diff --git a/srcpkgs/foot/patches/build-order-2.patch b/srcpkgs/foot/patches/build-order-2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cd75a035d45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/foot/patches/build-order-2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 06f84b9aafc14d2e787956c16f6ce32f95e62dd6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Daniel=20Ekl=C3=B6f?= <daniel@ekloef.se>
+Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 12:15:40 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: add wl_proto_headers to pgo executable
+
+This fixes a build failure of pgo.o
+---
+ meson.build | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 282f736..a9ce24b 100644
+--- meson.build
++++ meson.build
+@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ pgolib = static_library(
+ executable(
+   'pgo',
+   'pgo/pgo.c',
+-  wl_proto_src,
++  wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers,
+   dependencies: [math, threads, pixman, wayland_client, fcft, tllist],
+   link_with: pgolib,
+ )
diff --git a/srcpkgs/foot/patches/build-order.patch b/srcpkgs/foot/patches/build-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f30af63d773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/foot/patches/build-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 18b027f26b4f849cf533bc806368a9ccec3b3975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Craig Barnes <craigbarnes@protonmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 19 Dec 2020 22:09:03 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: add missing "wl_proto_headers" dependency for pgolib
+ and vtlib
+
+Dependency chains:
+
+* pgolib -> terminal.c -> terminal.h -> wayland.h
+* vtlib -> csi.c -> config.h -> wayland.h
+
+wayland.h includes <primary-selection-unstable-v1.h>, which must be
+generated by a custom_target() rule *before* any sources that require
+it are built. Failure to fully specify these dependencies can otherwise
+result in a race condition, where a dependent source file gets compiled
+(and fails with a "header not found" error) before the header itself
+has been generated.
+---
+ meson.build | 2 ++
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
+index 4370acc..282f736 100644
+--- meson.build
++++ meson.build
+@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ vtlib = static_library(
+   'osc.c', 'osc.h',
+   'sixel.c', 'sixel.h',
+   'vt.c', 'vt.h',
++  wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers,
+   version,
+   dependencies: [pixman, fcft, tllist],
+   link_with: misc,
+@@ -132,6 +133,7 @@ pgolib = static_library(
+   'grid.c', 'grid.h',
+   'selection.c', 'selection.h',
+   'terminal.c', 'terminal.h',
++  wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers,
+   dependencies: [pixman, fcft, tllist],
+   link_with: vtlib,
+ )
diff --git a/srcpkgs/foot/template b/srcpkgs/foot/template
index 59c080a908a..4f66e4f8e22 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/foot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/foot/template
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://codeberg.org/dnkl/foot"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=7ae523bf9882c0e5d56e2afdf6e25f5f77cffcc78ba1f316ffda3f36e2570b4a
-# attempts to compile before xdg-shell.h is available
-disable_parallel_build=yes
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE