diff --git a/srcpkgs/ark/patches/disable-xar-test.patch b/srcpkgs/ark/patches/disable-xar-test.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e74584e7b1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ark/patches/disable-xar-test.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From 1bbfda77ea96fb8399a4c12c0c096a52371e5864 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Piotr=20W=C3=B3jcik?= <chocimier@tlen.pl>
+Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2020 23:02:33 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] disable xar test
+
+
+diff --git autotests/kerfuffle/extracttest.cpp autotests/kerfuffle/extracttest.cpp
+index 9178611..c1d3f13 100644
+--- autotests/kerfuffle/extracttest.cpp
++++ autotests/kerfuffle/extracttest.cpp
+@@ -350,23 +350,6 @@ void ExtractTest::testExtraction_data()
+         qDebug() << "lz4 executable not found in path. Skipping lz4 test.";
+     }
+
+-    archivePath = QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar");
+-    QTest::newRow("extract selected entries from a xar archive without path")
+-            << archivePath
+-            << QVector<Archive::Entry*> {
+-                   new Archive::Entry(this, QStringLiteral("dir1/file11.txt"), QString()),
+-                   new Archive::Entry(this, QStringLiteral("file4.txt"), QString())
+-               }
+-            << optionsNoPaths
+-            << 2;
+-
+-    archivePath = QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar");
+-    QTest::newRow("extract all entries from a xar archive with path")
+-            << archivePath
+-            << QVector<Archive::Entry*>()
+-            << optionsPreservePaths
+-            << 6;
+-
+     archivePath = QFINDTESTDATA("data/hello-1.0-x86_64.AppImage");
+     QTest::newRow("extract all entries from an AppImage with path")
+             << archivePath
+diff --git autotests/kerfuffle/loadtest.cpp autotests/kerfuffle/loadtest.cpp
+index 8c5f52d..cbb47cf 100644
+--- autotests/kerfuffle/loadtest.cpp
++++ autotests/kerfuffle/loadtest.cpp
+@@ -181,13 +181,6 @@ void LoadTest::testProperties_data()
+         qDebug() << "lz4 executable not found in path. Skipping lz4 test.";
+     }
+
+-    QTest::newRow("xar archive")
+-            << QFINDTESTDATA("data/simplearchive.xar")
+-            << QStringLiteral("simplearchive")
+-            << true << false << false << false << false << 0 << Archive::Unencrypted
+-            << QStringLiteral("simplearchive")
+-            << QString();
+-
+     QTest::newRow("mimetype child of application/zip")
+             << QFINDTESTDATA("data/test.odt")
+             << QStringLiteral("test")
+--
+2.23.0
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ark/template b/srcpkgs/ark/template
index 95554fcfd5d..0c78f351d85 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ark/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ark/template
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'ark'
 pkgname=ark
-version=19.12.2
+version=19.12.3
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt5-devel qt5-qmake kdoctools kconfig gettext"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt5-devel qt5-qmake
+ kdoctools kconfig gettext pkg-config"
 makedepends="libarchive-devel kpty-devel kparts-devel kitemmodels-devel libzip-devel"
 short_desc="KDE Archiving Tool"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/release-service/${version}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=fc70fa952b872330acd510c84ab2651258a74f370efd1f0bda6df8c4b9e6aaf1
+checksum=78594029729c197fc90321850696f1bd189b40d8d7fbc9faf51ad6b2ab744a07
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" python kcoreaddons kparts"
+	hostmakedepends+=" python3 kcoreaddons kparts"
 	configure_args="-DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson"
 fi
+
+pre_check() {
+	export QT_QPA_PLATFORM=offscreen
+}