diff --git a/srcpkgs/proftpd/template b/srcpkgs/proftpd/template
index 6cb3a4cb6bc..0673ff268c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/proftpd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/proftpd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'proftpd'
 pkgname=proftpd
 version=1.3.6
-revision=1
+revision=2
+_gitrev=8af87f881d6e74bd9ec66899679d3bff3faabf71
+wrksrc="proftpd-${_gitrev}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 makedepends="libcap-devel"
 short_desc="Highly configurable GPL-licensed FTP server software"
@@ -9,8 +11,8 @@ maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 changelog="https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/blob/${version}/RELEASE_NOTES"
 homepage="http://www.proftpd.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=91ef74b143495d5ff97c4d4770c6804072a8c8eb1ad1ecc8cc541b40e152ecaf
+distfiles="https://github.com/proftpd/proftpd/archive/${_gitrev}.tar.gz"
+checksum=20a9c607c38a9811e52032870a0f008bbfe836afce5575fb65c4afddb7dde04c
 conf_files="/etc/proftpd.conf"
 
 proftpd-devel_package() {