diff --git a/srcpkgs/ninja/template b/srcpkgs/ninja/template
index 6c13f40c780..94794b33543 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ninja/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ninja/template
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'ninja'
 pkgname=ninja
-version=1.11.1
-revision=4
-hostmakedepends="python3 asciidoc"
+version=1.12.1
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
+make_cmd=make
+hostmakedepends="asciidoc"
+checkdepends="gtest-devel"
 short_desc="Small build system with a focus on speed"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://ninja-build.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=31747ae633213f1eda3842686f83c2aa1412e0f5691d1c14dbbcc67fe7400cea
+checksum=821bdff48a3f683bc4bb3b6f0b5fe7b2d647cf65d52aeb63328c91a6c6df285a
+
+export CMAKE_GENERATOR="Unix Makefiles"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" = 32 ]; then
 	BUILD_CFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
@@ -20,33 +25,22 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = 32 ]; then
 	CXXFLAGS="-D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64"
 fi
 
-do_configure() {
-	# Skip rebuild with bootstrapped ninja until build phase:
-	vsed -e "s|subprocess.check_call(rebuild_args)|pass|" -i configure.py
-	python3 configure.py --bootstrap
-}
+if [ "$XBPS_CHECK_PKGS" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" -DBUILD_TESTING=ON"
+else
+	configure_args+=" -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
+fi
 
-do_build() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		HOST_CXXFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
-	else
-		HOST_CXXFLAGS="${CXXFLAGS}"
-	fi
-	CXXFLAGS="$HOST_CXXFLAGS" python3 configure.py
+
+post_build() {
 	asciidoc doc/manual.asciidoc
 }
 
-do_check() {
-	./ninja ninja_test &&
-	./ninja_test --gtest_filter=-SubprocessTest.SetWithLots
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	vbin ninja
+post_install() {
 	vdoc doc/manual.html
 	vdoc doc/manual.asciidoc
-	vinstall misc/bash-completion 644 usr/share/bash-completion/completions ninja
-	vinstall misc/zsh-completion 644 usr/share/zsh/site-functions _ninja
+	vcompletion misc/bash-completion bash ninja
+	vcompletion misc/zsh-completion zsh ninja
 	vinstall misc/ninja-mode.el 644 usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 	vinstall misc/ninja.vim 644 usr/share/vim/vimfiles/syntax
 	vinstall misc/ninja_syntax.py 644 "${py3_sitelib}"