diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 46ddec74062..50be44f4555 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -930,8 +930,8 @@ libgssglue.so.1 libgssglue-0.3_1
 libtirpc.so.1 libtirpc-0.2.2_1
 librpcsecgss.so.3 librpcsecgss-0.19_1
 libnfsidmap.so.0 libnfsidmap-0.24_1
-liblwres.so.90 bind-libs-9.9.0_1
-libdns.so.100 bind-libs-9.9.4_1
+liblwres.so.91 bind-libs-9.9.6_1
+libdns.so.104 bind-libs-9.9.6_1
 libbind9.so.90 bind-libs-9.9.0_1
 libisccfg.so.90 bind-libs-9.9.0_1
 libisc.so.95 bind-libs-9.9.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bind/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/bind/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ad085cc5831
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/bind/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.in.orig	2014-11-19 07:28:13.215512881 +0100
++++ configure.in	2014-11-19 07:28:57.431968243 +0100
+@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ esac
+ case $ac_cv_have_if_nametoindex in
+ yes)
+ 	ISC_PLATFORM_HAVEIFNAMETOINDEX="#define ISC_PLATFORM_HAVEIFNAMETOINDEX 1"
+-	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_IF_NAMETOINDEX, 1)
++	AC_DEFINE([HAVE_IF_NAMETOINDEX], [1], [Have if_nametoindex])
+ 	;;
+ *)
+ 	ISC_PLATFORM_HAVEIFNAMETOINDEX="#undef ISC_PLATFORM_HAVEIFNAMETOINDEX"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/bind/template b/srcpkgs/bind/template
index fdc19817f36..6bbde128065 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bind/template
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'bind'
 pkgname=bind
-_distver=9.9.5
-_patchver=P1
-version=${_distver}${_patchver}
-wrksrc=${pkgname}-${_distver}-${_patchver}
-revision=4
+version=9.9.6
+revision=1
 short_desc="Berkeley Internet Name Domain server"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="http://www.isc.org/software/bind/"
 update_site="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/"
 update_pattern="9\.[\d.]+(?=/)"
-distfiles="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/${_distver}-${_patchver}/bind-${_distver}-${_patchver}.tar.gz"
-checksum=a41f7813f3a6eb0dcae961651ec93896fd82074929bc6c1d8c90b04a2417b850
+distfiles="http://ftp.isc.org/isc/bind9/${version}/bind-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=6b9432644a3bfa41695354543bd9e2547104e35f3c7354a416a030a4cdd1c514
 
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --enable-threads --enable-largefile
  --with-libtool --enable-atomic --sysconfdir=/etc/named --enable-epoll
  --enable-ipv6 --with-randomdev=/dev/urandom --with-ecdsa=yes --with-libtool
- --with-openssl=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr --without-gssapi --without-gost
- --with-libxml2=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr"
+ --with-openssl=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr --without-gssapi --without-gost"
 
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl libxml2-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool perl"
 makedepends="libressl-devel libxml2-devel libcap-devel readline-devel>=6.3"
 conf_files="/etc/named/named.conf"
 system_accounts="named"
@@ -30,13 +26,11 @@ named_homedir="/var/named"
 named_shell="/bin/false"
 make_dirs="/var/named 0770 root named"
 build_options="systemd"
-replaces="runit-void<20141013_2"
 
 pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
 	# disable bin tests for now.
 	sed -e "s,tests,,g" -i bin/Makefile.in
-	rm -f aclocal.m4 libtool
-	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
 post_install() {