diff --git a/srcpkgs/pv/patches/null.patch b/srcpkgs/pv/patches/null.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..07f3493c60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/pv/patches/null.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/pv/number.c
++++ b/src/pv/number.c
+@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
+  * Functions for converting strings to numbers.
+  */
+ 
++#include <stddef.h>
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
+ #include "config.h"
+ #endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/pv/template b/srcpkgs/pv/template
index 11acecf440d..9d41be04d8c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pv/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'pv'
 pkgname=pv
-version=1.6.6
+version=1.6.19
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Monitor the progress of data through a pipeline"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Artistic-2.0"
 homepage="http://www.ivarch.com/programs/pv.shtml"
-distfiles="http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=608ef935f7a377e1439c181c4fc188d247da10d51a19ef79bcdee5043b0973f1
+distfiles="http://www.ivarch.com/programs/sources/pv-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=aa30823f072cb4953424b0f9b55497b9238cc8e9d47e246cd4ecbf1312f6e835