diff --git a/srcpkgs/bonnie++/patches/configure.patch b/srcpkgs/bonnie++/patches/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..91bb9c1bb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bonnie++/patches/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+diff --git configure configure
+index 4495abe..951dd7e 100755
+--- configure
++++ configure
+@@ -2664,7 +2664,7 @@ $as_echo "$ac_try_echo"; } >&5
+     else
+ 	{ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+ $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+-as_fn_error $? "cannot run C compiled programs.
++$as_echo  "cannot run C compiled programs.
+ If you meant to cross compile, use \`--host'.
+ See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5 ; }
+     fi
+@@ -3953,7 +3953,7 @@ rm -f core conftest.err conftest.$ac_objext \
+     conftest$ac_exeext conftest.$ac_ext
+ 
+ 
+-if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
++if test "$cross_compiling" = xxx; then :
+   { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+ $as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+ as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bonnie++/template b/srcpkgs/bonnie++/template
index 2c87cec0ad..0662af58b4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bonnie++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bonnie++/template
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@ revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Hard Drive and Filesystem benchmark utility"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/"
 distfiles="http://www.coker.com.au/bonnie++/bonnie++-${version}.tgz"
 checksum=e27b386ae0dc054fa7b530aab6bdead7aea6337a864d1f982bc9ebacb320746e
 
-nocross="configure: error: cannot run test program while cross compiling"
-
 post_extract() {
 	sed -i  -e 's/sbin/bin/g' \
 		-e '/-o getc_putc_helper/s/CXX/LINK/' \