diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/patches/00-no-help2man.patch b/srcpkgs/light/patches/00-no-help2man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fbf232cd5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/light/patches/00-no-help2man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2016-05-10 01:34:59.000000000 +0000
++++ Makefile	2016-12-15 13:22:36.601576649 +0000
+@@ -9,27 +9,21 @@
+ HELP2MAN_VERSION := $(shell help2man --version 2>/dev/null)
+ 
+ all:
+-ifndef HELP2MAN_VERSION
+-$(error "help2man is not installed")
+-endif
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o light src/helpers.c src/light.c src/main.c
+ exp:
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E  src/helpers.c src/light.c
+ man:
+ 	help2man $(MANFLAGS) ./light | gzip - > light.1.gz
+ 
+-install: all man
++install: all
+ 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)
+ 	cp -f ./light $(BINDIR)/light
+ 	chown root $(BINDIR)/light
+ 	chmod 4755 $(BINDIR)/light
+-	mkdir -p $(MANDIR)
+-	mv light.1.gz $(MANDIR)
+ 
+ uninstall:
+ 	rm $(BINDIR)/light
+ 	rm -rf /etc/light
+-	rm $(MANDIR)/light.1.gz
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -vfr *~ light light.1.gz
diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/patches/01-fix-pie.patch b/srcpkgs/light/patches/01-fix-pie.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a85d517a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/light/patches/01-fix-pie.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- Makefile.orig	2016-12-15 13:28:15.000000000 +0000
++++ Makefile	2016-12-15 13:29:23.893597661 +0000
+@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
+ MANDIR=$(PREFIX)/share/man/man1
+ 
+ CC=gcc
+-CFLAGS=-std=c89 -O2 -pedantic -Wall -I"./include"
++ORG_CFLAGS=-std=c89 -O2 -pedantic -Wall -I"./include"
+ MANFLAGS=-h -h -v -V
+ 
+ HELP2MAN_VERSION := $(shell help2man --version 2>/dev/null)
+ 
+ all:
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -g -o light src/helpers.c src/light.c src/main.c
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(ORG_CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -g -o light src/helpers.c src/light.c src/main.c
+ exp:
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -E  src/helpers.c src/light.c
+ man:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/light/template b/srcpkgs/light/template
index 9d03acf877..b151e01ff8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/light/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/light/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'light'
 pkgname=light
-version=0.9
+version=1.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Program to control backlight controllers"
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ maintainer="Dennis Kraus <kraus@posteo.de>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://haikarainen.github.io/light/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/haikarainen/light/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a6015bad4d2b17507a140896d7f30b4ab47eb7a0faef670edf3f1e30de9cdfb6
-
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS=|override CFLAGS+=|g' Makefile
-	sed -i 's|src/main.c$|src/main.c $(LDFLAGS)|' Makefile
-}
+checksum=974608ee42ffe85cfd23184306d56d86ec4e6f4b0518bafcb7b3330998b1af64
 
 do_install() {
 	vbin  light