diff --git a/srcpkgs/recode/patches/link-librecode.a.patch b/srcpkgs/recode/patches/link-librecode.a.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e212daf0b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/recode/patches/link-librecode.a.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+diff --git a/lib/Makefile.am b/lib/Makefile.am
+index 237fe72..684ee68 100644
+--- a/lib/Makefile.am
++++ b/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = gnits
+ noinst_LIBRARIES = libreco.a
+ noinst_HEADERS = error.h getopt.h gettext.h pathmax.h xstring.h
+ libreco_a_SOURCES = error.c getopt.c getopt1.c xstrdup.c
++libreco_a_CFLAGS = -fPIC
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = alloca.c gettext.c malloc.c realloc.c strtol.c strtoul.c
+ 
+diff --git a/lib/error.c b/lib/error.c
+index 53b650c..7f879aa 100644
+--- a/lib/error.c
++++ b/lib/error.c
+@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ void (*error_print_progname) (
+ /* This variable is incremented each time `error' is called.  */
+ unsigned int error_message_count;
+ 
+-#ifdef _LIBC
++#if 1
+ /* In the GNU C library, there is a predefined variable for this.  */
+ 
+ # define program_name program_invocation_name
+@@ -73,8 +73,6 @@ unsigned int error_message_count;
+ 
+ /* In GNU libc we want do not want to use the common name `error' directly.
+    Instead make it a weak alias.  */
+-# define error __error
+-# define error_at_line __error_at_line
+ 
+ #else /* not _LIBC */
+ 
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
+index c918aa7..dff6c71 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.am
++++ b/src/Makefile.am
+@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ recode_LDADD = librecode.la ../lib/libreco.a
+ librecode_la_SOURCES = argmatch.c charname.c combine.c fr-charname.c \
+ hash.c iconv.c libiconv.c localcharset.c merged.c names.c outer.c quotearg.c \
+ recode.c request.c strip-pool.c task.c xmalloc.c $(C_STEPS)
++librecode_la_LIBADD = ../lib/libreco.a
+ librecode_la_LDFLAGS = -version-info 0:0:0
+ 
+ INCLUDES = -I.. -I$(srcdir) -I$(top_srcdir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/libiconv
diff --git a/srcpkgs/recode/template b/srcpkgs/recode/template
index c57c8e4b937..bba0c7862d4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/recode/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/recode/template
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'recode'
 pkgname=recode
 version=3.6
-revision=9
-patch_args="-Np1"
+revision=10
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--without-included-gettext jm_cv_func_working_malloc=yes
  jm_cv_func_working_realloc=yes"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext libtool texinfo"
 short_desc="Character set conversion utility"
-homepage="http://recode.progiciels-bpi.ca/"
-license="GPL-2"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
+license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="http://recode.progiciels-bpi.ca/"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/r/${pkgname}/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=e3e6a4f3f8e5c6052ab70155990c074d87aa0b614fc1be31d194750d1d962fcf
+patch_args="-Np1"
 
 pre_configure() {
-	sed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.in
-	sed -i -e "/^AM_C_PROTOTYPES.*/d" configure.in
-	sed -i -e "s/ansi2knr//" src/Makefile.am
-	rm -f acinclude.m4
+	vsed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.in
+	vsed -i -e "/^AM_C_PROTOTYPES.*/d" configure.in
+	vsed -i -e "s/ansi2knr//" src/Makefile.am
+	rm acinclude.m4
 	autoreconf -fi
 	libtoolize
 }