diff --git a/srcpkgs/mu/template b/srcpkgs/mu/template
index 5f371677881..78668f59da8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mu/template
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
 # Template file for 'mu'
 pkgname=mu
-reverts="1.3.1_1"
-version=1.2
-revision=2
+version=1.4.1
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config emacs texinfo"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config texinfo glib-devel"
 makedepends="xapian-core-devel gmime3-devel libuuid-devel"
+checkdepends="tzdata"
 short_desc="Emacs-based tool for dealing with e-mail stored in the Maildir-format"
 maintainer="Benjamin Slade <slade@jnanam.net>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
-homepage="http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/"
+homepage="https://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/djcb/mu/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=75ac379ddbaa35ab54035b057bf729537afbef09c71505c2f7209826265e049a
+checksum=66ae911abb3d7269514fada08e7a13ad61a205e10209055c41df2f9d17568274
+
+if [ ! "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	subpackages="mu4e"
+	hostmakedepends+=" emacs"
+else
+	# force subpackages to non-empty value,
+	# else xbps-src will generate it.
+	subpackages=" "
+	configure_args+=" --disable-mu4e"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's,-I${prefix}/include,,' contrib/Makefile.am
@@ -19,10 +29,12 @@ pre_configure() {
 }
 
 mu4e_package() {
+	archs=noarch
 	short_desc+=" - Emacs frontend"
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} emacs"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/share/emacs
 		vmove usr/share/info
+		vmove usr/share/doc/mu/mu4e*
 	}
 }