diff --git a/srcpkgs/libetonyek/template b/srcpkgs/libetonyek/template
index 9c05b33ffc5..151e10e6b80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libetonyek/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libetonyek/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ checksum=032f53e8d7691e48a73ddbe74fa84c906ff6ff32a33e6ee2a935b6fdb6aecb78
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -if
+	sed -i configure -e "s;mdds-1.0;mdds-1.2;g"
 }
 
 libetonyek-devel_package() {