diff --git a/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/files/beanstalkd/run b/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/files/beanstalkd/run
index 48134184bf3..dfba751acc8 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/files/beanstalkd/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/files/beanstalkd/run
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # By default use persistent storage (binary log)
 [ -r conf ] && . ./conf
-exec chpst -u beanstalkd:beanstalkd beanstalkd ${OPTS:=-b /var/lib/beanstalkd} 2>&1
+exec chpst -u _beanstalkd:_beanstalkd beanstalkd ${OPTS:=-b /var/lib/beanstalkd} 2>&1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/template b/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/template
index 34c65389883..b903b3582ae 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/beanstalkd/template
@@ -1,27 +1,29 @@
 # Template file for 'beanstalkd'
 pkgname=beanstalkd
-version=1.10
-revision=4
+version=1.11
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Simple, fast, general-purpose work queue"
 maintainer="bougyman <bougyman@voidlinux.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://kr.github.io/beanstalkd/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/kr/beanstalkd/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=923b1e195e168c2a91adcc75371231c26dcf23868ed3e0403cd4b1d662a52d59
-system_accounts="beanstalkd"
+checksum=5e3414e49d00e9ef9530897983e56bdba98da6f8f1f30f5fe7e6064b2f68c544
+system_accounts="_beanstalkd"
 replaces="beanstalk>=0"
 
-make_dirs="/var/lib/beanstalkd 755 beanstalkd beanstalkd"
+make_dirs="/var/lib/beanstalkd 755 _beanstalkd _beanstalkd"
 
-do_build() {
+CFLAGS="-Wno-error"
+
+pre_build() {
 	sed -i 's,sys/fcntl.h,fcntl.h,' sd-daemon.c
-	make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ${makejobs}
+	vsed -i 's,override,,g' Makefile
 }
 
-do_install() {
-	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+post_install() {
 	vman doc/beanstalkd.1
-	vdoc README
+	vdoc README.md README
 	vdoc doc/protocol.txt
 	vlicense LICENSE
 	vsv beanstalkd