diff --git a/srcpkgs/afl++/patches/mode_t.patch b/srcpkgs/afl++/patches/mode_t.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7cd2776c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/afl++/patches/mode_t.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- a/include/common.h
++++ b/include/common.h
+@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
+ #ifndef __AFLCOMMON_H
+ #define __AFLCOMMON_H
+ 
++#include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+--- a/include/types.h
++++ b/include/types.h
+@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
+ 
+ #include <stdint.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
++#include <fcntl.h>
++#include <unistd.h>
+ #include "config.h"
+ 
+ typedef uint8_t  u8;
diff --git a/srcpkgs/afl++/template b/srcpkgs/afl++/template
index 006660b9ae9..1ce6cf68904 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/afl++/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/afl++/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'afl++'
 pkgname=afl++
-version=4.30c
+version=4.33c
 revision=1
 archs="i686* x86_64* aarch64*"
 build_helper="qemu"
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 hostmakedepends="which"
-makedepends="gmp-devel lld18 llvm18-devel python3-devel"
+makedepends="gmp-devel lld18 llvm18-devel python3-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="American fuzzy lop Plus Plus - a brute-force fuzzer"
 maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://aflplus.plus/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/AFLplusplus/AFLplusplus/archive/refs/tags/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7c08c81f59b6c1f0bc2428fdee9fb880520e72c50be0683072e66bcde662b480
+checksum=98903c8036282c8908b1d8cc0d60caf3ea259db4339503a76449b47acce58d1d
 conflicts="afl>=0"
 replaces="afl>=0"
 
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ nostrip_files="small_archive.a small_exec.elf"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	export LLVM_CONFIG=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/llvm-config
+	export PYTHON_INCLUDE="-I${py3_inc}"
+	export PYTHON_LIB="-lpython${py3_ver} -ldl -lm"
+	export PYTHON_VERSION="Python ${py3_ver}"
 else
 	export LLVM_CONFIG=llvm-config
 fi