diff --git a/srcpkgs/zpaq/template b/srcpkgs/zpaq/template
index f6f29b12f5..93c8166c2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/zpaq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/zpaq/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # template for 'zpaq'
-
 pkgname=zpaq
 version=6.60
-revision=1
+revision=2
 license="GPL-3"
 short_desc="Incremental Journaling Backup Utility and Archiver"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ create_wrksrc=yes
 checksum=58fe7d94421ac115fb04eb58bacc17093ebd1294b05320989bcb1ce3be29cbdc
 
 do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs}
+	$CXX $CFLAGS -Dunix zpaq.cpp libzpaq.cpp -pthread -o zpaq
 	pod2mdoc zpaq.pod > zpaq.1
 }