diff --git a/srcpkgs/pamixer/template b/srcpkgs/pamixer/template
index 67a9df9ece5..8f9ea09613f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pamixer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pamixer/template
@@ -1,17 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'pamixer'
 pkgname=pamixer
-version=1.5
+version=1.6
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-makefile
-makedepends="pulseaudio-devel boost-devel"
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="pulseaudio-devel cxxopts"
 short_desc="Pulseaudio command line mixer"
 maintainer="teldra <teldra@rotce.de>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/cdemoulins/pamixer"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=eb75a9f71b99429bc5a789e82bbd3260bc27104aaaf8d9c17b56e23f74531708
-CXXFLAGS="-DVERSION=$version"
-
-do_install() {
-	vbin pamixer
-}
+checksum=8b7199e495dc19b190f8f02ace8782f533266a4bd7c7d3cf6f4cf09b2de13e71