diff --git a/x11/awesome/awesome.conf b/x11/awesome/awesome.conf
index 699dcd22e..0d3f5c469 100644
--- a/x11/awesome/awesome.conf
+++ b/x11/awesome/awesome.conf
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
 # GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
 # --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
+if atstage cross; then
+	var_append configcache ' ' 'ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes'
+	var_append configcache ' ' 'ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes'
+fi
+
 if ! pkginstalled imlib2 && pkginstalled gtk+; then
 	var_append extraconfopt ' ' '--with-gtk'
 fi
diff --git a/x11/awesome/awesome.desc b/x11/awesome/awesome.desc
index a9da295a9..baba5a4e0 100644
--- a/x11/awesome/awesome.desc
+++ b/x11/awesome/awesome.desc
@@ -29,6 +29,6 @@
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
 [V] 2.3.4
-[P] X -----5---9 800.000
+[P] X -?---5---9 800.000
 
 [D] 2021089224 awesome-2.3.4.tar.bz2 http://awesome.naquadah.org/download/