diff --git a/srcpkgs/mcpp/template b/srcpkgs/mcpp/template
index 7a358883d06..f2820056917 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mcpp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mcpp/template
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@ configure_args="--enable-mcpplib"
 short_desc="Portable C preprocessor"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="BSD-2-Clause"
-homepage="http://mcpp.sourceforge.net/"
+homepage="https://mcpp.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/mcpp/mcpp-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3b9b4421888519876c4fc68ade324a3bbd81ceeb7092ecdbbc2055099fcb8864
+CFLAGS="-D_GNU_SOURCE" # readlink on glibc
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE