diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/patches/fix-sysmacros_h.patch b/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/patches/fix-sysmacros_h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fc3fe35dea4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/patches/fix-sysmacros_h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- panel-plugin/devperf.c	2018-11-02 10:31:36.750842536 +0100
++++ panel-plugin/devperf.c	2018-11-02 10:33:18.000838499 +0100
+@@ -39,8 +35,8 @@
+ #include <errno.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
++#include <sys/types.h>
+ /* for major() and minor() */
+-#define _BSD_SOURCE
+-#include <sys/types.h>
++#include <sys/sysmacros.h>
+ 
+ 
+ #if defined(__linux__)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/template b/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/template
index 408a56512bb..e47cd4c1c0d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xfce4-diskperf-plugin/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xfce4-diskperf-plugin'
 pkgname=xfce4-diskperf-plugin
 version=2.6.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
 makedepends="xfce4-panel-devel"
@@ -12,9 +12,6 @@ homepage="https://goodies.xfce.org/projects/panel-plugins/xfce4-diskperf-plugin"
 distfiles="https://archive.xfce.org/src/panel-plugins/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=212ddc742be3eecb6ad5554e1b1df03d5685cb71f48a558d5f895de37c57e4fa
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i '/<stdlib.h>/a#include <sys\/types.h>' panel-plugin/devperf.c
-}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }