diff --git a/srcpkgs/sip/template b/srcpkgs/sip/template
index 85c330be9d..5333acb533 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sip/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sip/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'sip'
 pkgname=sip
-version=4.17
+version=4.18
 revision=1
 wrksrc="sip-${version}"
 hostmakedepends="python-devel python3.4-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/software/sip/intro"
 license="GPL-2, GPL-3, SIP"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/pyqt/sip-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=603026822adf8673fca6e0ea20b02c3c4a2dccb309647656f7269adc8de89060
+checksum=f1dc5c81c07a9ad97edcd4a0af964a41e420024ba7ca165afd2b351efd249cb6
 
 _do_sip_build() {
 	local pyver=${1:-2.7} pysufx=
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ do_install() {
 	vinstall sipconfig.py 644 usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages
 	vinstall sipdistutils.py 644 usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages
 }
+post_install() {
+	# Remove references to hardening -specs.
+	sed -i ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/python*/site-packages/sipconfig.py \
+		-e "s|-specs=/void-packages/common/environment/configure/gccspecs/hardened-cc1||g" \
+		-e "s|-specs=/void-packages/common/environment/configure/gccspecs/hardened-ld||g"
+}
 
 python-sip_package() {
 	lib32disabled=yes
@@ -61,6 +67,7 @@ python-sip_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sip.so
 		vmove usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sipconfig.py
+		vmove usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/sip.pyi
 	}
 }
 python-sip-devel_package() {
@@ -81,6 +88,7 @@ python3.4-sip_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/sip.so
 		vmove usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/sipconfig.py
+		vmove usr/lib/python3.4/site-packages/sip.pyi
 	}
 }
 python3.4-sip-devel_package() {