diff --git a/srcpkgs/rx_tools/patches/soapysdr_0.8.patch b/srcpkgs/rx_tools/patches/soapysdr_0.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..78ca0784404
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rx_tools/patches/soapysdr_0.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+API change in SoapySDR-0.8.1. Upstream currently has 3 years of unreleased changes,
+including a similar fix, but it was too convoluted to easily import directly.
+
+--- a/src/convenience/convenience.c
++++ b/src/convenience/convenience.c
+@@ -488,7 +488,8 @@
+ 
+ 	show_device_info(dev);
+ 
+-	if (SoapySDRDevice_setupStream(dev, streamOut, SOAPY_SDR_RX, format, NULL, 0, &stream_args) != 0) {
++	*streamOut = SoapySDRDevice_setupStream(dev, SOAPY_SDR_RX, format, NULL, 0, &stream_args);
++	if (*streamOut == NULL) {
+ 		fprintf(stderr, "SoapySDRDevice_setupStream failed\n");
+ 		return -3;
+ 	}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rx_tools/template b/srcpkgs/rx_tools/template
index d608eb8ae9f..1147146456a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rx_tools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rx_tools/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'rx_tools'
 pkgname=rx_tools
 version=1.0.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cmake
 makedepends="SoapySDR-devel"
 short_desc="Tools for receiving data from SDRs"