--- boomerang-0.5.2/cmake-scripts/FindCapstone.cmake
+++ boomerang-0.5.2/cmake-scripts/FindCapstone.cmake
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ find_program(Capstone_CSTOOL
 )
 
 
-if (Capstone_CSTOOL)
+if (Capstone_CSTOOL AND NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
     execute_process(COMMAND ${Capstone_CSTOOL} -v
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE CSTOOL_OUTPUT
     )
@@ -71,7 +71,14 @@ if (Capstone_CSTOOL)
         set(Capstone_VERSION_MINOR "${CMAKE_MATCH_2}")
         set(Capstone_VERSION_PATCH "${CMAKE_MATCH_3}")
     endif ()
-endif (Capstone_CSTOOL)
+else ()
+    # the target cstool can not run when cross compiling
+    find_package(PkgConfig QUIET)
+    if (PKG_CONFIG_FOUND)
+        pkg_check_modules(PC_Capstone QUIET capstone)
+        set(Capstone_VERSION "${PC_Capstone_VERSION}")
+    endif ()
+endif ()
 
 
 if (WIN32)