diff --git a/srcpkgs/cgit/template b/srcpkgs/cgit/template
index 6b6a6010f83..a778ae0de94 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cgit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cgit/template
@@ -1,19 +1,19 @@
-# Template build file for "cgit".
-_git_version=2.10.2
-
+# Template file for 'cgit'
+_git_version=2.18.0
 pkgname=cgit
-version=1.1
-revision=4
+version=1.2
+revision=1
 hostmakedepends="asciidoc"
 makedepends="libressl-devel zlib-devel"
+checkdepends="perl"
 short_desc="A fast webinterface for git"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
-homepage="http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/"
-license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="http://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/snapshot/cgit-${version}.tar.xz
+license="GPL-2.0-only"
+homepage="https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/"
+distfiles="https://git.zx2c4.com/cgit/snapshot/cgit-${version}.tar.xz
  https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-${_git_version}.tar.xz"
-checksum="0889af29be15fc981481caa09579f982b9740fe9fd2860ab87dff286f4635890
- 94802903dd707d85ca3b9a2be35e936a54ce86375f52c6a789efe7ce7e238671"
+checksum="d5622ba7c3eb87de402da6fe3a092219546a917ff627966e99c9f18ba32a4832
+ 8b40be383a603147ae29337136c00d1c634bdfdc169a30924a024596a7e30e92"
 
 post_extract() {
 	rm -r git
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ do_build() {
 	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" prefix=/usr ${makejobs} all doc-man
 }
 
+do_check() {
+	make test
+}
+
 do_install() {
 	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" prefix=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} \
 		CGIT_SCRIPT_PATH=/usr/share/webapps/cgit install install-man