diff --git a/srcpkgs/popt/template b/srcpkgs/popt/template
index c8d29d603be..e7eabf2b1f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/popt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/popt/template
@@ -1,16 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'popt'
 pkgname=popt
-version=1.16
-revision=7
+version=1.18
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="autoconf tar automake libtool gettext-devel"
 short_desc="Command line option parsing library"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
-homepage="http://rpm5.org"
 license="MIT"
-#distfiles="http://rpm5.org/files/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-distfiles="https://fossies.org/linux/misc/popt-1.16.tar.gz"
-checksum=e728ed296fe9f069a0e005003c3d6b2dde3d9cad453422a10d6558616d304cc8
+homepage="https://rpm.org/"
+distfiles="http://ftp.rpm.org/popt/releases/popt-1.x/popt-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5159bc03a20b28ce363aa96765f37df99ea4d8850b1ece17d1e6ad5c24fdc5d1
 
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING