diff --git a/openssh/trunk/PKGBUILD b/openssh/trunk/PKGBUILD
index 415bf0ddd..6e87495ad 100644
--- a/openssh/trunk/PKGBUILD
+++ b/openssh/trunk/PKGBUILD
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@
 
 pkgname=openssh
 pkgver=8.8p1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='Premier connectivity tool for remote login with the SSH protocol'
 url='https://www.openssh.com/portable.html'
 license=('custom:BSD')
 arch=('x86_64')
 depends=('glibc' 'krb5' 'openssl' 'libedit' 'ldns' 'libxcrypt' 'libcrypt.so' 'zlib' 'pam')
-makedepends=('linux-headers' 'libfido2')
+makedepends=('clang' 'linux-headers' 'libfido2')
 optdepends=('xorg-xauth: X11 forwarding'
             'x11-ssh-askpass: input passphrase in X'
             'libfido2: FIDO/U2F support')
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ prepare() {
 build() {
 	cd "${srcdir}/${pkgname}-${pkgver}"
 
+	# provides -mretpoline
+	export CC=clang
+	export CXX=clang++
+
 	./configure \
 		--prefix=/usr \
 		--sbindir=/usr/bin \