diff --git a/srcpkgs/putty/patches/fix-build.patch b/srcpkgs/putty/patches/fix-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4cfd85a2aa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/putty/patches/fix-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- unix/gtkwin.c.orig	2017-04-24 13:52:45.000000000 +0000
++++ unix/gtkwin.c	2017-04-30 22:43:56.901428607 +0000
+@@ -2188,11 +2188,11 @@
+     free(data);
+     free(col_css);
+ #else
+-    if (gtk_widget_get_window(win)) {
++    if (gtk_widget_get_window(widget)) {
+         /* For GTK1, which doesn't have a 'const' on
+          * gdk_window_set_background's second parameter type. */
+         GdkColor col_mutable = *col;
+-        gdk_window_set_background(gtk_widget_get_window(win), &col_mutable);
++        gdk_window_set_background(gtk_widget_get_window(widget), &col_mutable);
+     }
+ #endif
+ }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/putty/template b/srcpkgs/putty/template
index b2e6407830a..cc26cf1598e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/putty/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/putty/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'putty'
 pkgname=putty
-version=0.68
+version=0.69
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/"
 distfiles="http://the.earth.li/~sgtatham/putty/latest/putty-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=7ba256f46e5a353cafe811ce7914d0e22a52bdfc0e6e2d183ad28b5af44cd09c
+checksum=b7dad241ff01b0cbb9dc4c1471ec7cacf8f08d98a581aeb2f336da3c0eb96ad1
 
 CFLAGS="-Wno-error"