diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/patches/musl-fix.patch b/srcpkgs/i3status/patches/musl-fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..6e467682209
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/patches/musl-fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- include/i3status.h.orig
++++ include/i3status.h
+@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ 
++#ifndef GLOB_TILDE
++#define GLOB_TILDE 0
++#endif
++
+ #define BEGINS_WITH(haystack, needle) (strncmp(haystack, needle, strlen(needle)) == 0)
+ #define max(a, b) ((a) > (b) ? (a) : (b))
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/template b/srcpkgs/i3status/template
index 684f3aad12b..ffa6c23e6d7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3status/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/template
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'i3status'
 pkgname=i3status
 version=2.9
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_pie=yes
-build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc pkg-config"
 makedepends="yajl-devel confuse-devel wireless_tools-devel alsa-lib-devel libcap-devel"
 depends="libcap-progs"
@@ -15,7 +14,11 @@ homepage="http://www.i3wm.org/i3status/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=42eb09500c625fcac9a7125a29e7bf532ca4b8540942418ee3253aa15e5e9de3
 
-post_install() {
+do_build() {
+	make CC=$CC ${makejobs}
+}
+do_install() {
+	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
 	# detect dhcpcd.
 	sed -i -e "s#dhclient#dhcpcd#g" ${DESTDIR}/etc/i3status.conf
 	vlicense LICENSE