Index: cherokee-0.5.6/configure.in
===================================================================
--- cherokee-0.5.6.orig/configure.in
+++ cherokee-0.5.6/configure.in
@@ -634,6 +634,7 @@ ETR_SOCKET_NSL
 SENDFILE_CHECK
 
 # Is sendfile broken?
+if test "$host" = "$build"; then
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(if sendfile works)
 AC_TRY_RUN([#include <errno.h>
             int main() {
@@ -644,6 +645,7 @@ AC_TRY_RUN([#include <errno.h>
             AC_MSG_RESULT(yes), 
             [ AC_MSG_RESULT(no) 
               AC_DEFINE([HAVE_SENDFILE_BROKEN], [1], [broken sendfile]) ])
+fi
 
 # readdir_r()
 LIBWWW_READDIR_R_TYPE