diff --git a/srcpkgs/mg/template b/srcpkgs/mg/template
index f95f0b2210f..c4d28749245 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mg/template
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	*-musl) CFLAGS+=" -DREG_STARTEND=0";;
 esac
 
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i 's/util.c/util.o/g' GNUmakefile
+}
+
 do_configure() {
 	sed -i "s,\(BSD_CPPFLAGS:=\).*,\1 -isystem ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/bsd -DLIBBSD_OVERLAY,g" GNUmakefile
 	sed -i "s,\(BSD_LIBS:=\).*,\1 -lbsd,g" GNUmakefile