diff --git a/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template b/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template
index c0dd8f2c0ce..96c911e27fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mdbtools/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'mdbtools'
 pkgname=mdbtools
 version=0.5
-revision=8
+revision=9
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-glibtest --enable-sql"
 hostmakedepends="flex bison pkg-config"
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7a5db39fecff5ce4fb91e019acf5795b40221aff09bbd6d84f8dec60f017b05d
 
-case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
-	*-musl) broken="cannot stat '/destdir//mdbtools-0.5/usr/lib/*.so.*': No such file or directory"
-esac
+pre_configure() {
+	case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
+		*-musl) sed -i -e "s/^host_os=.*/host_os=gnu/" configure
+	esac
+}
 
 mdbtools-devel_package() {
 	depends="libmdb>=${version}_${revision}"