diff --git a/templates/dhcpcd/template b/templates/dhcpcd/template
index 4567b12c879..a2aa28818f3 100644
--- a/templates/dhcpcd/template
+++ b/templates/dhcpcd/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'dhcpcd'
 pkgname=dhcpcd
-version=5.0.7
+version=5.1.0
 distfiles="http://roy.marples.name/downloads/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-$version.tar.bz2"
-build_style=gnu_makefile
+build_style=configure
+configure_args="--libexecdir=/lib/dhcpcd"
 short_desc="RFC2131 compliant DHCP client"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=331094cfd06a694f9b5dc1fa0bf966431b612f3070832dcb23edbb89ab8ad544
+checksum=bb761bc9eefa7f528fd74d9a10518ebd5f99c18fc2b0a98196c8cd106eb9188b
 long_desc="
  dhcpcd is a RFC 2131 compliant DHCP client. It's also a RFC 3927 compliant
  IPv4LL (aka ZeroConf) client.
@@ -19,13 +20,6 @@ Add_dependency run glibc
 conf_files="/etc/dhcpcd.conf"
 openrc_services="dhcpcd default"
 
-pre_configure()
-{
-	cd $wrksrc
-	sed -i 's/\/libexec/\/lib\/dhcpcd/' Makefile
-	sed -i 's/\/libexec/\/lib\/dhcpcd/' dhcpcd-hooks/Makefile
-}
-
 post_install()
 {
 	# Install the OpenRC service