diff --git a/srcpkgs/plocate/files/plocate.cron-daily b/srcpkgs/plocate/files/plocate.cron-daily
index 099ba5ce69a..a616d55d280 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/plocate/files/plocate.cron-daily
+++ b/srcpkgs/plocate/files/plocate.cron-daily
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-set -e
-plocate-build /var/lib/mlocate/mlocate.db /var/lib/mlocate/plocate.db.new
-chgrp _plocate /var/lib/mlocate/plocate.db.new
-mv /var/lib/mlocate/plocate.db.new /var/lib/mlocate/plocate.db
+ulimit -n 131072
+exec pupdatedb
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plocate/files/pupdatedb b/srcpkgs/plocate/files/pupdatedb
deleted file mode 100644
index 08fdbd0748a..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/plocate/files/pupdatedb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-# pupdatedb [database directory] - update a database for plocate
-set -e
-dbdir=${1:-${DBDIR:-/var/lib/mlocate}}
-mupdatedb -o "${dbdir}/mlocate.db"
-plocate-build "${dbdir}/mlocate.db" "${dbdir}/plocate.db.new"
-chgrp _plocate "${dbdir}/plocate.db.new"
-mv "${dbdir}/plocate.db.new" "${dbdir}/plocate.db"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plocate/patches/musl.patch b/srcpkgs/plocate/patches/musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c75020f99b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/plocate/patches/musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- conf.cpp
++++ conf.cpp
+@@ -479,7 +479,7 @@
+ 			if (conf_scan_root != NULL)
+ 				error(EXIT_FAILURE, 0, _("--%s specified twice"),
+ 				      "database-root");
+-			conf_scan_root = canonicalize_file_name(optarg);
++			conf_scan_root = realpath(optarg, NULL);
+ 			if (conf_scan_root == NULL)
+ 				error(EXIT_FAILURE, errno, _("invalid value `%s' of --%s"), optarg,
+ 				      "database-root");
+--- database-builder.h
++++ database-builder.h
+@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
+ 
+ #include "db.h"
+ 
++#include <unistd.h>
+ #include <chrono>
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <memory>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/plocate/template b/srcpkgs/plocate/template
index 590edee47e8..8fbece07640 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/plocate/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/plocate/template
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 # Template file for 'plocate'
 pkgname=plocate
-version=1.0.7
+version=1.1.6
 revision=1
 build_style=meson
+configure_args="
+ -Dupdatedb_progname=pupdatedb
+ -Dlocategroup=_plocate"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libzstd-devel"
-depends="mlocate"
 short_desc="Much faster locate based on posting lists"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.org>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://plocate.sesse.net/"
+changelog="https://git.sesse.net/?p=plocate;a=blob_plain;f=NEWS;hb=HEAD"
 distfiles="https://plocate.sesse.net/download/plocate-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=528541eede06170aa16488b2c24abad2e527a12053a62a4a49d0eac3a41e21d3
+checksum=bff5d80874639003ffba34a37778081ca0a75f89ea0ca3d1bee9309332bfdbd3
 
 system_accounts="_plocate"
 
 alternatives="
  locate:locate:/usr/bin/plocate
  locate:locate.1:/usr/share/man/man1/plocate.1
- locate:updatedb:/usr/bin/pupdatedb"
+ locate:updatedb:/usr/bin/pupdatedb
+ locate:updatedb.conf.5:/usr/share/man/man5/pupdatedb.conf.5"
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" musl-legacy-compat"
+fi
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libatomic-devel"
@@ -26,8 +34,6 @@ if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_NO_ATOMIC8" ]; then
 fi
 
 post_install() {
-	# replace daily cronjob with our own version
-	rm ${DESTDIR}/etc/cron.daily/plocate
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/plocate.cron-daily 744 etc/cron.daily plocate-build
-	vbin ${FILESDIR}/pupdatedb
+	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/man/man5/{,p}updatedb.conf.5
 }