diff --git a/srcpkgs/fossil/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/fossil/patches/cross.patch
index 79ce61fcdc..2e5cc092a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fossil/patches/cross.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/fossil/patches/cross.patch
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ index 9818cbd..1c248b8 100644
  
 -XBCC = $(BCC) $(BCCFLAGS)
 +XBCC = $(BCC) -Os
- XTCC = $(TCC) -I. -I$(SRCDIR) -I$(OBJDIR) $(TCCFLAGS)
+ XTCC = $(TCC) $(CFLAGS_INCLUDE) -I$(OBJDIR) $(TCCFLAGS)
  
  TESTFLAGS := -quiet
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fossil/template b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
index 63323b9f1f..7e266eb29f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fossil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'fossil'
 pkgname=fossil
-version=2.17
+version=2.18
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--disable-internal-sqlite --prefix=/usr"
+configure_args="--disable-internal-sqlite --prefix=/usr --with-sqlite=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include"
 hostmakedepends="tcl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel openssl-devel readline-devel sqlite-devel"
 short_desc="Simple, high-reliability, distributed software configuration management"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ license="BSD-2-Clause"
 homepage="https://www.fossil-scm.org"
 changelog="https://www.fossil-scm.org/home/doc/trunk/www/changes.wiki"
 distfiles="https://fossil-scm.org/home/tarball/version-${version}/fossil-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=21d6ee5187775113f74e55ab5ebcb1764f7226a8e59be1b2c7896cbe9dce6914
+checksum=e89cb9c726348bb14e7736e031d2b08574408c5d4db98e7d3fc814dadc6f3546
 
 post_extract() {
 	vsed -i 's/test_system_sqlite$/# &/' auto.def  # failing on cross