diff --git a/dev-cpp/clucene/clucene-2.3.3.4-r11.ebuild b/dev-cpp/clucene/clucene-2.3.3.4-r11.ebuild
index a8ab0d6b1534a..6881bb06b5b9f 100644
--- a/dev-cpp/clucene/clucene-2.3.3.4-r11.ebuild
+++ b/dev-cpp/clucene/clucene-2.3.3.4-r11.ebuild
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
 
 MY_PN="${PN}"-core
 MY_P="${MY_PN}"-"${PV}"
-inherit cmake
+inherit cmake toolchain-funcs
 
 DESCRIPTION="High-performance, full-featured text search engine based off of lucene in C++"
 HOMEPAGE="https://clucene.sourceforge.net"
@@ -46,6 +46,14 @@ src_prepare() {
 		-e 's%\(:\| -I\)${prefix}/include/CLucene/ext%%g' \
 		./src/core/libclucene-core.pc.cmake || die
 	rm -rf src/ext || die
+
+	# do compile-only tests while cross-compiling
+	# the EXITCODE for each test can be overrided otherwise
+	if tc-is-cross-compiler; then
+		sed -i \
+			-e '/CHECK_CXX_SOURCE_/s/_RUNS/_COMPILES/' \
+			src/shared/cmake/*.cmake || die
+	fi
 }
 
 src_configure() {