diff --git a/srcpkgs/datamash/patches/musl-tests.patch b/srcpkgs/datamash/patches/musl-tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7666b0560a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/datamash/patches/musl-tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/tests/decorate-errors.pl
++++ b/tests/decorate-errors.pl
+@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@
+     {ERR=>"$prog: invalid dot-decimal IPv4 address 'FOO'\n" .
+           "$prog: conversion failed in line 1\n" }],
+   ['c4', '--decorate -k1,1:ipv4inet' , {IN_PIPE=>"FOO\n"}, {OUT => " "},
+-    {EXIT=>2},
++    {EXIT=>2}, {ERR_SUBST=>'s/: Invalid argument//'},
+     {ERR=>"$prog: invalid IPv4 address 'FOO'\n" .
+           "$prog: conversion failed in line 1\n" }],
+   ['c5', '--decorate -k1,1:ipv6' , {IN_PIPE=>"FOO\n"}, {OUT => " "}, {EXIT=>2},
diff --git a/srcpkgs/datamash/template b/srcpkgs/datamash/template
index 56495d251e8..b483a170950 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/datamash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/datamash/template
@@ -1,11 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'datamash'
 pkgname=datamash
-version=1.7
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="texinfo"
+checkdepends="which"
 short_desc="Command-line program that performs simple calculations on input files"
-maintainer="oliver JH <ohemming@gmail.com>"
+maintainer="oliver <void@bertmacho.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/datamash/"
-distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=574a592bb90c5ae702ffaed1b59498d5e3e7466a8abf8530c5f2f3f11fa4adb3
+distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/datamash/datamash-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=7ad97e8c7ef616dd03aa5bd67ae24c488272db3e7d1f5774161c18b75f29f6fd
+
+post_extract() {
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+		vsed -e '/datamash-i18n-de\.pl/d' -i Makefile.in
+	fi
+}