diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexedit/template b/srcpkgs/hexedit/template
index 53371950db6..f2bd3464b46 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexedit/template
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'hexedit'
 pkgname=hexedit
-version=1.2.13
+version=1.4.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 short_desc="View and edit files in hexadecimal or in ASCII"
 maintainer="Jim Westfall <jwestfall@surrealistic.net>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://rigaux.org"
-distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.src.tgz"
-checksum=6a126da30a77f5c0b08038aa7a881d910e3b65d13767fb54c58c983963b88dd7
-wrksrc="${pkgname}"
+distfiles="https://github.com/pixel/hexedit/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c81ffb36af9243aefc0887e33dd8e41c4b22d091f1f27d413cbda443b0440d66
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}