diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/cflags-cxxflags.patch b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/cflags-cxxflags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0c1b2280fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfig/patches/cflags-cxxflags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Prevent synfig from filtering out the compiler’s '-g' option to produce debug
+information.
+
+--- a/configure	2021-07-28 17:11:56.000000000 +0200
++++ b/configure	2021-08-09 21:35:13.846748903 +0200
+@@ -19613,8 +19613,8 @@
+ 		;;
+ 		no|*)
+ 			debug_flags="-DNDEBUG"
+-			CXXFLAGS="`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed 's:-g[a-z-]*\s::g' | sed 's:-g[a-z-]*$::'` $debug_flags"
+-			CFLAGS="`echo $CFLAGS | sed 's:-g[a-z-]*\s::g' | sed 's:-g[a-z-]*$::'` $debug_flags"
++			CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $debug_flags"
++			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $debug_flags"
+ 		;;
+ 	esac
+ 
+--- a/m4/subs.m4	2021-07-12 17:45:48.000000000 +0200
++++ b/m4/subs.m4	2021-08-09 21:39:39.014802968 +0200
+@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@
+ 		;;
+ 		no|*)
+ 			debug_flags="-DNDEBUG"
+-			CXXFLAGS="`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed 's:-g[[a-z-]]*\s::g' | sed 's:-g[[a-z-]]*$::'` $debug_flags"
+-			CFLAGS="`echo $CFLAGS | sed 's:-g[[a-z-]]*\s::g' | sed 's:-g[[a-z-]]*$::'` $debug_flags"
++			CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $debug_flags"
++			CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $debug_flags"
+ 		;;
+ 	esac
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/synfig/template b/srcpkgs/synfig/template
index d36db2d1ea6..87416c4a173 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synfig/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synfig/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'synfig'
 pkgname=synfig
-version=1.4.1
+version=1.4.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
 hostmakedepends="boost-build ImageMagick pkg-config intltool"
-makedepends="ETL gettext-devel libxml++-devel mlt-devel
+makedepends="ETL gettext-devel libxml++-devel mlt-devel libmagick-devel
  libmng-devel boost-build boost-devel libopenexr-devel ffmpeg-devel"
 depends="ImageMagick"
 short_desc="CLI 2D vector and timeline-based animation software"
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://www.synfig.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/synfig/synfig/releases/download/v${version}/synfig-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=f90f1dcff1a409bbe2bfbb2cf42b7019cf735bec3223722db2feba6e198d1bc1
+checksum=e66688b908ab2f05f87cc5a364f958a1351f101ccab3b3ade33a926453002f4e
 
 CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11 -DHAVE_LOCALE_H=1"