diff --git a/slock/trunk/PKGBUILD b/slock/trunk/PKGBUILD
index cfbfa8b7849..f0659b21a70 100644
--- a/slock/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/slock/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,20 +3,24 @@
 
 pkgname=slock
 pkgver=1.4
-pkgrel=4
+pkgrel=5
 pkgdesc="A simple screen locker for X"
 arch=('x86_64')
 url="https://tools.suckless.org/slock"
 license=('MIT')
 depends=('libxext' 'libxrandr')
-source=("https://dl.suckless.org/tools/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz")
+source=("https://dl.suckless.org/tools/$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz"
+        "0001-backspace.patch")
 #source=("slock-$pkgver.tar.bz2::https://hg.suckless.org/slock/archive/$_pkgver.tar.gz")
-md5sums=('f91dd5ba50ce7bd1842caeca067086a3')
+sha256sums=('b53849dbc60109a987d7a49b8da197305c29307fd74c12dc18af0d3044392e6a'
+            '38041869ef4e3aef60dec64c2ee2c297f7d2e5fb873b748634fdfbcfc3834a97')
 
 prepare() {
   cd "$srcdir/slock-$pkgver"
   sed -i 's|static const char \*group = "nogroup";|static const char *group = "nobody";|' config.def.h
   sed -ri 's/((CPP|C|LD)FLAGS) =/\1 +=/g' config.mk
+  # https://git.suckless.org/slock/commit/35633d45672d14bd798c478c45d1a17064701aa9.html
+  patch -Np1 -i ../0001-backspace.patch 
 }
 
 build() {