diff --git a/srcpkgs/lemonbar-xft/template b/srcpkgs/lemonbar-xft/template
index 48d88d3bd0a..8fb3da6c0af 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lemonbar-xft/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lemonbar-xft/template
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'lemonbar-xft'
 pkgname=lemonbar-xft
 version=1.0.20161107
-revision=1
+revision=2
+conflicts="lemonbar"
 _commit=043ad4757cc079666f50212ee0a2ef0729ecac6b
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 wrksrc="bar-${_commit}"
-hostmakedepends="perl libXft-devel libxcb-devel"
-makedepends="libxcb-devel libXft-devel"
-short_desc="A lightweight xcb based bar with xft support"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
+makedepends="libXft-devel"
+short_desc="Lightweight xcb based bar with xft support"
 maintainer='ivierlin <github@ivierlin.de>'
 homepage="https://github.com/krypt-n/bar"
 license="MIT"
@@ -18,6 +19,9 @@ pre_build() {
 	sed -i "s/^\(VERSION =\).*/\1 ${version}/" Makefile
 	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' Makefile
 	sed -i 's/^\(LDFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' Makefile
+
+	# found this trick on the 'spectrwm' template
+	sed -i "s,-I/usr/include/freetype2,-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/freetype2,g" Makefile
 }
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE