diff --git a/srcpkgs/fakechroot/fakechroot.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/fakechroot/fakechroot.rshlibs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d02f93f9161
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/fakechroot/fakechroot.rshlibs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+libdl.so.2
+libc.so.6
diff --git a/srcpkgs/fakechroot/template b/srcpkgs/fakechroot/template
index 5bb86e9bea4..2aeccb4b3d8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fakechroot/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fakechroot/template
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'fakechroot'
 pkgname=fakechroot
-version=2.14
-distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/f/$pkgname/${pkgname}_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
-build_style=gnu-configure
-depends="glibc"
+version=2.16
 revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
 short_desc="Gives a fake chroot environment"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=da5d61f1c752e2e43400fc6c70cb8ad2f7177a3295534f8e0c6e3c208432d9f5
+homepage="https://github.com/fakechroot/fakechroot"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+distfiles="https://github.com/downloads/fakechroot/fakechroot/fakechroot-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=81c105e0878b55fbcf430235badcb31249d86ac435297910f411d9955dadf9c6
 long_desc="
  This package provides a library which overrides libc functions, so it is
  possible to use root-specific tools without root privileges."
 
+conf_files="
+/etc/${pkgname}/chroot.env
+/etc/${pkgname}/debootstrap.env
+/etc/${pkgname}/rinse.env"