diff --git a/srcpkgs/nim/template b/srcpkgs/nim/template
index 5db31a56d74..b09cf0f4442 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nim/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nim/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'nim'
 pkgname=nim
-version=0.18.0
-revision=3
-_cversion=0.18.0
+version=0.19.0
+revision=1
+_cversion=0.19.0
 _nimbleversion=0.9.0
 depends="gcc"
 hostmakedepends="ed"
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ homepage="https://nim-lang.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/archive/v${version}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/nim-lang/csources/archive/v${_cversion}.tar.gz>csources-${_cversion}.tar.gz
  https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble/archive/v${_nimbleversion}.tar.gz>nimble-${_nimbleversion}.tar.gz"
-checksum="9b9982f349fb96db44020a6da14fa683179b637a3d94782e2c99156ac613e187
- e9aff9d58661ea852ae424ba34fc3750b45fb31982645a3038de2300bea2d17c
+checksum="f6a0b1c7bc227db1f7b8efa3bde0c6f23903c9184beebc99ff0094378c28e1ee
+ 68042afae0b24915acac813b52b9ee0a303219e990d3bfa05ca57fb6bbc51578
  d02cc0b1787fa30e6d88a1ee7aa067c1555b7763d2716742d1d10132df550456"
 build_wrksrc=Nim-$version
 create_wrksrc=yes
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ post_extract() {
 
 do_build() {
 	cd csources
-	CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= sh build.sh
+	CC=gcc LD=gcc CFLAGS= LDFLAGS= sh build.sh
 	cd ..
 
 	ed lib/wrappers/openssl.nim <<-EDIT