diff --git a/srcpkgs/cargo-license/template b/srcpkgs/cargo-license/template
index 3f7faaf7470..e08dcc93b2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cargo-license/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cargo-license/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'cargo-license'
 pkgname=cargo-license
 version=0.5.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 short_desc="Cargo subcommand to see license of dependencies"
 maintainer="classabbyamp <void@placeviolette.net>"
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ homepage="https://github.com/onur/cargo-license"
 distfiles="https://github.com/onur/cargo-license/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=934359118e69dfdf75c0e3b25a1bd154c3568a73e767bd35cb2fa91320016569
 
+post_patch() {
+	# upstream does not ship a lockfile yet: https://github.com/onur/cargo-license/pull/63
+	cargo generate-lockfile
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }