diff --git a/srcpkgs/mergerfs/patches/system-fuse.patch b/srcpkgs/mergerfs/patches/system-fuse.patch
index 39426f0ac7..6d7a1d1ea9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mergerfs/patches/system-fuse.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/mergerfs/patches/system-fuse.patch
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2017-06-04 20:12:49.459463768 +0200
-+++ Makefile	2017-06-04 20:14:04.535236799 +0200
-@@ -77,9 +77,8 @@ help:
+--- Makefile
++++ Makefile
+@@ -84,9 +84,8 @@ help:
  	@echo "usage: make"
  	@echo "make XATTR_AVAILABLE=0 - to build program without xattrs functionality (auto discovered otherwise)"
  
--$(TARGET): src/version.hpp obj/obj-stamp libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a $(OBJ)
+-$(TARGET): version obj/obj-stamp libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a $(OBJ)
 -	cd libfuse && make
 -	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ libfuse/lib/.libs/libfuse.a -ldl $(LDFLAGS)
-+$(TARGET): src/version.hpp obj/obj-stamp $(OBJ)
++$(TARGET): version obj/obj-stamp $(OBJ)
 +	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(OBJ) -o $@ -lfuse -ldl $(LDFLAGS)
  
  mount.mergerfs: $(TARGET)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template b/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template
index 1796f23acf..454a428e5b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'mergerfs'
-pkgname="mergerfs"
-version=2.23.1
+pkgname=mergerfs
+version=2.24.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-makedepends="fuse-devel attr-devel"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pandoc pkg-config"
+makedepends="attr-devel fuse-devel"
 short_desc="FUSE union filesystem"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f38c3909c7145d291fa4cb85241f488efc01000ec9657a3cf72ee6ab4400c733
-
-case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-	*-musl)	# Does not have pandoc
-		;;
-	*)	hostmakedepends+=" pandoc"
-		;;
-esac
+checksum=bd0c9e5962361aae1040f341ebe05fe4ceef7c503e17e03d73b572643bfdfbfd
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS[[:blank:]]*=|override CFLAGS +=|g' Makefile
 	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS[[:blank:]]*=|override LDFLAGS +=|g' Makefile
+
+	echo "#pragma once" > src/version.hpp
+	echo "static const char MERGERFS_VERSION[] = \"${version}\";" >> src/version.hpp
 }
 
 post_install() {