--- a/filters/sheets/excel/export/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/filters/sheets/excel/export/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sheets # for PointStorage
 )
 
+# allow a native recordsxml2cpp when cross compiling
+if(NOT RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE)
+    set(RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE recordsxml2cpp)
+endif()
+
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT records.cpp
-    COMMAND recordsxml2cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml recordsxml2cpp
+    COMMAND ${RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml ${RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     VERBATIM)
 
--- a/filters/sheets/excel/import/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/filters/sheets/excel/import/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,15 @@ include_directories(
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sheets # for PointStorage
 )
 
+# allow a native recordsxml2cpp when cross compiling
+if(NOT RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE)
+    set(RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE recordsxml2cpp)
+endif()
+
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT records.cpp
-    COMMAND recordsxml2cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml recordsxml2cpp
+    COMMAND ${RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../sidewinder/records.xml ${RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     VERBATIM)
 
--- a/filters/sheets/excel/sidewinder/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/filters/sheets/excel/sidewinder/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,10 +11,15 @@ include_directories(
 add_executable(recordsxml2cpp recordsxml2cpp.cpp)
 target_link_libraries(recordsxml2cpp Qt6::Core Qt6::Xml)
 
+# allow a native recordsxml2cpp when cross compiling
+if(NOT RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE)
+    set(RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE recordsxml2cpp)
+endif()
+
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT records.cpp
-    COMMAND recordsxml2cpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/records.xml
-    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/records.xml recordsxml2cpp
+    COMMAND ${RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/records.xml
+    DEPENDS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/records.xml ${RECORDSXML2CPP_EXECUTABLE}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}
     VERBATIM)
 
--- a/libs/odf/writeodf/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libs/odf/writeodf/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 set(RNGFILE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/devtools/scripts/OpenDocument-v1.2-cs01-schema-calligra.rng)
 set(RNGHEADERDIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/libs/odf/writeodf)
 
+# allow a native rng2cpp when cross compiling
+if(NOT RNG2CPP_EXECUTABLE)
+    set(RNG2CPP_EXECUTABLE rng2cpp)
+endif()
+
 add_custom_command(
     OUTPUT ${RNGHEADERDIR}/writeodf.h
-    COMMAND rng2cpp
+    COMMAND ${RNG2CPP_EXECUTABLE}
     ARGS ${RNGFILE} ${RNGHEADERDIR}
-    DEPENDS rng2cpp ${RNGFILE}
+    DEPENDS ${RNG2CPP_EXECUTABLE} ${RNGFILE}
     WORKING_DIRECTORY ${RNGHEADERDIR}
 )
 add_custom_target(writeodf.h-target DEPENDS writeodf.h)