diff --git a/sys-fs/lxcfs/lxcfs-4.0.3.ebuild b/sys-fs/lxcfs/lxcfs-4.0.3.ebuild
index 2c44e836a2c6b..8d4d3457c618a 100644
--- a/sys-fs/lxcfs/lxcfs-4.0.3.ebuild
+++ b/sys-fs/lxcfs/lxcfs-4.0.3.ebuild
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 src_configure() {
 	# Without the localstatedir the filesystem isn't mounted correctly
-	econf --localstatedir=/var
+	# Without with-distro ./configure will fail when cross-compiling
+	econf --localstatedir=/var --with-distro=gentoo
 }
 
 src_test() {