diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit/patches/chpst-pwd.patch b/srcpkgs/runit/patches/chpst-pwd.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c8ee7ed893c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit/patches/chpst-pwd.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+From 2b8000f1ebd07fd68ee0e3c32737d97bcd1687fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Andrew J. Hesford" <ajh@sideband.org>
+Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2022 14:25:22 -0500
+Subject: [PATCH] chpst: add -C to change working directory
+
+---
+ man/chpst.8 | 8 ++++++++
+ src/chpst.c | 9 +++++++--
+ 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git runit-2.1.2/man/chpst.8 runit-2.1.2/man/chpst.8
+index 43c0b8d..e0829b6 100644
+--- runit-2.1.2/man/chpst.8
++++ runit-2.1.2/man/chpst.8
+@@ -146,6 +146,14 @@ Change the root directory to
+ before starting
+ .IR prog .
+ .TP
++.B \-C \fIpwd
++chdir.
++Change the working directory to
++.I pwd
++before starting
++.IR prog .
++When combined with \-/, the working directory is changed after the chroot.
++.TP
+ .B \-n \fIinc
+ nice.
+ Add
+diff --git runit-2.1.2/src/chpst.c runit-2.1.2/src/chpst.c
+index 1cca5f4..d597b68 100644
+--- runit-2.1.2/src/chpst.c
++++ runit-2.1.2/src/chpst.c
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ #include "openreadclose.h"
+ #include "direntry.h"
+ 
+-#define USAGE_MAIN " [-vP012] [-u user[:group]] [-U user[:group]] [-b argv0] [-e dir] [-/ root] [-n nice] [-l|-L lock] [-m n] [-d n] [-o n] [-p n] [-f n] [-c n] prog"
++#define USAGE_MAIN " [-vP012] [-u user[:group]] [-U user[:group]] [-b argv0] [-e dir] [-/ root] [-C pwd] [-n nice] [-l|-L lock] [-m n] [-d n] [-o n] [-p n] [-f n] [-c n] prog"
+ #define FATAL "chpst: fatal: "
+ #define WARNING "chpst: warning: "
+ 
+@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ long limitt =-2;
+ long nicelvl =0;
+ const char *lock =0;
+ const char *root =0;
++const char *pwd =0;
+ unsigned int lockdelay;
+ 
+ void suidgid(char *user, unsigned int ext) {
+@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+   if (str_equal(progname, "setlock")) setlock(argc, argv);
+   if (str_equal(progname, "softlimit")) softlimit(argc, argv);
+ 
+-  while ((opt =getopt(argc, argv, "u:U:b:e:m:d:o:p:f:c:r:t:/:n:l:L:vP012V"))
++  while ((opt =getopt(argc, argv, "u:U:b:e:m:d:o:p:f:c:r:t:/:C:n:l:L:vP012V"))
+          != opteof)
+     switch(opt) {
+     case 'u': set_user =(char*)optarg; break;
+@@ -305,6 +306,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+     case 'r': if (optarg[scan_ulong(optarg, &ul)]) usage(); limitr =ul; break;
+     case 't': if (optarg[scan_ulong(optarg, &ul)]) usage(); limitt =ul; break;
+     case '/': root =optarg; break;
++    case 'C': pwd =optarg; break;
+     case 'n':
+       switch (*optarg) {
+         case '-':
+@@ -337,6 +339,9 @@ int main(int argc, const char **argv) {
+     if (chdir(root) == -1) fatal2("unable to change directory", root);
+     if (chroot(".") == -1) fatal("unable to change root directory");
+   }
++  if (pwd) {
++    if (chdir(pwd) == -1) fatal2("unable to change directory", pwd);
++  }
+   if (nicelvl) {
+     errno =0;
+     if (nice(nicelvl) == -1) if (errno) fatal("unable to set nice level");
diff --git a/srcpkgs/runit/template b/srcpkgs/runit/template
index 97c61ccbbaa..661d141f1ec 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/runit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/runit/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'runit'
 pkgname=runit
 version=2.1.2
-revision=14
+revision=15
 build_wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}/src"
 build_style="gnu-makefile"
 short_desc="UNIX init scheme with service supervision"
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ homepage="http://smarden.org/runit/"
 distfiles="http://smarden.org/runit/runit-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=6fd0160cb0cf1207de4e66754b6d39750cff14bb0aa66ab49490992c0c47ba18
 patch_args=-Np0
+# FIXME: this is caused by some bonk tests that should be fixed in void-linux/runit at some point
+make_check=no
 
 build_options="static"