diff --git a/scripts/build/debug/500-strace.sh b/scripts/build/debug/500-strace.sh
index 69408de1..29618791 100644
--- a/scripts/build/debug/500-strace.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/debug/500-strace.sh
@@ -14,17 +14,29 @@ do_debug_strace_extract() {
 
 do_debug_strace_build() {
     CT_DoStep INFO "Installing strace"
-    mkdir -p "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/build-strace"
-    CT_Pushd "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/build-strace"
+
+    # Strace needs _IOC definitions, and it tries to pick them up from <linux/ioctl.h>.
+    # While cross-compiling on a non-Linux host, we don't have this header. Replacing
+    # <linux/ioctl.h> with <sys/ioctl.h>, as suggested by many internet "solutions",
+    # is wrong: for example, MacOS defines _IOC macros differently, and we need the
+    # definitions for the target!
+    # Hence, create a "window" into target includes.
+    CT_DoExecLog ALL mkdir -p "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/build-strace-headers"
+    for d in linux asm asm-generic; do
+        CT_DoExecLog ALL ln -sf "${CT_HEADERS_DIR}/${d}" "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/build-strace-headers/${d}"
+    done
+
+    CT_mkdir_pushd "${CT_BUILD_DIR}/build-strace"
 
     CT_DoLog EXTRA "Configuring strace"
-    CT_DoExecLog CFG                                        \
-    CC="${CT_TARGET}-gcc"                                   \
-    CPP="${CT_TARGET}-cpp"                                  \
-    LD="${CT_TARGET}-ld"                                    \
-    "${CT_SRC_DIR}/strace-${CT_STRACE_VERSION}/configure"   \
-        --build=${CT_BUILD}                                 \
-        --host=${CT_TARGET}                                 \
+    CT_DoExecLog CFG                                           \
+    CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="-I ${CT_BUILD_DIR}/build-strace-headers" \
+    CC="${CT_TARGET}-gcc"                                      \
+    CPP="${CT_TARGET}-cpp"                                     \
+    LD="${CT_TARGET}-ld"                                       \
+    "${CT_SRC_DIR}/strace-${CT_STRACE_VERSION}/configure"      \
+        --build=${CT_BUILD}                                    \
+        --host=${CT_TARGET}                                    \
         --prefix=/usr
 
     CT_DoLog EXTRA "Building strace"