diff --git a/srcpkgs/shared-mime-info/template b/srcpkgs/shared-mime-info/template
index 22c7c65a5f0..d65e793b6a3 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/shared-mime-info/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/shared-mime-info/template
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ disable_parallel_build=1
 
 pkgname=shared-mime-info
 version=1.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-update-mimedb"
+# XXX disable fsync for now, ETOOSLOW!
+# see: https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=70366
+configure_args="--disable-update-mimedb ac_cv_func_fdatasync=no"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Core database of common types"