diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevhtp/patches/fix-musl.patch b/srcpkgs/libevhtp/patches/fix-musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fa2509dca82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevhtp/patches/fix-musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 6a74ec7a8747c09d77d4fed6feda2530feca5d5c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 01:37:29 -0200
+Subject: [PATCH] add missing include <sys/types.h> for ssize_t
+
+---
+ parser.c | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/parser.c b/parser.c
+index a4e3d78..3e3e25f 100644
+--- parser.c
++++ parser.c
+@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
+ #include <stddef.h>
+ #include <ctype.h>
+ #include <string.h>
++#include <sys/types.h>
+ 
+ #include "internal.h"
+ #include "evhtp/parser.h"
+-- 
+2.20.1
+
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libevhtp/template b/srcpkgs/libevhtp/template
index e0f6f4aa29f..3bce4139d8f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libevhtp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libevhtp/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'libevhtp'
 pkgname=libevhtp
-version=1.2.16
+version=1.2.17
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 makedepends="libevent-devel libressl-devel oniguruma-devel"
 short_desc="Create extremely-fast and secure embedded HTTP servers with ease"
 maintainer="Toyam Cox <Vaelatern@voidlinux.org>"
-license="3-clause-BSD"
+license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/criticalstack/libevhtp"
 distfiles="https://github.com/criticalstack/libevhtp/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4c3f510b15873e9fc29299de0c5d4d257d1d910710e104e33439a17c27fc414b
+checksum=7ee7a01f2413fa6f0d805af93b10a5201a1e84f48775d3de5845e873ed2bf808
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE