diff --git a/README b/README
index 58711eea..2d30fd57 100644
--- a/README
+++ b/README
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ If you get errors on a system not mentioned above, you will need
 to do some programming or debugging on your own to get the DHCP
 Distribution working.
 
+If you cross compile you have to follow the instructions from
+the BIND README, in particular you must set the BUILD_CC
+environment variable.
+
 		   INSTALLING THE DHCP DISTRIBUTION
 
 Once you have successfully gotten the DHCP Distribution to build, you
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 661a3c72..08dfc51b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -641,6 +641,8 @@ RANLIB
 EGREP
 GREP
 CPP
+CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE
+CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE
 BINDCONFIG
 am__fastdepCC_FALSE
 am__fastdepCC_TRUE
@@ -4461,6 +4463,17 @@ fi
 
 # We can have some flags to pass to bind configure
 BINDCONFIG=
+if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
+	BINDCONFIG="--host=$host"
+fi
+
+ if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
+  CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE=
+  CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE='#'
+else
+  CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE='#'
+  CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE=
+fi
 
 
 # POSIX doesn't include the IPv6 Advanced Socket API and glibc hides
@@ -7174,6 +7187,10 @@ if test -z "${am__fastdepCC_TRUE}" && test -z "${am__fastdepCC_FALSE}"; then
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"am__fastdepCC\" was never defined.
 Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
 fi
+if test -z "${CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE}" && test -z "${CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE}"; then
+  as_fn_error $? "conditional \"CROSS_COMPILING\" was never defined.
+Usually this means the macro was only invoked conditionally." "$LINENO" 5
+fi
 
 if test -z "${BIND_ATF_TRUE}" && test -z "${BIND_ATF_FALSE}"; then
   as_fn_error $? "conditional \"BIND_ATF\" was never defined.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 39c0a28a..b6bf9c87 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -34,7 +34,11 @@ fi
 
 # We can have some flags to pass to bind configure
 BINDCONFIG=
+if test "$cross_compiling" = "yes"; then
+	BINDCONFIG="--host=$host"
+fi
 AC_SUBST(BINDCONFIG)
+AM_CONDITIONAL(CROSS_COMPILING, test "$cross_compiling" = "yes")
 
 # POSIX doesn't include the IPv6 Advanced Socket API and glibc hides
 # parts of the IPv6 Advanced Socket API as a result.  This is stupid
diff --git a/util/Makefile.bind.in b/util/Makefile.bind.in
index bd784c60..109a7987 100644
--- a/util/Makefile.bind.in
+++ b/util/Makefile.bind.in
@@ -78,7 +78,10 @@ atf:
 		 cp -rp atf ${binddir}) ;			      \
 	fi
 
-bind2:
+@CROSS_COMPILING_FALSE@bind2: bind2-noguest
+@CROSS_COMPILING_TRUE@bind2: bind2-hostgen
+
+bind2-noguest:
 # Build and install the export libraries
 # No need to do anything if we already have something installed.
 	@if test -d ${binddir}/lib ; then                                    \
@@ -94,6 +97,25 @@ bind2:
 		  MAKE=${GMAKE} ${GMAKE} install > ${binddir}/install.log) ; \
 	fi
 
+bind2-hostgen:
+# Build and install the export libraries
+# No need to do anything if we already have something installed.
+	@if test -d ${binddir}/lib ; then                                    \
+		echo Bind export libraries already installed ;               \
+	else                                                                 \
+		echo Building BIND Export libraries - this takes some time. ;\
+		(cd ${bindsrcdir}/lib/export/dns ; \
+		 echo building gen using ${BUILD_CC} in `pwd` ; \
+		 MAKE=${GMAKE} ${GMAKE} CC=${BUILD_CC} CFLAGS=${BUILD_CFLAGS} CPPFLAGS=${BUILD_CPPFLAGS} LDFLAGS=${BUILD_LDFLAGS} LIBS=${BUILD_LIBS} gen >> ${binddir}/build.log) ; \
+		(cd ${bindsrcdir}/lib/export ;                               \
+		  echo building in `pwd` ;                                   \
+		  MAKE=${GMAKE} ${GMAKE} >> ${binddir}/build.log) ;          \
+                                                                             \
+		echo Installing BIND Export libraries to ${binddir}. ;       \
+		(cd ${bindsrcdir}/lib/export ;                               \
+		  MAKE=${GMAKE} ${GMAKE} install > ${binddir}/install.log) ; \
+	fi
+
 clean:
 	@echo Cleaning BIND export library.
 	rm -rf ${bindsrcdir} ${cleandirs} ${cleanfiles}