diff --git a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
index 43016711e6a..e097070ba61 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xscreensaver/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xscreensaver'
 pkgname=xscreensaver
-version=6.00
-revision=2
+version=6.01
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-pam --with-login-manager
  --with-x-app-defaults=/usr/share/X11/app-defaults
@@ -18,7 +18,14 @@ license="MIT"
 homepage="https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/"
 changelog="https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/changelog.html"
 distfiles="https://www.jwz.org/xscreensaver/xscreensaver-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=585088974721b828ebd71fd3ebb019d1bf312133c956eac9672d61f6b49d7706
+checksum=085484665d91f60b4a1dedacd94bcf9b74b0fb096bcedc89ff1c245168e5473b
+
+do_extract() {
+	# Ugly hack as xscreensaver-6.01.tar.gz contains a spurious
+	# hardlink, which trips up bsdtar, but extracts correctly.
+	# So ignore the error.
+        bsdtar xf ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz -C ${wrksrc}/.. || true
+}
 
 do_install() {
 	vmkdir etc/pam.d