diff --git a/srcpkgs/mpdas/template b/srcpkgs/mpdas/template
index af70185afa3..d1dc85f0d0e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mpdas/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mpdas/template
@@ -2,20 +2,24 @@
 pkgname=mpdas
 version=0.4.2
 revision=2
-build_style="gnu-makefile"
-hostmakedepends="gcc pkg-config"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_build_args="PREFIX=/usr CONFIG=/etc"
+make_install_args="MANPREFIX=/usr/share/man/man1"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libmpdclient-devel libcurl-devel"
-depends="mpd libmpdclient libcurl"
 short_desc="MPD AudioScrobbler written in C++ using libcurl"
 maintainer="ibrokemypie <ibrokemypie@bastardi.net>"
-license="BSD-3"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
 homepage="http://50hz.ws/mpdas/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/hrkfdn/mpdas/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8ebdd0518cbdb033fc0578c9ea894d4670de1d67bf2541418cb5f7ac1210db6f
 
-pre_install() {
-	export MANPREFIX=/usr/share/man/man1
+pre_build() {
+	# make the build verbose and helpful
+	sed -i 's/@$(/$(/' Makefile
 }
 post_install() {
+	vdoc README
 	vlicense LICENSE
+	vsconf mpdasrc.example
 }