diff --git a/srcpkgs/xchat/template b/srcpkgs/xchat/template
index 8c3cd07850..53940fa6af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xchat/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xchat'
 pkgname=xchat
 version=2.8.8
-revision=12
+revision=13
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gdk-pixbuf-devel perl"
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ homepage="http://www.xchat.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="http://www.xchat.org/files/source/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=37b7afd87b5576e17f5dbdd0ed8c14004ac71b8c5430baff9a785bad8df0310b
-make_build_args="LDFLAGS=-lgmodule-2.0"
+
+LDFLAGS="-lgmodule-2.0"
 
 pre_configure() {
 	local perlflags=