diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 221babe952c..666da46e048 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2161,11 +2161,11 @@ libFcitx5Config.so.6 libfcitx5-5.0.5_1
 libFcitx5GClient.so.2 fcitx5-gtk-5.0.4_1
 libFcitx5Qt5DBusAddons.so.1 fcitx5-qt5-5.0.3_1
 libFcitx5Qt5WidgetsAddons.so.2 fcitx5-qt5-5.0.3_1
-libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so.94 ldc-runtime-1.24.0_1
-libdruntime-ldc-shared.so.94 ldc-runtime-1.24.0_1
-libphobos2-ldc-shared.so.94 ldc-runtime-1.24.0_1
-libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so.94 ldc-runtime-1.24.0_1
-libldc-jit.so.94 ldc-runtime-1.24.0_1
+libdruntime-ldc-debug-shared.so.96 ldc-runtime-1.26.0_1
+libdruntime-ldc-shared.so.96 ldc-runtime-1.26.0_1
+libphobos2-ldc-shared.so.96 ldc-runtime-1.26.0_1
+libphobos2-ldc-debug-shared.so.96 ldc-runtime-1.26.0_1
+libldc-jit.so.96 ldc-runtime-1.26.0_1
 libmarblewidget-qt5.so.28 marble5-17.12.2_1
 libastro.so.2 marble5-17.12.2_1
 libparrot.so.6.9.0 parrot-6.9.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ldc/template b/srcpkgs/ldc/template
index 45d5c7f7be0..39649433058 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ldc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ldc/template
@@ -1,27 +1,32 @@
 # Template file for 'ldc'
 pkgname=ldc
-version=1.24.0
-revision=2
+version=1.26.0
+revision=1
 wrksrc="ldc-${version}-src"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="
  -DINCLUDE_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/include/dlang/ldc
  -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
- -DBASH_COMPLETION_COMPLETIONSDIR=/usr/share/bash-completion"
+ -DBASH_COMPLETION_COMPLETIONSDIR=/usr/share/bash-completion
+ -DC_SYSTEM_LIBS='unwind;m;pthread;rt;dl'"
 conf_files="/etc/ldc2.conf"
-hostmakedepends="dmd llvm11 perl pkg-config"
-makedepends="libcurl-devel libffi-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel"
-depends="ldc-runtime"
+hostmakedepends="dmd llvm12 perl pkg-config"
+makedepends="libcurl-devel libffi-devel ncurses-devel zlib-devel
+ llvm-libunwind-devel"
+depends="ldc-runtime llvm-libunwind-devel"
+checkdepends="python3 tzdata"
 short_desc="Portable D programming language compiler based on LLVM"
 maintainer="Auri <me@aurieh.me>"
 license="BSD-3-Clause, BSL-1.0"
 homepage="https://wiki.dlang.org/LDC"
 changelog="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ldc-developers/ldc/master/CHANGELOG.md"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/releases/download/v${version}/ldc-${version}-src.tar.gz"
-checksum=fd9561ade916e9279bdcc166cf0e4836449c24e695ab4470297882588adbba3c
+checksum=c18f4c76869f0196b459dcd6196c7eaea1b097cc422cf3771de394f6c0ef7474
 nopie=yes
 nocross="dmd compilation fails on cross"
+# tests timeout on musl; also require unpackaged python3-lit
+make_check=no
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE