diff --git a/srcpkgs/sparse/template b/srcpkgs/sparse/template
index b7b8b539b92..440063dd0d6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sparse/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sparse/template
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 # Template file for 'sparse'
 pkgname=sparse
-version=0.6.3
+version=0.6.4
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 make_use_env=yes
+# make_build_args=V=1
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+# not compatible with llvm18
+makedepends="libxml2-devel sqlite-devel"
 short_desc="Semantic Parser for C"
-maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+maintainer="Đoàn Trần Công Danh <congdanhqx@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/devel/sparse/sparse.git"
 distfiles="${homepage}/snapshot/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2de8d57275e382cb00e5513c4f06c168f14ca3811fb630b19e95dfc07175b490
+checksum=bd98fd8a122ff79d38a81feb75ec728699101e80701f33f21180912c3c9e949c
 
-pre_build() {
-	make_build_args="CC=$CC LD=$CC AR=$AR"
+do_configure() {
+	cat <<-EOF >local.mk
+	CC := $CC
+	CXX :=$CXX
+	LD := $CC
+	AR := $AR
+	PREFIX = /usr
+	EOF
 }
 
 post_install() {