diff --git a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
index 708ab4f79ab..0f12836e76a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pulseaudio/template
@@ -45,6 +45,14 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	arm*) configure_args+=" -Db_lto=false"
 esac
 
+post_patch() {
+	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = musl ]; then
+		# Configure detects presence of open64 due to musl providing aliases for them in the linker, this is not correct.
+		# This was fixed in musl 1.2.x, but we are currently using 1.1.x
+		vsed -e "s/'open64',//g" -i meson.build
+	fi
+}
+
 post_install() {
 	rm ${DESTDIR}/etc/dbus-1/system.d/pulseaudio-system.conf
 	vmkdir usr/share/examples/pulseaudio/sv/