--- a/lib/ftk/ftkPy/CMakeLists.txt	2026-10-04 01:03:59.000000000 +0200
+++ b/lib/ftk/ftkPy/CMakeLists.txt	2026-10-19 18:32:16.644733407 +0200
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ endif()
 #
 # nanobind_add_stub() would do this, but it runs stubgen directly with no
 # way to name those directories.
+# the stub generator imports the built module, not possible when cross compiling
+if(NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
 if(EXISTS ${NB_DIR}/src/stubgen.py)
     set(ftk_STUBGEN ${NB_DIR}/src/stubgen.py)
 else()
@@ -91,12 +93,17 @@ add_custom_command(
         ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/etc/Python/check_stub.py
         ${ftk_PYTHON_STUB})
 
+install(
+    FILES
+        ${ftk_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIR}/_feather_tk.pyi
+        ${ftk_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIR}/py.typed
+    DESTINATION ${ftk_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR})
+endif()
+
 install(TARGETS _feather_tk
     LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ftk_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR}
     RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ftk_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR})
 install(
     FILES
         __init__.py
-        ${ftk_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIR}/_feather_tk.pyi
-        ${ftk_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DIR}/py.typed
     DESTINATION ${ftk_PYTHON_INSTALL_DIR})