diff --git a/srcpkgs/bird/template b/srcpkgs/bird/template
index 16f059a6fc..12214f40a1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bird/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bird/template
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'bird'
 pkgname=bird
-version=1.6.3
+version=1.6.4
 revision=1
+wrksrc="bird-v${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
+hostmakedepends="flex autoconf"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
 short_desc="The BIRD Internet Routing Daemon"
 maintainer="Philipp Hirsch <itself@hanspolo.net>"
-license="GPL-3"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://bird.network.cz"
-distfiles="ftp://bird.network.cz/pub/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-hostmakedepends="flex"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel readline-devel"
-configure_args="--sbindir=/usr/bin"
+distfiles="https://gitlab.labs.nic.cz/labs/bird/-/archive/v${version}/bird-v${version}.tar.gz"
 conf_files="/etc/bird.conf /etc/bird6.conf"
-checksum=39c51cf57c3ba8b5978b2a657ffa2f647ec7f3ae643e91cf42ee5cb070cf7e7c
+checksum=cb7f3c8bb10e329dbe75251de50133aacd3b8ec25a18940c4a39ec3ac2490f73
 
 pre_configure() {
 	mkdir -p /tmp/bird6
@@ -22,10 +23,12 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 do_configure() {
 	# bird
+	autoreconf
 	./configure ${configure_args}
 
 	# bird6
 	cd bird6
+	autoreconf
 	./configure ${configure_args} --enable-ipv6
 }