diff --git a/srcpkgs/apr/template b/srcpkgs/apr/template
index 82881fcc9ab..f05467dcef5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/apr/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/apr/template
@@ -1,30 +1,26 @@
 # Template file for 'apr'
 pkgname=apr
-version=1.4.8
+version=1.5.0
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-devrandom=/dev/urandom --with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build
- ac_cv_file__dev_zero=yes ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=yes apr_cv_tcp_nodelay_with_cork=yes"
+configure_args="--with-devrandom=/dev/urandom --with-installbuilddir=/usr/share/apr-1/build"
 makedepends="libuuid-devel"
 short_desc="Apache Portable Runtime Library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://apr.apache.org/"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=61b8d2f8d321c6365ee3d71d0bb41f3a89c44da6124cc5b407a3b8319d660421
-long_desc="
- APR is Apache's Portable Runtime Library, designed to be a support library
- that provides a predictable and consistent interface to underlying
- platform-specific implementations."
+checksum=17287d36a5917e27281e60d47e7b147bd5ddcd1ca832702c2318f5e0724f1221
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" -a "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" != "x86_64" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" ac_cv_sizeof_struct_iovec=8"
-else
-	configure_args+=" ac_cv_sizeof_struct_iovec=16"
-fi
+pre_build() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		make tools/gen_test_char
+		${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} tools/gen_test_char.c -o tools/gen_test_char
+	fi
+}
 
 apr-devel_package() {
-	depends="libuuid-devel apr>=${version}"
+	depends="libuuid-devel apr>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include