diff --git a/disabled-packages/apk-tools/build.sh b/disabled-packages/apk-tools/build.sh
index ff8f2c5c3..80fa20be2 100644
--- a/disabled-packages/apk-tools/build.sh
+++ b/disabled-packages/apk-tools/build.sh
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/alpinelinux/apk-tools/archive/v${TERMUX_PKG
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="openssl"
 TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS="LUAAPK="
+TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES="etc/apk/repositories"
 
 termux_step_post_make_install() {
     mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apk/
@@ -13,5 +14,7 @@ termux_step_post_make_install() {
 
     mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apk/db/
     echo "Needed by the apk tool." > $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apk/db/README
+
+    echo "https://termux.net/apk/main" > $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apk/repositories
 }
 
diff --git a/disabled-packages/apk-tools/src-database.c.patch b/disabled-packages/apk-tools/src-database.c.patch
index ee733bb62..b6ab8e5ce 100644
--- a/disabled-packages/apk-tools/src-database.c.patch
+++ b/disabled-packages/apk-tools/src-database.c.patch
@@ -1,29 +1,25 @@
-diff -u -r ../apk-tools-2.10.1/src/database.c ./src/database.c
---- ../apk-tools-2.10.1/src/database.c	2018-09-10 08:04:03.000000000 +0000
-+++ ./src/database.c	2018-09-10 22:06:19.510417812 +0000
-@@ -1331,7 +1331,7 @@
+diff -u -r ../apk-tools-2.10.3/src/database.c ./src/database.c
+--- ../apk-tools-2.10.3/src/database.c	2018-11-15 13:09:07.000000000 +0000
++++ ./src/database.c	2018-11-18 01:05:38.568983268 +0000
+@@ -1332,10 +1332,11 @@
  static int apk_db_create(struct apk_database *db)
  {
  	int fd;
 -
-+#ifndef __ANDROID__
  	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "tmp", 01777);
  	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "dev", 0755);
++#ifndef __ANDROID__
  	mknodat(db->root_fd, "dev/null", S_IFCHR | 0666, makedev(1, 3));
-@@ -1344,6 +1344,7 @@
- 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "var/cache", 0755);
- 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "var/cache/apk", 0755);
- 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "var/cache/misc", 0755);
 +#endif
- 
- 	fd = openat(db->root_fd, apk_world_file, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC|O_CLOEXEC, 0644);
- 	if (fd < 0)
-@@ -1529,7 +1530,7 @@
+ 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "etc", 0755);
+ 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "etc/apk", 0755);
+ 	mkdirat(db->root_fd, "lib", 0755);
+@@ -1538,7 +1539,7 @@
  	apk_db_setup_repositories(db, dbopts->cache_dir);
  
  	db->cache_max_age = dbopts->cache_max_age ?: 4*60*60; /* 4 hours default */
 -	db->root = strdup(dbopts->root ?: "/");
-+	db->root = strdup(dbopts->root ?: "@TERMUX_PREFIX@");
++	db->root = strdup(dbopts->root ?: "/data/data/com.termux/files/usr");
  	db->root_fd = openat(AT_FDCWD, db->root, O_RDONLY | O_CLOEXEC);
  	if (db->root_fd < 0 && (dbopts->open_flags & APK_OPENF_CREATE)) {
  		mkdirat(AT_FDCWD, db->root, 0755);