diff --git a/srcpkgs/monsterwm-git/template b/srcpkgs/monsterwm-git/template
index a07d1c80835..baf78844133 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/monsterwm-git/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/monsterwm-git/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'monsterwm-git'
 pkgname=monsterwm-git
-version=20140803
+reverts=20140803_1
+version=20120304
 revision=1
-hostmakedepends="git"
+_commit=eb3820f877a624e00be5a0ee28feb943889cb915
 makedepends="libX11-devel"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_build_args="INCS=-I. LIBS=-lX11"
@@ -12,12 +13,11 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/c00kiemon5ter/monsterwm"
 provides="monsterwm-${version}_${revision}"
 replaces="monsterwm>=0"
-
-do_fetch() {
-	local url="git://github.com/c00kiemon5ter/monsterwm"
-	msg_normal "Fetching source from $url ...\n"
-	git clone ${url} ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
+CFLAGS="-DVERSION=$version -std=c11"
+LDFLAGS="-lX11"
+wrksrc=monsterwm-$_commit
+distfiles="$homepage/archive/$_commit.tar.gz"
+checksum=404dc50128daee172af2e3c836d4979b675814491db59fde1b039fc6069aca54
 
 pre_build() {
 	cp ${FILESDIR}/config.h config.h