diff --git a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
index 132a87be02..711707302d 100644
--- a/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/nvim/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -522,8 +522,13 @@ add_custom_command(
     "${NVIM_VERSION_DEF_H}"
   DEPENDS "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake.config/auto/versiondef-$<CONFIG>.h")
 
-set(LUA_GEN ${LUA_GEN_PRG} ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} $<TARGET_FILE:nlua0> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
-set(LUA_GEN_DEPS ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} $<TARGET_FILE:nlua0>)
+if(CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NLUA0_HOST_PRG)
+  set(LUA_GEN ${LUA_GEN_PRG} ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} ${NLUA0_HOST_PRG} ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+  set(LUA_GEN_DEPS ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} ${NLUA0_HOST_PRG})
+else()
+  set(LUA_GEN ${LUA_GEN_PRG} ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} $<TARGET_FILE:nlua0> ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR})
+  set(LUA_GEN_DEPS ${GENERATOR_PRELOAD} $<TARGET_FILE:nlua0>)
+endif()
 
 # Like LUA_GEN but includes also vim.fn, vim.api, vim.uv, etc
 set(NVIM_LUA $<TARGET_FILE:nvim_bin> -u NONE -l ${NVIM_LUA_PRELOAD} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR})
@@ -1024,4 +1029,4 @@ add_target(lintdocurls
   COMMAND ${NVIM_LUA} scripts/lintdoc.lua true
   DEPENDS ${DOCFILES}
   CUSTOM_COMMAND_ARGS USES_TERMINAL)
-add_dependencies(lintdocurls nvim)
+add_dependencies(lintdocurls nvim)
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