a b s t r a c tLet N 0 be the set of non-negative integers, and let P(n, l) denote the set of all weak compositions of n with l parts, i.e., P (n, l) Suppose that l ≥ t + 2. We prove that there exists a constant n 0 = n 0 (l 1 , l 2 , . . . , l r , t) depending only on l j 's and t, such that for all n j ≥ n 0 , if the families A j ⊆ P(n j , l j ) (j = 1, 2, . . . , r) are r-cross t-intersecting, thenMoreover, equality holds if and only if there is a t-set T of {1, 2, . . . , l} such that A j = {u ∈ P(n j , l j ) : u(i) = 0 for all i ∈ T } for j = 1, 2, . . . , r.