diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxd/template b/srcpkgs/lxd/template
index b696de62cfe..b0d4bbf81b2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxd/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'lxd'
 pkgname=lxd
-version=4.2
+version=4.3
 revision=1
 build_style=go
 go_import_path=github.com/lxc/lxd
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ maintainer="Cameron Nemo <cnemo@tutanota.com>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd"
 distfiles="https://linuxcontainers.org/downloads/lxd/lxd-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a4269555bf9ea7d7d0bc7dda0c6900db97101332df9102274937bf68b927685f
+checksum=b6891ee6086a2d26409385fcd50d627e6a72e0af17f88c5693c1e100ed9dca1f
 system_groups="lxd"
 
 _libdir="/usr/lib/sqlite-replication"
@@ -23,6 +23,11 @@ LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}${_libdir} -Wl,-R${_libdir}"
 # whitelist libcap LDFLAGS (see: https://github.com/lxc/lxd/issues/6727)
 export CGO_LDFLAGS_ALLOW='-Wl,-wrap,pthread_create'
 
+do_configure() {
+	# the LXD tarball packages up the required dependencies
+	ln -s "$wrksrc/_dist" "$GOPATH"
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall scripts/bash/lxd-client 644 /usr/share/bash-completion/completions lxd
 	vsv lxd