diff --git a/srcpkgs/vlc/template b/srcpkgs/vlc/template
index d111b28c2a..9023e950c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vlc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vlc/template
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'vlc'
 pkgname=vlc
-version=1.0.5
-revision=1
+version=1.0.6
 distfiles="http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/vlc/$version/vlc-$version.tar.bz2"
 build_style=gnu_configure
 configure_args="--disable-hal --disable-mtp --disable-gme
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ configure_args="--disable-hal --disable-mtp --disable-gme
 --disable-libtar --enable-flac --enable-xvmc --enable-snapshot"
 short_desc="VideoLan Client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=f7f1994c936fbb8c392481a13abfd6a6b76c5aac4406fa7a78d4786dfc206dcd
+checksum=f521933e7a1021746d8ecde6caa2f9d1b43187ab2e13df6abc07540e415e1842
 long_desc="
  VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player supporting most
  audio and video formats (H.264, Ogg, DivX, MKV, TS, MPEG-2, mp3, MPEG-4,
@@ -143,11 +142,14 @@ Add_dependency build libcdio-devel
 Add_dependency build libdvdread-devel
 Add_dependency build libdvdnav-devel
 Add_dependency build libsysfs-devel
+Add_dependency build coreutils
 
 pre_configure()
 {
 	# hostname -s is not valid, at least in coreutils!
 	sed -i "s|hostname -s|hostname|g" ${wrksrc}/configure || return 1
+	# Use wc(1) from coreutils
+	export PATH="/bin:$PATH"
 }
 
 post_install()