diff --git a/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/patches/no-require-git.patch b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/patches/no-require-git.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1d95048366b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/patches/no-require-git.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+check: true causes run_command (which will error with chroot-git) to fail
+
+reverts part of be1a8e62cfe70af0b0dd97a08271d177d0c2b1d3
+
+--- a/meson.build
++++ b/meson.build
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+ package_version = meson.project_version()
+ 
+ if git.found()
+-	git_version = run_command('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'], check: true)
++	git_version = run_command('git', ['rev-parse', 'HEAD'])
+ 	if git_version.returncode() == 0
+ 		package_version += ' (git-'+git_version.stdout().strip()+')'
+ 	endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/template b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/template
index 57ec2a5790a..723bd69f5f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/budgie-desktop-view/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'budgie-desktop-view'
 pkgname=budgie-desktop-view
-version=1.2
+version=1.2.1
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool vala glib-devel"
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop-view"
 distfiles="https://github.com/BuddiesOfBudgie/budgie-desktop-view/releases/download/v${version}/budgie-desktop-view-v${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=8399fae4326e5a21dda889bd89cb16ed8201f2854dc5cbc12394b90420d4cf2e
+checksum=045d5ed7586fc26bbee82df31369b5ddbe30b5f0d7f11486210f3e14ccbfd536