diff --git a/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/patches/meson.patch b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/patches/meson.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f7ccca5e66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/patches/meson.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+--- subprojects/gvc/meson.build.orig	2017-08-14 22:00:04.000000000 +0000
++++ subprojects/gvc/meson.build	2017-10-10 18:10:05.177178298 +0000
+@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
+ ]
+ 
+ libgvc_sources = [
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-channel-map.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-card.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-control.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-event-role.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-sink.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-sink-input.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-source.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-source-output.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-stream.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/gvc-mixer-ui-device.c',
+-    '../../src/gvc/test-audio-device-selection.c',
++    'gvc-channel-map.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-card.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-control.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-event-role.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-sink.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-sink-input.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-source.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-source-output.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-stream.c',
++    'gvc-mixer-ui-device.c',
++    'test-audio-device-selection.c',
+ ]
+ 
+ libgvc = static_library(
+@@ -34,8 +34,7 @@
+     dependencies: libgvc_deps,
+     include_directories: [
+         include_directories('.'),
+         include_directories(join_paths('..', '..')),
+-        include_directories(join_paths('..', '..', 'src', 'gvc')),
+     ],
+     c_args: [
+         '-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="Gvc"',
+@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@
+     link_with: libgvc,
+     include_directories: [
+         include_directories('.'),
+         include_directories(join_paths('..', '..')),
+-        include_directories(join_paths('..', '..', 'src', 'gvc')),
+     ],
+ )
diff --git a/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/template
index 807ba20412e..4127e46a832 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop/template
@@ -19,8 +19,7 @@ homepage="https://github.com/budgie-desktop/budgie-desktop"
 distfiles="https://github.com/budgie-desktop/${pkgname}/releases/download/v${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=17da8efe56a73426117f89eed8f2a1236c592042acb8d3fec063b24ebe124245
 
-broken="https://build.voidlinux.eu/builders/x86_64-musl_builder/builds/5182"
-
-pre_install() {
-	export LD=$CC
+post_extract() {
+	# subprojects with overlapping source trees no longer allowed
+	mv src/gvc/* subprojects/gvc
 }