diff --git a/srcpkgs/gc/template b/srcpkgs/gc/template
index 067ffc3dba..df7f78ca4c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gc/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'gc'
 pkgname=gc
-version=7.6.8
+version=8.0.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-static --enable-mmap"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libatomic_ops-devel"
 short_desc="A garbage collector for C and C++"
@@ -10,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.hboehm.info/gc/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ivmai/bdwgc/releases/download/v${version}/gc-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=040ac5cdbf1bebc7c8cd4928996bbae0c54497c151ea5639838fa0128102e258
+checksum=8f23f9a20883d00af2bff122249807e645bdf386de0de8cbd6cce3e0c6968f04
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 *-musl)