--- /var/paludis/repositories/gentoo/eclass/subversion.eclass	2008-05-27 11:06:31.000000000 +0100
+++ subversion.eclass	2009-01-13 16:59:29.264528810 +0000
@@ -169,14 +169,17 @@
 
 	case "${protocol}" in
 		http|https)
-			if ! built_with_use --missing true -o dev-util/subversion webdav-neon webdav-serf || \
-			built_with_use --missing false dev-util/subversion nowebdav ; then
-				echo
-				eerror "In order to emerge this package, you need to"
-				eerror "reinstall Subversion with support for WebDAV."
-				eerror "Subversion requires either Neon or Serf to support WebDAV."
-				echo
-				die "${ESVN}: reinstall Subversion with support for WebDAV."
+			# We don't need this check for cross-compilation
+			if [ CHOST = CBUILD ]; then
+				if ! built_with_use --missing true -o dev-util/subversion webdav-neon webdav-serf || \
+				built_with_use --missing false dev-util/subversion nowebdav ; then
+					echo
+					eerror "In order to emerge this package, you need to"
+					eerror "reinstall Subversion with support for WebDAV."
+					eerror "Subversion requires either Neon or Serf to support WebDAV."
+					echo
+					die "${ESVN}: reinstall Subversion with support for WebDAV."
+				fi
 			fi
 			;;
 		svn|svn+ssh)