diff --git a/srcpkgs/lftp/template b/srcpkgs/lftp/template
index ba9df7631d..dc7ef82a40 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lftp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lftp/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-modules --disable-rpath --without-included-regex
  --with-openssl --with-libidn i_cv_posix_fallocate_works=yes
  --with-zlib=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr --with-readline=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config gettext-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config gettext-devel wget"
 makedepends="zlib-devel ncurses-devel readline-devel libressl-devel
  expat-devel libidn-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/lftp.conf"
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ homepage="http://lftp.yar.ru/"
 license="GPL-3"
 distfiles="http://lftp.yar.ru/ftp/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=bf67c4d128b6f769a4082947376a9679c5ee3463a24ab761a0757f75d70bd92c
+XBPS_FETCH_CMD=wget # checks user-agent, serves html/please donate with xbps
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's/\[0.15\]/[0.19]/' configure.ac