diff --git a/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0-r2.ebuild b/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0-r2.ebuild
index bdca788372e90..077a4b906693a 100644
--- a/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0-r2.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0-r2.ebuild
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		FONTPATH="${FONTPATH}${FONTPATH:+:}${EPREFIX}${path}"
 	done
 
+	# use target config in cross build, bug #982024
+	use cups && local -x CUPSCONFIG="${ESYSROOT}/usr/bin/cups-config"
+
 	# Do not add --enable-dynamic here, it's not supported fully upstream
 	# https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705895
 	# bug #884707
diff --git a/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0.ebuild b/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0.ebuild
index ce671c1f7e792..dd4cb4518f927 100644
--- a/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0.ebuild
+++ b/app-text/ghostscript-gpl/ghostscript-gpl-10.06.0.ebuild
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# Copyright 1999-2025 Gentoo Authors
+# Copyright 1999-2026 Gentoo Authors
 # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
 
 EAPI=8
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ src_configure() {
 		FONTPATH="${FONTPATH}${FONTPATH:+:}${EPREFIX}${path}"
 	done
 
+	# use target config in cross build, bug #982024
+	use cups && local -x CUPSCONFIG="${ESYSROOT}/usr/bin/cups-config"
+
 	# Do not add --enable-dynamic here, it's not supported fully upstream
 	# https://bugs.ghostscript.com/show_bug.cgi?id=705895
 	# bug #884707