diff --git a/srcpkgs/net-snmp/template b/srcpkgs/net-snmp/template
index 1c2874e8b9a..fdeb4c26cb8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/net-snmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/net-snmp/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template build file for 'net-snmp'.
 pkgname=net-snmp
 version=5.7.3
-revision=4
+revision=5
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config unzip"
 makedepends="bzip2-devel libressl-devel libnl-devel pciutils-devel"
 short_desc="Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) suite"
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ checksum=e8dfc79b6539b71a6ff335746ce63d2da2239062ad41872fff4354cafed07a3e
 LDFLAGS="-lpthread"
 
 do_configure() {
+	# Stop GNU grep from being stupid, and recognizing source code
+	# as binaries, resulting in further greps on that output to
+	# lack magic words.
+	export GREP='grep -a'
+
 	./configure ${configure_args} --enable-ucd-snmp-compatibility \
 		--enable-ipv6 --with-default-snmp-version="3" \
 		--with-sys-contact="root@localhost" --with-sys-location="Unknown" \