0_pre20221010.ebuild b/sys-libs/llvm-libunwind/llvm-libunwind-16.0.0_pre20221010.ebuild
index 7128dcaa091f0..cb718502b12bc 100644
--- a/sys-libs/llvm-libunwind/llvm-libunwind-16.0.0_pre20221010.ebuild
+++ b/sys-libs/llvm-libunwind/llvm-libunwind-16.0.0_pre20221010.ebuild
@@ -74,13 +74,11 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 		-DLLVM_LIBDIR_SUFFIX=${libdir#lib}
 		-DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=OFF
 		-DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=$(usex debug)
+		-DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_CROSS_UNWINDING=ON
 		-DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_STATIC=$(usex static-libs)
 		-DLIBUNWIND_INCLUDE_TESTS=$(usex test)
 		-DLIBUNWIND_INSTALL_HEADERS=ON
 
-		# temporarily disabled due to upstream regression
-		-DLIBUNWIND_ENABLE_CROSS_UNWINDING=OFF
-
 		# avoid dependency on libgcc_s if compiler-rt is used
 		-DLIBUNWIND_USE_COMPILER_RT=${use_compiler_rt}
 	)