diff --git a/srcpkgs/ccache/template b/srcpkgs/ccache/template
index ca27c7716b..1d2237b6db 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ccache/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ccache/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'ccache'
 pkgname=ccache
-version=3.5.1
+version=3.5.1a
 revision=1
+wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version%a}
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
@@ -11,12 +12,7 @@ homepage="https://ccache.samba.org/"
 changelog="https://ccache.samba.org/news.html"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 distfiles="https://samba.org/ftp/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=0fe1baa18208ba11abd188ab6eeaf4453b08ee783945dbb357dd93c2308a1d60
-
-pre_build() {
-	# Probably a missing AC_SUBST(getopt_long_c) somewhere.
-	sed -i Makefile -e "s;@getopt_long_c@;src/getopt_long.c;g"
-}
+checksum=0baea2c5bc4169ed3dad1f895e6d279323c5b8d3c9f0209998fe6da4601d0701
 
 post_install() {
 	vmkdir usr/lib/ccache/bin