diff --git a/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template b/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template
index ade2845bf9f..90dddcc5158 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libstrophe/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'libstrophe'
 pkgname=libstrophe
-version=0.8.6
-revision=2
+version=0.8.7
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config git"
 makedepends="expat-devel zlib-devel libressl-devel"
@@ -9,10 +9,9 @@ short_desc="A minimal XMPP library written in C"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://strophe.im/libstrophe/"
+distfiles="https://github.com/strophe/libstrophe/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=368cd986378712f46838eda24d8d756934259fc8831e55cdd02ad68d53c21e5f
 
-do_fetch() {
-	git clone git://github.com/strophe/libstrophe ${pkgname}-${version}
-}
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./bootstrap.sh
 }