diff --git a/srcpkgs/powerstat/template b/srcpkgs/powerstat/template
index e815533f19e..8120e494e66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/powerstat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/powerstat/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'powerstat'
 pkgname=powerstat
-version=0.01.37
+version=0.01.38
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 short_desc="Measures the power consumption using the ACPI battery information"
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/powerstat/"
 distfiles="http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~cking/tarballs/powerstat/powerstat-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bbf51d323ff9d438b020d8a749446b7104a4915c59ec554f15095a25a1d939f6
+checksum=fbed92b3783a44d9e55203a5cdb2204fe8b9ac9ec91d5b86a83b7e148ca933bf
+# setting version fails, do it manually
+CFLAGS="-DVERSION=\\\"$version\\\""