diff --git a/srcpkgs/j/template b/srcpkgs/j/template
index 7477bfd0837..95aa0710684 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/j/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/j/template
@@ -27,10 +27,10 @@ aarch64*|arm*) _jpl="raspberry";;
 *)             _jpl="linux";;
 esac
 
-case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
-*-musl) makedepends+=" musl-fts-devel";;
-esac
-
+if [ "${XBPS_TARGET_LIBC}" = musl ]; then
+	makedepends+=" musl-fts-devel"
+	LDFLAGS=-lfts
+fi
 
 do_configure() {
 	cp jsrc/jversion-x.h jsrc/jversion.h
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ do_configure() {
 	         /^common="\$common/n;
 	         /^common/s/="/&$CFLAGS /;
 	         /^LDFLAGS/s/="/&$LDFLAGS /;
+	         s/-Werror//
 	         /^#!/a\set -o errexit' \
 	     make2/build_jconsole.sh make2/build_libj.sh
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/j/update b/srcpkgs/j/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5dbecfec6f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/j/update
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pattern='refs/tags/j?\K[0-9]+-release(-[a-z])?(?=.tar.gz)'