diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnvme/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/libnvme/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..96e77d52863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnvme/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/test/ioctl/mock.c
++++ b/test/ioctl/mock.c
+@@ -114,7 +114,11 @@
+ 	} \
+ })
+ 
++#if __USE_GNU
+ int ioctl(int fd, unsigned long request, ...)
++#else
++int ioctl(int fd, int request, ...)
++#endif
+ {
+ 	struct mock_cmds *mock_cmds;
+ 	bool result64;
+@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@
+ 		result64 = true;
+ 		break;
+ 	default:
++#if __USE_GNU
+ 		fail("unexpected %s %lu", __func__, request);
++#else
++		fail("unexpected %s %u", __func__, request);
++#endif
+ 	}
+ 	check(mock_cmds->remaining_cmds,
+ 	      "unexpected %s command", mock_cmds->name);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libnvme/template b/srcpkgs/libnvme/template
index b0bccfcf5cd..3d917e8eccb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libnvme/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libnvme/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libnvme'
 pkgname=libnvme
-version=1.2
-revision=2
+version=1.6
+revision=1
 build_style=meson
 configure_args="-Ddocs=man"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config swig"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Subhaditya Nath <sn03.general@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linux-nvme/libnvme/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2697c86e9d8597fcd264f8bf8af57a529346efa4f611ca2be855e3aa89b9eb2c
+checksum=0dd8ba8b655abe78c09833edb66632aa6bee82aebf117dd252ded968deaaeec7
 
 libnvme-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} json-c-devel openssl-devel"