diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
index 637ec166daf..51820d2bbdb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-dbus/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'python-dbus'
 pkgname=python-dbus
-version=1.2.0
-revision=8
+version=1.2.4
+revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 wrksrc="dbus-python-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ pycompile_module="dbus"
 short_desc="D-Bus Python2 bindings"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
-homepage="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings"
-distfiles="http://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=e12c6c8b2bf3a9302f75166952cbe41d6b38c3441bbc6767dbd498942316c6df
+homepage="https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/DBusBindings"
+distfiles="https://dbus.freedesktop.org/releases/dbus-python/dbus-python-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=e2f1d6871f74fba23652e51d10873e54f71adab0525833c19bad9e99b1b2f9cc
 
 pre_configure() {
 	mkdir -p dbus-${py2_ver}
@@ -25,13 +25,16 @@ do_configure() {
 	for pyver in $py2_ver $py3_ver; do
 		if [ "$pyver" != "$py2_ver" ]; then
 			pyinc="$py3_inc"
+			pyabi="m"
 		else
 			pyinc="$py2_inc"
 		fi
 
 		cd ${wrksrc}/dbus-${pyver}
-		sed -i "s,PYTHON_INCLUDES=.*,PYTHON_INCLUDES=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${pyinc},g" configure
-		env PYTHON=python${pyver} ./configure ${configure_args}
+		export PYTHON_INCLUDES="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${pyinc}"
+		export PYTHON_LIBS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython${pyver}${pyabi}"
+		export PYTHON="python${pyver}"
+		./configure ${configure_args}
 	done
 }
 do_build() {