diff --git a/overlays/cross.nix b/overlays/cross.nix
index f28887d41..eb1d41d81 100644
--- a/overlays/cross.nix
+++ b/overlays/cross.nix
@@ -675,16 +675,16 @@ in with final; {
   #   # '';
   # });
 
-  # 2025/08/26: upstreaming is unblocked
+  # 2025/08/26: upstreaming is unblocked, but not as simple as the glycin-loaders approach!
   snapshot = prev.snapshot.override {
     # fixes "error: linker `cc` not found"
     cargo = crossCargo;
   };
 
-  # 2025/08/26: upstreaming is unblocked
-  spot = prev.spot.override {
-    cargo = crossCargo;
-  };
+  # 2025/08/26: upstreaming is unblocked; patched on desko branch `pr-spot-cross`
+  # spot = prev.spot.override {
+  #   cargo = crossCargo;
+  # };
 
   # 2025/07/27: upstreaming is unblocked
   # squeekboard = prev.squeekboard.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
@@ -781,10 +781,10 @@ in with final; {
   #   });
   # };
 
-  # 2025/08/26: upstreaming is unblocked
-  video-trimmer = prev.video-trimmer.override {
-    cargo = crossCargo;
-  };
+  # 2025/08/26: upstreaming is unblocked; implemented on desko branch `pr-video-trimmer-cross`
+  # video-trimmer = prev.video-trimmer.override {
+  #   cargo = crossCargo;
+  # };
 
   # 2025/01/13: upstreaming is blocked on arrow-cpp, python-pyarrow, python-contourpy, python-matplotlib, python-h5py, python-pandas, google-cloud-cpp
   # visidata = prev.visidata.override {
diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
index 612281d33..8ca23700b 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/nixpkgs-bootstrap/patches.nix
@@ -76,6 +76,20 @@ in
     hash = "sha256-Zj2U5y94oapHGZ/Ez/5pM5MY3wAwt5jj5hht9xDSHx0=";
   })
 
+  (fetchpatch' {
+    # desko nixpkgs branch: `pr-spot-cross`
+    name = "spot: fix cross compilation";
+    saneCommit = "09558b2d4b0e5fb74fc5c40b4c6cb0b7e72f7d00";
+    hash = "sha256-vpTKdxY6ybXup9Xls662tQg1UikvLo4PTxU1A++Ynh4=";
+  })
+
+  (fetchpatch' {
+    # desko nixpkgs branch: `pr-video-trimmer-cross`
+    name = "video-trimmer: fix cross compilation";
+    saneCommit = "6809ffd293ec65ef44deae7b6436afdcc4a36efb";
+    hash = "sha256-ZDDRdGPpxER/i2trBDiovbIZc0Qe94iUp/XdWvIvG98=";
+  })
+
   (fetchpatch' {
     name = "coincurve: fix build";
     # saneCommit = "cd118a2491e613f0d4dd8673a6ac17a0094dd987";