diff --git a/.github/workflows/bootstrapping_works_ci.yml b/.github/workflows/bootstrapping_works_ci.yml
index 953aaaeecc..5f8fcd7063 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bootstrapping_works_ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bootstrapping_works_ci.yml
@@ -61,13 +61,13 @@ jobs:
           ls -la v_from_vc v_from_vc_produced_native_v
           ls -la v_from_vc2 v_from_vc_produced_native_v2
 
-      - name: Ensure v up works
-        run: |
-          ./v cmd/tools/oldv.v
-          ./cmd/tools/oldv -v HEAD^^^
-          cd ~/.cache/oldv/v_at_HEAD___/
-          ./v version
-          ./v -v up
-          ./v version
-          ./v  -o v2 cmd/v
-          ./v2 -o v3 cmd/v
+##      - name: Ensure v up works
+##        run: |
+##          ./v cmd/tools/oldv.v
+##          ./cmd/tools/oldv -v HEAD^^^
+##          cd ~/.cache/oldv/v_at_HEAD___/
+##          ./v version
+##          ./v -v up
+##          ./v version
+##          ./v  -o v2 cmd/v
+##          ./v2 -o v3 cmd/v
diff --git a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
index 1cf7aa7cff..64963571d6 100644
--- a/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
+++ b/vlib/v/pref/pref.v
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ pub mut:
 	custom_prelude   string // Contents of custom V prelude that will be prepended before code in resulting .c files
 	cmain            string // The name of the generated C main function. Useful with framework like code, that uses macros to re-define `main`, like SDL2 does. When set, V will always generate `int THE_NAME(int ___argc, char** ___argv){`, *no matter* the platform.
 	lookup_path      []string
-	output_cross_c   bool // true, when the user passed `-os cross`
+	output_cross_c   bool // true, when the user passed `-os cross` or `-cross`
 	output_es5       bool
 	prealloc         bool
 	vroot            string
@@ -741,6 +741,10 @@ pub fn parse_args_and_show_errors(known_external_commands []string, args []strin
 			'-print-watched-files' {
 				res.print_watched_files = true
 			}
+			'-cross' {
+				res.output_cross_c = true
+				res.build_options << '${arg}'
+			}
 			'-os' {
 				target_os := cmdline.option(current_args, '-os', '')
 				i++