diff --git a/aports/temp/modemmanager/APKBUILD b/aports/temp/modemmanager/APKBUILD
index cc7c529..db2452b 100644
--- a/aports/temp/modemmanager/APKBUILD
+++ b/aports/temp/modemmanager/APKBUILD
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ makedepends="
 	vala
 	"
 checkdepends="glib-dev py3-gobject3 py3-dbus"
+# fp6-img: crossdirect breaks on this build (native cc cannot spawn cc1 from
+# the foreign chroot); build under plain qemu instead.
+options="!pmb:crossdirect"
 subpackages="
 	$pkgname-lang
 	$pkgname-doc