diff --git a/srcpkgs/monit/patches/configure_cross.patch b/srcpkgs/monit/patches/configure_cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e14e50085d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/monit/patches/configure_cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+--- libmonit/configure.orig
++++ libmonit/configure
+@@ -12584,65 +12584,6 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-# Atomic support
+-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+-{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for Atomic support" >&5
+-$as_echo_n "checking for Atomic support... " >&6; }
+-if test `uname` = "Darwin" -o `uname` = "FreeBSD"
+-then
+-        { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+-elif test `uname` = "SunOS"
+-then
+-        ac_fn_c_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "atomic.h" "ac_cv_header_atomic_h" "$ac_includes_default"
+-if test "x$ac_cv_header_atomic_h" = xyes; then :
+-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+-else
+-  as_fn_error $? "atomic.h is required for atomic support" "$LINENO" 5
+-fi
+-
+-
+-else
+-        if test "$cross_compiling" = yes; then :
+-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+-as_fn_error $? "cannot run test program while cross compiling
+-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+-else
+-  cat confdefs.h - <<_ACEOF >conftest.$ac_ext
+-/* end confdefs.h.  */
+-
+-int
+-main ()
+-{
+-
+-             #if ((__GNUC__ > 4) || ((__GNUC__ == 4) && (__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 1)))
+-             return 0;
+-             #else
+-             return 1;
+-             #endif
+-
+-  ;
+-  return 0;
+-}
+-_ACEOF
+-if ac_fn_c_try_run "$LINENO"; then :
+-  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: yes" >&5
+-$as_echo "yes" >&6; }
+-else
+-  { { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&5
+-$as_echo "$as_me: error: in \`$ac_pwd':" >&2;}
+-as_fn_error $? "GCC version > 4.1 is required for atomic support
+-See \`config.log' for more details" "$LINENO" 5; }
+-fi
+-rm -f core *.core core.conftest.* gmon.out bb.out conftest$ac_exeext \
+-  conftest.$ac_objext conftest.beam conftest.$ac_ext
+-fi
+-
+-fi
+-
+-# ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ # IPv6 Support
+ # ------------------------------------------------------------------------
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/monit/template b/srcpkgs/monit/template
index 09d1d2d09d3..de4a104674d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/monit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/monit/template
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'monit'
 pkgname=monit
-version=5.20.0
+version=5.21.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-ssl-dir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr libmonit_cv_setjmp_available=yes
  libmonit_cv_vsnprintf_c99_conformant=yes"
 conf_files="/etc/monit/monitrc"
+hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="pam-devel libressl-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Utility for monitoring, processes, files, directories and devices"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://mmonit.com/monit/"
 distfiles="http://mmonit.com/monit/dist/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=ebac395ec50c1ae64d568db1260bc049d0e0e624c00e79d7b1b9a59c2679b98d
+checksum=fbf76163ed4a180854d378af60fed0cdbc5a8772823957234efc182ead10c03c
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall monitrc 700 etc/monit