diff --git a/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template b/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template
index d256e76226c..8d6dd69d340 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/way-cooler/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'way-cooler'
 pkgname=way-cooler
 version=0.8.0
-revision=1
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config rust cargo git python3 glib-devel"
+revision=2
+build_style=cargo
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config git python3 glib-devel"
 makedepends="dbus-devel libglib-devel cairo-devel wayland-devel wlc-devel
  libxcb-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel lua-devel"
 short_desc="Customizable Wayland compositor written in Rust with Lua API"
@@ -11,15 +12,9 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://github.com/way-cooler/way-cooler"
 distfiles="https://github.com/way-cooler/way-cooler/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=34c67a8a616992d55cb3669dcfbaa5a92f6872193f216828ec2f4a2fad524dc0
-nocross=yes
+nocross="error compiling wayland-sys: mismatched types --> src/wayland/gamma_control.rs:101:13"
 
-do_build() {
-	cargo build --release
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	# install the binary
-	vbin target/release/"${pkgname}"
+post_install() {
 	chmod u+s "${DESTDIR}"/usr/bin/way-cooler
 
 	# install the configuration on the examples