diff --git a/srcpkgs/bpftrace/template b/srcpkgs/bpftrace/template
index 857815d29ee..95268266212 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bpftrace/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bpftrace/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'bpftrace'
 pkgname=bpftrace
-version=0.16.0
+version=0.17.0
 revision=1
 archs="x86_64* aarch64* ppc64*"
 build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"  # needs root to run
+configure_args="-DUSE_SYSTEM_BPF_BCC=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF" # needs root to run
 hostmakedepends="flex pkg-config ruby-asciidoctor"
 makedepends="bcc-devel cereal clang clang-tools-extra elfutils-devel libbpf-devel libxml2-devel llvm"
 short_desc="High-level tracing language for Linux enhanced Berkeley Packet Filter"
@@ -12,12 +12,10 @@ maintainer="Leah Neukirchen <leah@vuxu.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/iovisor/bpftrace/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=89456dee3a20ec6c21ece345d4bf9a16a06af0f63cc5dffa9f5c7eea7916e21d
+checksum=ccc853205b081fd7e4270016065ccc04764286644bf8e0eee9bd7f344cad63e5
 nostrip=yes  # needs to read own symbol table
 
-post_extract() {
-	vsed -i -e 's:<linux/btf.h>:<bpf/linux/btf.h>:g' src/btf.cpp
-}
+CXXFLAGS="-isystem ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/bcc/compat"
 
 post_install() {
 	# clashes with bcc-tools