diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/patches/fix-build.patch b/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/patches/fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f0c5a9eb038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/patches/fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- meson.build~	2017-07-21 21:29:01.000000000 +0000
++++ meson.build	2017-07-25 14:46:22.457393490 +0000
+@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@
+   'include',
+ 
+   # for the generated config.h
+-  meson.current_build_dir(),
++  #meson.current_build_dir(),
++  '.'
+ )
+ 
+ libmpdclient = library('mpdclient',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/template b/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/template
index 754dbbcf278..b95e6d5193c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libmpdclient/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'libmpdclient'
 pkgname=libmpdclient
-version=2.11
+version=2.12
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-documentation"
+build_style=meson
 short_desc="Asynchronous API library for interfacing MPD"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="3-clause-BSD"
+hostmakedepends="meson"
 homepage="http://www.musicpd.org/libs/libmpdclient/"
 distfiles="http://www.musicpd.org/download/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=15fe693893c0d7ea3f4c35c4016fbd0332836164178b20983eec9b470846baf6
+checksum=9ecd1ed8f6e355c622ab10af4aef5fb06da21d2ffc5b6313747d0245ad8279f8
 
 libmpdclient-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ libmpdclient-devel_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/share/vala
 	}