diff --git a/srcpkgs/PAmix/patches/4807a44c793a61bb3eb7aa110c08db51938d4502.patch b/srcpkgs/PAmix/patches/4807a44c793a61bb3eb7aa110c08db51938d4502.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0e8a2bf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/PAmix/patches/4807a44c793a61bb3eb7aa110c08db51938d4502.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From 4807a44c793a61bb3eb7aa110c08db51938d4502 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joshua Jensch <jenschjoshua@gmail.com>
+Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2018 16:54:18 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] remove redundant ncursesw include
+
+fixes #37
+---
+ src/pamix_ui.cpp | 8 --------
+ 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/pamix_ui.cpp b/src/pamix_ui.cpp
+index ed2d65e..16a2e34 100644
+--- src/pamix_ui.cpp
++++ src/pamix_ui.cpp
+@@ -1,13 +1,5 @@
+ #include <pamix_ui.hpp>
+
+-#ifdef FEAT_UNICODE
+-
+-#include <ncursesw/ncurses.h>
+-
+-#else
+-#include <ncurses.h>
+-#endif
+-
+ #include <pamix.hpp>
+
+ void pamix_ui::reset() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/PAmix/template b/srcpkgs/PAmix/template
index 2d50ed555c..dc087f8c7f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/PAmix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/PAmix/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'PAmix'
 pkgname=PAmix
-version=1.5
+version=1.6
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args='-DWITH_UNICODE=1 -DNCURSESW_H_INCLUDE=ncurses.h'
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config automake autoconf-archive"
 makedepends="pulseaudio-devel ncurses-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/pamix.conf"
@@ -11,16 +12,12 @@ maintainer="Toyam Cox <Vaelatern@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/patroclos/PAmix"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f0085f00a9b0285465ad89c14d2aaa14090c1658ec4c34c49a2a42f5abb50fc3
+checksum=b63522889d70920d64229c66e2ab6929950476538443af297f6b242f7e9dc406
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	*-musl) broken="Parts of ncurses, not available on musl";;
 esac
 
-pre_configure() {
-	autoreconf -fi
-}
-
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
@@ -28,3 +25,4 @@ post_install() {
 # REMARKS:
 # Named PAmix instead of pamix to match upstream and prevent misassociation
 # with Pluggable Authentication Modules
+# configure_args as suggested by https://github.com/patroclos/PAmix/issues/37