diff --git a/srcpkgs/navit/patches/gpsd-api-7.patch b/srcpkgs/navit/patches/gpsd-api-7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cfcd4a308df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/navit/patches/gpsd-api-7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From 1543af6c08bfca4ae5832b870503fe7fdc5f8b49 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Joop Boonen <joop.boonen@boonen.org>
+Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2019 22:07:13 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix:Core:Fixed Added fix for gpsd >= 1.7
+
+---
+ navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c b/navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c
+index 95324f324..99a4b4ffc 100644
+--- navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c
++++ navit/vehicle/gpsd/vehicle_gpsd.c
+@@ -325,7 +325,11 @@ static void vehicle_gpsd_io(struct vehicle_priv *priv) {
+         int read_result;
+         /* Read until EOF, in case we are lagging behind.
+          * No point in processing old GPS reports. */
++#if GPSD_API_MAJOR_VERSION >= 7
++        while((read_result=gps_read(priv->gps, NULL, 0))>0);
++#else
+         while((read_result=gps_read(priv->gps))>0);
++#endif
+         if(read_result==-1) {
+             dbg(lvl_error,"gps_poll failed");
+             vehicle_gpsd_close(priv);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/navit/template b/srcpkgs/navit/template
index 0b1ed86fc02..461689a3c73 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/navit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/navit/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'navit'
 pkgname=navit
 version=0.5.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DLIBDIR=lib/navit -Wno-dev"
+configure_args="-DLIBDIR=lib/navit -DSAMPLE_MAP=n -Wno-dev"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake"
 makedepends="SDL-devel qt5-devel gpsd-devel imlib2-devel dbus-glib-devel
  fontconfig-devel zlib-devel libpng-devel qt5-declarative-devel qt5-svg-devel