diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgis b/srcpkgs/postgis
index 3bacb4f025e..c5ffd3d9012 120000
--- a/srcpkgs/postgis
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgis
@@ -1 +1 @@
-postgis-postgresql15
\ No newline at end of file
+postgis-postgresql16
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql15/template b/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql15/template
index 5f2d8421e1f..8d56fced47a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql15/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql15/template
@@ -30,9 +30,3 @@ pre_check() {
 	# regression tests require running postgresql
 	vsed -i regress/run_test.pl -e '/\/usr\/bin\/env/ a exit;'
 }
-
-postgis_package() {
-	build_style=meta
-	short_desc+=" (meta package)"
-	depends="${sourcepkg}"
-}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql16/template b/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql16/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e6d3e2754b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql16/template
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+# Template file for 'postgis-postgresql16'
+pkgname=postgis-postgresql16
+version=3.3.4
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="
+ --with-projdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
+ --with-jsondir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
+ --with-protobufdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr
+ --with-geosconfig=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/geos-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl pkg-config geos
+ libgdal-tools postgresql-libs-devel which"
+makedepends="geos-devel libgdal-devel libpqxx-devel libxml2-devel postgresql-libs-devel
+ proj-devel protobuf-c-devel pcre-devel json-c-devel"
+checkdepends="libxslt CUnit-devel"
+short_desc="Spatial database extender for PostgreSQL"
+maintainer="Piotr Wójcik <chocimier@tlen.pl>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://postgis.net/"
+changelog="https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/postgis/postgis/raw/tag/${version}/NEWS"
+distfiles="https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/source/postgis-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=9d41eaef70e811a4fe2f4a431d144c0c57ce17c2c1a3c938ddaf4e5a3813b0d8
+nocross="FIXME: Cannot run test program to determine PROJ version"
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./autogen.sh
+}
+
+pre_check() {
+	# regression tests require running postgresql
+	vsed -i regress/run_test.pl -e '/\/usr\/bin\/env/ a exit;'
+}
+
+postgis_package() {
+	build_style=meta
+	short_desc+=" (meta package)"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}"
+}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql16/update b/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql16/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e5577e6b068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/postgis-postgresql16/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pkgname=postgis
+ignore="*alpha* *beta* *rc*"