diff --git a/srcpkgs/Bear/patches/0001-fix-xlocale_h.patch b/srcpkgs/Bear/patches/0001-fix-xlocale_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9eda4517451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/Bear/patches/0001-fix-xlocale_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- libear/ear.c
++++ libear/ear.c
+@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <locale.h>
+-#include <xlocale.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <dlfcn.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/Bear/template b/srcpkgs/Bear/template
index d03e1597740..a5c12335169 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Bear/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Bear/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'Bear'
 pkgname=Bear
-version=2.3.5
+version=2.3.7
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 depends="python"
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ maintainer="Alain Kalker <a.c.kalker@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear"
 distfiles="https://github.com/rizsotto/Bear/archive/${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=660926a1510bd9ff37bb664ca6ab197521c24713042e2e6e632c50231a671681
+checksum=dfb6bc97eb868ff583ffd737d4873eaa6a1f8d47543694f6a696c9581a20dfad