diff --git a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/patches/fix-1779.patch b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/patches/fix-1779.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..785647b137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/patches/fix-1779.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- Makefile.orig
++++ Makefile
+@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
+ 
+ CC      ?= gcc
+ LIBS     = -lm -lxcb -lxcb-keysyms
+-CFLAGS  += -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -I$(PREFIX)/include
+-CFLAGS  += -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
++override CFLAGS  += -std=c99 -pedantic -Wall -Wextra -I$(PREFIX)/include
++override CFLAGS  += -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L -DVERSION=\"$(VERSION)\"
+ LDFLAGS += -L$(PREFIX)/lib
+ 
+ PREFIX    ?= /usr/local
+@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
+ SRC = $(wildcard *.c)
+ OBJ = $(SRC:.c=.o)
+ 
+-all: CFLAGS  += -Os
+-all: LDFLAGS += -s
+ all: $(NAME)
+ 
+ debug: CFLAGS += -O0 -g -DDEBUG
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template
index 4b7dfbe0b6..1db5d5af7c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sxhkd/template
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'sxhkd'
 pkgname=sxhkd
 version=0.5.5
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-hostmakedepends="git"
 makedepends="libxcb-devel xcb-util-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel"
 short_desc="Simple X HotKey Daemon"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 license="BSD"
 homepage="https://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	local url="git://github.com/baskerville/sxhkd"
-	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
-	git clone -b${version} ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e6699f77564e34a890d27f6c251e1ed29b04f5177e48290e7f02948497f04313
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE