diff --git a/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template b/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template
index baf7e4afc4..918b136a50 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mergerfs/template
@@ -8,15 +8,16 @@ short_desc="FUSE union filesystem"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="https://github.com/trapexit/mergerfs"
-distfiles="${homepage}/releases/download/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=b33a2cfd933ee03a799c145cca70595290648eb8d7cde9459318afb709fff19d
+distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=f16f7c90d9db35b9f8fadbb529c4bf0f7d65d18fd2e7443a662cbfa7a8dbd4f9
 
 pre_build() {
-	sed -i 's|^CFLAGS[[:blank:]]*=|override CFLAGS +=|g' Makefile
-	sed -i 's|^LDFLAGS[[:blank:]]*=|override LDFLAGS +=|g' Makefile
+	vsed -i 's|^CXXFLAGS[[:blank:]]*=|override CXXFLAGS +=|g' Makefile
+	vsed -i 's|^LDFLAGS[[:blank:]]*=|override LDFLAGS +=|g' Makefile
 
-	echo "#pragma once" > src/version.hpp
-	echo "static const char MERGERFS_VERSION[] = \"${version}\";" >> src/version.hpp
+	# we build from source, spoof release tarball
+	echo "$version" > VERSION
+	./tools/update-version
 }
 
 post_install() {