diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index f8d77eb7fef..468fe3a63fe 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3197,28 +3197,28 @@ libkdeconnectinterfaces.so.1 kdeconnect-1.2_1
 libkdeconnectcore.so.1 kdeconnect-1.2_1
 libkpmcore.so.10 kpmcore-4.2.0_1
 libpkcs11-helper.so.1 pkcs11-helper-1.22_1
-libr_core.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_config.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_cons.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_util.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_flag.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_asm.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_bin.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_anal.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_lang.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_debug.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_egg.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_bp.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_search.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_io.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_hash.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_socket.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_parse.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_syscall.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_crypto.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_fs.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_magic.so radare2-2.2.0_1
-libr_reg.so radare2-2.2.0_1
+libr_core.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_config.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_cons.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_util.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_flag.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_asm.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_bin.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_anal.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_lang.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_debug.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_egg.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_bp.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_search.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_io.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_hash.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_socket.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_parse.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_syscall.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_crypto.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_fs.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_magic.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
+libr_reg.so.5.0.0 radare2-5.0.0_1
 libykpiv.so.1 libykpiv-1.5.0_1
 libykcs11.so.1 libykcs11-1.5.0_1
 libKF5KExiv2.so.15.0.0 libkexiv25-17.04.3_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/radare2/patches/trust-cc.patch b/srcpkgs/radare2/patches/trust-cc.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index fc9c3c6e355..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/radare2/patches/trust-cc.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- configure.orig
-+++ configure
-@@ -330,10 +330,6 @@
- COMPILER=CC
- printf "checking for c compiler... "
- HAVE_LANG_C=1
--if [ "${CROSSBUILD}" = 1 ]; then
-- (command -v ${HOST}-${CC} >/dev/null 2>&1)
-- if [ $? = 0 ]; then CC="${HOST}-${CC}"; fi
--fi
- echo "int main(int argc, char **argv){return 0;}" > test.c
-  (exec ${CC} ${CFLAGS} ${CPPFLAGS} ${LDFLAGS} test.c >/dev/null 2>&1)
- if [ $? = 0 ]; then echo ${CC}; else
diff --git a/srcpkgs/radare2/patches/try.patch b/srcpkgs/radare2/patches/try.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..32ecdb33973
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/radare2/patches/try.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- shlr/Makefile	2020-12-21 09:39:46.000000000 +0100
++++ shlr/Makefile	2021-01-04 22:13:43.513442861 +0100
+@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
+ SDB_LIBA=sdb/src/libsdb.a
+ 
+ $(SDB_HOST):
+-	$(MAKE) sdb-host HOST_CC=$(HOST_CC) CC=$(HOST_CC)
++	$(MAKE) sdb-host HOST_CC=$(HOST_CC) CC=$(HOST_CC) LD=ld
+ 
+ $(SDB_LIBA):
+ 	$(MAKE) sdb-target
+@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
+ 	@echo ">>>>>>>>"
+ 	@echo
+ 	$(MAKE) -C sdb clean ; rm -f sdb/src/*.o sdb/src/sdb_version.h
+-	$(MAKE) -C sdb/src "CC=${HOST_CC}" LDFLAGS='${HOST_LDFLAGS}' CPPFLAGS='' CFLAGS='${HOST_CFLAGS} ${PIC}' bin
++	$(MAKE) -C sdb/src "CC=${HOST_CC}" "LD=ld" LDFLAGS='${HOST_LDFLAGS}' CPPFLAGS='' CFLAGS='${HOST_CFLAGS} ${PIC}' bin
+ 	cp -f sdb/src/sdb${BUILD_EXT_EXE} sdb/src/.sdb${BUILD_EXT_EXE}
+ 	cp -f sdb/src/sdb${BUILD_EXT_EXE} sdb/sdb$(BUILD_EXT_EXE)
+ 	-file sdb/sdb$(BUILD_EXT_EXE)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/radare2/template b/srcpkgs/radare2/template
index 3046be71cf5..1f4601b46a2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/radare2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/radare2/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'radare2'
 # cutter needs to be bumped when radare2 is updated
 pkgname=radare2
-version=4.5.1
+version=5.0.0
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-syscapstone"
+build_style=meson
+configure_args="-Duse_sys_capstone=true -Denable_tests=false"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="capstone-devel"
 short_desc="Advanced command line debugger and hexadecimal editor"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="http://www.radare.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/radareorg/radare2/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4e85b35987bd2ca5881ad9585970b970fe7374814bd383bd1cd62e961a0c228b
+checksum=517dd80ebd0569f31498887338eacb92e8cf054bc4625eef8ffe9ea174c1adae
 
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 	mips*) CFLAGS="-Os";;