diff --git a/packages/newsboat/build.sh b/packages/newsboat/build.sh
index bcf8022c5..cc4b3ea49 100644
--- a/packages/newsboat/build.sh
+++ b/packages/newsboat/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://newsboat.org/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="RSS/Atom feed reader for the text console"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="MIT"
-TERMUX_PKG_API_LEVEL=24
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.14.1
 TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=2
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=4bd0d3b1901a3fc7e0ef73b800587c28181a57b175c36b547dbd84636330df66
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_REPLACES=newsbeuter
 
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
 	termux_setup_rust
-
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/lockf.c .
 	# Used by newsboat Makefile:
 	export CARGO_BUILD_TARGET=$CARGO_TARGET_NAME
 }
diff --git a/packages/newsboat/fslock.cpp.patch b/packages/newsboat/fslock.cpp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3b5c63f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/newsboat/fslock.cpp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ../cache/newsboat-2.12/src/fslock.cpp	2018-06-24 19:30:30.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/fslock.cpp	2018-07-12 01:05:07.850121184 +0000
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <unistd.h>
+-
++#include "lockf.c"
+ #include "logger.h"
+ 
+ namespace newsboat {
diff --git a/packages/newsboat/lockf.c b/packages/newsboat/lockf.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7019d3719
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/newsboat/lockf.c
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <fcntl.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+
+int lockf(int fd, int op, off_t size)
+{
+	struct flock l = {
+		.l_type = F_WRLCK,
+		.l_whence = SEEK_CUR,
+		.l_len = size,
+	};
+	switch (op) {
+	case F_TEST:
+		l.l_type = F_RDLCK;
+		if (fcntl(fd, F_GETLK, &l) < 0)
+			return -1;
+		if (l.l_type == F_UNLCK || l.l_pid == getpid())
+			return 0;
+		errno = EACCES;
+		return -1;
+	case F_ULOCK:
+		l.l_type = F_UNLCK;
+	case F_TLOCK:
+		return fcntl(fd, F_SETLK, &l);
+	case F_LOCK:
+		return fcntl(fd, F_SETLKW, &l);
+	}
+	errno = EINVAL;
+	return -1;
+}
+