diff --git a/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template b/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template
index b334fa4148..961de17f04 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mkvtoolnix/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'mkvtoolnix'
 pkgname=mkvtoolnix
-version=38.0.0
+version=39.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+build_helper=qmake
 configure_args="--with-docbook-xsl-root=/usr/share/xsl/docbook --enable-qt"
 hostmakedepends="autoconf docbook-xsl libxslt pkg-config ruby"
 makedepends="boost-devel cmark-devel file-devel json-c++
@@ -14,11 +15,10 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/mkvtoolnix/"
 changelog="https://mkvtoolnix.download/doc/NEWS.md"
 distfiles="https://www.bunkus.org/videotools/${pkgname}/sources/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0e1db5b5af6147dec245744a0d403120e53a44f6b81aad0d26c0f5c0e5515d00
+checksum=e9b515dec4007400b0f09fdca5bced0df56ca5d88ceccc996a2d68fb09453a15
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --with-boost=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
-	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-multimedia-devel qt5-tools-devel"
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {