diff --git a/packages/apt/build.sh b/packages/apt/build.sh
index 5d99b0564..1a56e1f69 100644
--- a/packages/apt/build.sh
+++ b/packages/apt/build.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,19 @@ TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://packages.debian.org/apt
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Front-end for the dpkg package manager"
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="liblzma, dpkg, gpgv"
 # Wait with updating to later version until the NDK supports std::to_string() and other
-# functions (hopefully in r13):
+# functions (hopefully in r15, https://github.com/android-ndk/ndk/issues/82).
+# Updating to apt 1.4 will also get rid of the build hacks used as apt has transitioned
+# to a clean cmake build system.
 TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=1.2.12
 TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=1
 # TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/a/apt/apt_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/apt_${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="--host=${TERMUX_ARCH}-linux --disable-rpath acl_cv_rpath=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib gt_cv_func_CFPreferencesCopyAppValue=no gt_cv_func_CFLocaleCopyCurrent=no ac_cv_c_bigendian=no --no-create"
-# When ready to drop bz2 support:
-TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS+=" ac_cv_lib_bz2_BZ2_bzopen=no"
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="\
+--no-create
+ac_cv_c_bigendian=no
+ac_cv_lib_bz2_BZ2_bzopen=no"
 TERMUX_PKG_FOLDERNAME=apt-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_ESSENTIAL=yes
 TERMUX_PKG_CONFFILES="etc/apt/sources.list"
 
@@ -25,35 +29,21 @@ termux_step_pre_configure () {
 	rm $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/apt-pkg/{cdrom.cc,indexcopy.cc}
 }
 
-termux_step_post_configure () {
-        # This is needed to generate makefile, but does not work due to configure arguments not being remembered
-        ./config.status
-}
-
-termux_step_make () {
-        unset CC
-        unset CFLAGS
-        unset LDFLAGS
-        unset CXX
-        unset CXXFLAGS
-        make
-}
-
 termux_step_make_install () {
-        cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/bin/apt{,-get,-cache,-config,-key} $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/
-        cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/bin/libapt-{pkg.so.5.0.0,private.so.0.0} $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build/bin/apt{,-get,-cache,-config,-key} $TERMUX_PREFIX/bin/
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build/bin/libapt-{pkg.so.5.0.0,private.so.0.0} $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/
 	(cd $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib; ln -s -f libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0 libapt-pkg.so.5.0; ln -s -f libapt-pkg.so.5.0.0 libapt-pkg.so )
-        mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apt/methods $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man{5,8}
-        cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/docs/apt{,-cache,-get}.8 $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man8/
-        cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/docs/{apt.conf,sources.list}.5 $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man5/
-        cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/bin/methods/{copy,file,gpgv,gzip,http,https,store} $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apt/methods
-        (cd $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apt/methods; ln -f -s gzip xz)
+	mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apt/methods $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man{5,8}
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build/docs/apt{,-cache,-get}.8 $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man8/
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build/docs/{apt.conf,sources.list}.5 $TERMUX_PREFIX/share/man/man5/
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/build/bin/methods/{copy,file,gpgv,gzip,http,https,store} $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apt/methods
+	(cd $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/apt/methods; ln -f -s gzip xz)
 
-        mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apt
-        printf "# The main termux repository:\ndeb [arch=all,${TERMUX_ARCH}] http://termux.net stable main\n" > $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apt/sources.list
+	mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apt
+	printf "# The main termux repository:\ndeb [arch=all,${TERMUX_ARCH}] http://termux.net stable main\n" > $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apt/sources.list
 
-        # The trusted.gpg was created with "apt-key add public-key.key":
-        cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/trusted.gpg $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apt/
+	# The trusted.gpg was created with "apt-key add public-key.key":
+	cp $TERMUX_PKG_BUILDER_DIR/trusted.gpg $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/apt/
 
 	mkdir -p $TERMUX_PREFIX/etc/bash_completion.d/
 	cp $TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/completions/bash/apt \
diff --git a/packages/apt/configure.patch b/packages/apt/configure.patch
index 1a5348291..d121f47f0 100644
--- a/packages/apt/configure.patch
+++ b/packages/apt/configure.patch
@@ -1,22 +1,16 @@
-diff -u -r ../apt-1.1.3/configure ./configure
---- ../apt-1.1.3/configure	2015-11-30 03:09:08.000000000 -0500
-+++ ./configure	2015-12-03 18:24:35.580920131 -0500
-@@ -4822,13 +4822,7 @@
- ac_compiler_gnu=$ac_cv_cxx_compiler_gnu
- 
- 
--ac_fn_cxx_check_header_mongrel "$LINENO" "gtest/gtest.h" "ac_cv_header_gtest_gtest_h" "$ac_includes_default"
--if test "x$ac_cv_header_gtest_gtest_h" = xyes; then :
--
--else
--  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: WARNING: failed: I need gtest (packaged as libgtest-dev) for unit testing" >&5
--$as_echo "$as_me: WARNING: failed: I need gtest (packaged as libgtest-dev) for unit testing" >&2;}
--fi
-+ac_cv_header_gtest_gtest_h=yes
- 
- 
- ac_ext=c
-@@ -5003,7 +4997,7 @@
+diff -u -r ../apt-1.2.12/configure ./configure
+--- ../apt-1.2.12/configure	2016-05-11 08:58:04.000000000 +0000
++++ ./configure	2017-01-20 14:42:21.801501806 +0000
+@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@
+ ac_clean_files=
+ ac_config_libobj_dir=.
+ LIBOBJS=
+-cross_compiling=no
++cross_compiling=yes
+ subdirs=
+ MFLAGS=
+ MAKEFLAGS=
+@@ -5056,7 +5056,7 @@
  
  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking debian architecture" >&5
  $as_echo_n "checking debian architecture... " >&6; }