diff --git a/srcpkgs/btfs/patches/0001-Check-for-pthread_setname_np-correctly.patch b/srcpkgs/btfs/patches/0001-Check-for-pthread_setname_np-correctly.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0490d0b1239
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/btfs/patches/0001-Check-for-pthread_setname_np-correctly.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+https://github.com/johang/btfs/pull/29
+
+From 8abf27a7bf6c0d172410f14555f2e9f0862f45f6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>
+Date: Fri, 6 May 2016 07:08:28 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Check for pthread_setname_np() correctly.
+
+Do not blindly assume that it's available in all OSes but Apple.
+Not all C libraries implement this because it's a non POSIX extension.
+
+Fixes compilation with the musl C library.
+---
+ configure.ac | 3 +++
+ src/btfs.cc  | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 15be5df..030c7ff 100644
+--- configure.ac
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -23,4 +23,7 @@ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
+ # Checks for library functions.
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset mkdir realpath strdup])
+ 
++# Check for unportable pthread_setname_np()
++AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_setname_np)
++
+ AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile scripts/Makefile)
+diff --git a/src/btfs.cc b/src/btfs.cc
+index 2d0a434..bbdf6d3 100644
+--- src/btfs.cc
++++ src/btfs.cc
+@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ btfs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn) {
+ 	pthread_create(&alert_thread, NULL, alert_queue_loop,
+ 		new Log(p->save_path + "/../log.txt"));
+ 
+-#ifndef __APPLE__
++#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
+ 	pthread_setname_np(alert_thread, "alert");
+ #endif
+ 
+-- 
+2.8.2
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/btfs/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/btfs/patches/musl.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 883c00c68ec..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/btfs/patches/musl.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-Detect pthread_setname_np() availability correctly... do not assume !apple
-has this. Fixes build on musl and probably others.
-
-	--xtraeme
-
---- src/btfs.cc.orig	2016-01-17 08:36:07.655244984 +0100
-+++ src/btfs.cc	2016-01-17 08:37:05.383786560 +0100
-@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ btfs_init(struct fuse_conn_info *conn) {
- 	pthread_create(&alert_thread, NULL, alert_queue_loop,
- 		new Log(p->save_path + "/../log.txt"));
- 
--#ifndef __APPLE__
-+#ifdef HAVE_PTHREAD_SETNAME_NP
- 	pthread_setname_np(alert_thread, "alert");
- #endif
- 
---- configure.ac.orig	2016-01-17 08:38:51.015777545 +0100
-+++ configure.ac	2016-01-17 08:40:40.383803576 +0100
-@@ -19,4 +19,7 @@ AC_TYPE_SIZE_T
- # Checks for library functions.
- AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset mkdir realpath strdup])
- 
-+# Check for unportable pthread_setname_np()
-+AC_CHECK_LIB(pthread, pthread_setname_np)
-+
- AC_OUTPUT(Makefile src/Makefile scripts/Makefile)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/btfs/template b/srcpkgs/btfs/template
index 48f14072a5d..356da472abf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/btfs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/btfs/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'btfs'
 pkgname=btfs
-version=2.8
+version=2.9
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake pkg-config"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/johang/btfs"
 distfiles="https://github.com/johang/btfs/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bc0c6b85cc71650f73b13b98f2e04195641d00ca517b05ceba86b78dacc0f415
+checksum=35a87a76f22c14f8d56cd6071e849f706465b5e8586c892debd055b637398609
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi