diff --git a/srcpkgs/hsetroot/patches/fix-x11-detect.patch b/srcpkgs/hsetroot/patches/fix-x11-detect.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2f8da23773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hsetroot/patches/fix-x11-detect.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- configure.ac	2003-09-05 23:41:38.000000000 +0200
++++ configure.ac	2016-05-16 14:11:37.284749099 +0200
+@@ -38,6 +38,9 @@
+ # Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+ AC_C_CONST
+ 
++# Check for X11
++AC_CHECK_FILE([/usr/lib/libX11.so], [LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib -lX11"])
++
+ # Check for imlib2
+ AC_CHECK_PROGS(imlib2config_cmd, imlib2-config)
+ if test x$imlib2config_cmd = "x"; then
diff --git a/srcpkgs/hsetroot/template b/srcpkgs/hsetroot/template
index 16ce535d1f..0386746e48 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hsetroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hsetroot/template
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'hsetroot'.
-LDFLAGS="-lX11"
-
 pkgname=hsetroot
 version=1.0.2
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="libX11-devel imlib2-devel"
 short_desc="A tool which changes X server wallpapers"
 maintainer='Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>'
@@ -12,3 +11,7 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.thegraveyard.org/hsetroot.php"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/distfiles/hsetroot-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d6712d330b31122c077bfc712ec4e213abe1fe71ab24b9150ae2774ca3154fd7
+
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -if
+}