diff --git a/srcpkgs/v4l-utils/template b/srcpkgs/v4l-utils/template
index 702a8f59a3..99ed55fe57 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/v4l-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/v4l-utils/template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ distfiles="http://linuxtv.org/downloads/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=164abf5c1befcd27e8e6ef824a82d4015bdfb5d99ae82daa00e77d895ff9864c
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	*-musl) makedepends+=" argp-standalone"; LDFLAGS="-largp";;
+	*-musl) makedepends+=" argp-standalone"; CFLAGS="-D__off_t=off_t"; LDFLAGS="-largp";;
 esac
 
 pre_configure() {