diff --git a/libretroshare/src/use_libretroshare.pri b/libretroshare/src/use_libretroshare.pri
index 855bc0d48..79b83ad8c 100644
--- a/libretroshare/src/use_libretroshare.pri
+++ b/libretroshare/src/use_libretroshare.pri
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ rs_jsonapi {
     RS_SRC_PATH=$$clean_path($${PWD}/../../)
     RS_BUILD_PATH=$$clean_path($${OUT_PWD}/../../)
 
-    no_cross_compiling {
+    no_rs_cross_compiling {
         RESTBED_SRC_PATH=$$clean_path($${RS_SRC_PATH}/supportlibs/restbed)
         RESTBED_BUILD_PATH=$$clean_path($${RS_BUILD_PATH}/supportlibs/restbed)
         INCLUDEPATH *= $$clean_path($${RESTBED_BUILD_PATH}/include/)
diff --git a/retroshare.pri b/retroshare.pri
index ac36972d0..d4c959438 100644
--- a/retroshare.pri
+++ b/retroshare.pri
@@ -322,6 +322,8 @@ equals(QMAKE_HOST_SPEC, $$QMAKE_TARGET_SPEC) {
 } else {
     CONFIG *= rs_cross_compiling
     CONFIG -= no_rs_cross_compiling
+    message(Cross-compiling detected QMAKE_HOST_SPEC: $$QMAKE_HOST_SPEC \
+QMAKE_TARGET_SPEC: $$QMAKE_TARGET_SPEC)
 }
 
 defined(RS_MAJOR_VERSION,var):\