diff --git a/autoconf.spec b/autoconf.spec
index 0a521ac..8b58150 100644
--- a/autoconf.spec
+++ b/autoconf.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary:    A GNU tool for automatically configuring source code
 Name:       autoconf
 Version:    2.69
-Release:    13%{?dist}
+Release:    14%{?dist}
 License:    GPLv2+ and GFDL
 Group:      Development/Tools
 Source0:    http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/autoconf/autoconf-%{version}.tar.xz
@@ -95,6 +95,9 @@ fi
 %doc AUTHORS COPYING* ChangeLog NEWS README THANKS TODO
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Dec 17 2013 Pavel Raiskup <praiskup@redhat.com> - 2.69-14
+- fix config.site to not affect cross compilation (Stefan Sørensen, #1042775)
+
 * Sat Aug 03 2013 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 2.69-13
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_20_Mass_Rebuild
 
diff --git a/config.site b/config.site
index 0c5209f..f5d8d70 100644
--- a/config.site
+++ b/config.site
@@ -7,6 +7,11 @@
 # Note: This file includes also RHEL/Fedora fix for installing libraries into
 # "/lib/lib64" on 64bit systems.
 
+if test -n "$host"; then
+    # skip when cross-compiling
+    return 0
+fi
+
 if test "$prefix" = /usr; then
     test "$sysconfdir" = '${prefix}/etc' && sysconfdir=/etc
     test "$sharedstatedir" = '${prefix}/com' && sharedstatedir=/var