diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsboat/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/newsboat/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2423134926f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsboat/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 85fbf952..dc23be41 100644
+--- Makefile
++++ Makefile
+@@ -196,13 +196,13 @@ doc/xhtml/faq.html: doc/faq.txt
+ 	echo "td > pre { margin: 0; white-space: pre-wrap; }" >> doc/xhtml/docbook-xsl.css
+ 
+ doc/generate: doc/generate.cpp doc/split.h
+-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o doc/generate doc/generate.cpp
++	$(CXX_FOR_BUILD) $(CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) -o doc/generate doc/generate.cpp
+ 
+ doc/newsboat-cfgcmds.txt: doc/generate doc/configcommands.dsv
+ 	doc/generate doc/configcommands.dsv > doc/newsboat-cfgcmds.txt
+ 
+ doc/generate2: doc/generate2.cpp
+-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o doc/generate2 doc/generate2.cpp
++	$(CXX_FOR_BUILD) $(CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) -o doc/generate2 doc/generate2.cpp
+ 
+ doc/newsboat-keycmds.txt: doc/generate2 doc/keycmds.dsv
+ 	doc/generate2 doc/keycmds.dsv > doc/newsboat-keycmds.txt
+@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ doc/podboat.1: doc/manpage-podboat.txt doc/chapter-podcasts.txt doc/podboat-cfgc
+ 	$(A2X) -f manpage doc/manpage-podboat.txt
+ 
+ doc/gen-example-config: doc/gen-example-config.cpp doc/split.h
+-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o doc/gen-example-config doc/gen-example-config.cpp
++	$(CXX_FOR_BUILD) $(CXXFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) -o doc/gen-example-config doc/gen-example-config.cpp
+ 
+ doc/example-config: doc/gen-example-config doc/configcommands.dsv
+ 	sed 's/+{backslash}"+/`\\"`/g' doc/configcommands.dsv | doc/gen-example-config > doc/example-config
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newsboat/template b/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
index 0acea502575..65c39a4791e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newsboat/template
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'newsboat'
 pkgname=newsboat
-version=r2.14
+version=2.14.1
 revision=1
+wrksrc="newsboat-r${version}"
 build_style=configure
 build_helper="rust"
 configure_script="./config.sh"
@@ -16,24 +17,11 @@ maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://www.newsboat.org"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newsboat/newsboat/master/CHANGELOG.md"
-distfiles="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=57176071b0c777ddba237f95f684e36bf2ddf271e84ac5c9e3eec8f1afc0b133
+distfiles="https://github.com/newsboat/newsboat/archive/r${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=fb029e2da250f0fdefdd8d52b417b2c13f1b049675ca3718190e9d43defd6c69
 
 CXXFLAGS=" -Wno-error=sign-compare"
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	LDFLAGS="-L./target/${RUST_TARGET}/release"
-fi
-
-pre_configure() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		cd doc
-		g++ -o generate generate.cpp
-		g++ -o generate2 generate2.cpp
-		g++ -o gen-example-config gen-example-config.cpp
-	fi
-}
-
 do_check() {
 	rm -f test/rss.cpp