diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
index 314c994bf9..a93c291d23 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps-static/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # NOTE: keep this package synchronized with "srcpkgs/xbps".
 pkgname=xbps-static
 version=0.51
-revision=6
+revision=7
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities - static binaries"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-lib-fetch-http.c-fix-EOL-at-HTTP-CONNECT.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-lib-fetch-http.c-fix-EOL-at-HTTP-CONNECT.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee6d4031b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/0001-lib-fetch-http.c-fix-EOL-at-HTTP-CONNECT.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From 3a5c1f3a71200f45f06dace1f55faf782ece9352 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Enno Boland <g@s01.de>
+Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 13:56:10 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] lib/fetch/http.c: fix EOL at HTTP CONNECT
+
+fixes #172.
+---
+ lib/fetch/http.c | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/fetch/http.c b/lib/fetch/http.c
+index a027c39..433bd11 100644
+--- lib/fetch/http.c
++++ lib/fetch/http.c
+@@ -733,7 +733,7 @@ http_connect(struct url *URL, struct url *purl, const char *flags, int *cached)
+ 		/* fetch_connect() has already set an error code */
+ 		return (NULL);
+ 	if (strcasecmp(URL->scheme, SCHEME_HTTPS) == 0 && purl) {
+-		http_cmd(conn, "CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.1",
++		http_cmd(conn, "CONNECT %s:%d HTTP/1.1\r\n",
+ 		    URL->host, URL->port);
+ 		if (http_get_reply(conn) != HTTP_OK) {
+ 			fetch_close(conn);
+-- 
+2.8.1
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index 3da9938b68..07df2fb6bd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps'
 pkgname=xbps
 version=0.51
-revision=6
+revision=7
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="The XBPS package system utilities"