diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxsession/patches/fix-tests.patch b/srcpkgs/lxsession/patches/fix-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4a16b89acc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxsession/patches/fix-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+These files are generated during the build
+
+diff -rup po/POTFILES.skip.orig po/POTFILES.skip
+--- a/po/POTFILES.skip
++++ b/po/POTFILES.skip
+@@ -5,3 +5,7 @@ lxsession-default-apps/combobox.c
+ data/lxpolkit.desktop.in.in
+ # bug of intltool with automake 1.15
+ sub/data/lxpolkit.desktop.in
++
++data/lxpolkit.desktop.in
++lxpolkit/main.c
++lxsession/app.c
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxsession/template b/srcpkgs/lxsession/template
index d1ef33061d9..90d21393883 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxsession/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxsession/template
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 # Template file for 'lxsession'
 pkgname=lxsession
-version=0.5.5
+version=0.5.6
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-buildin-clipboard --enable-buildin-polkit --enable-gtk3"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala automake glib-devel gettext-devel"
 makedepends="dbus-glib-devel gtk+3-devel polkit-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme"
 short_desc="LXDE X11 Session Manager"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://lxde.org/"
-distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/lxde/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=e43e0d9c033095559ab57c8821c2b84fea58009d267db1324d32dca8bd4dbb46
+distfiles="https://github.com/lxde/lxsession/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=af469d7ed6edbd733da6ad01a46fef3eff871483db5b3d8ecc3c856dbcbed12f
 replaces="lxpolkit>=0"
 
-pre_build() {
-	rm *.stamp
+pre_configure() {
+	[ -d m4 ] || mkdir m4
+	autoreconf -fi
 }