diff --git a/extra/lirc/PKGBUILD b/extra/lirc/PKGBUILD
index a73cda1fe..d9bf51298 100644
--- a/extra/lirc/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/lirc/PKGBUILD
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 pkgbase=lirc
 pkgname=('lirc' 'lirc-utils')
 pkgver=0.9.0
-pkgrel=65
+pkgrel=66
 epoch=1
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 url="http://www.lirc.org/"
 license=('GPL')
-makedepends=('help2man' 'alsa-lib' 'libx11' 'libftdi' 'libirman' 'python2')
+makedepends=('help2man' 'alsa-lib' 'libx11' 'libftdi-compat' 'libirman' 'python2')
 options=('!makeflags' '!strip')
 source=(http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/${pkgbase}/${pkgbase}-${pkgver}.tar.bz2
         lirc_wpc8769l.patch
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ md5sums=('b232aef26f23fe33ea8305d276637086'
          '07131d117fcfe9dcd50c453c3a5e9531'
          'febf25c154a7d36f01159e84f26c2d9a')
 
-build() {
+prepare() {
   cd "${srcdir}/lirc-${pkgver}"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/lirc_wpc8769l.patch"
   patch -Np1 -i "${srcdir}/lircd-handle-large-config.patch"
@@ -61,7 +61,10 @@ build() {
   sed -i 's/AM_CONFIG_HEADER/AC_CONFIG_HEADER/' configure.ac
   libtoolize
   autoreconf
+}
 
+build() {
+  cd "${srcdir}/lirc-${pkgver}"
   PYTHON=python2 ./configure --enable-sandboxed --prefix=/usr \
       --with-driver=userspace --sbindir=/usr/bin --with-transmitter
 
@@ -79,7 +82,7 @@ package_lirc() {
 
 package_lirc-utils() {
   pkgdesc="Linux Infrared Remote Control utils"
-  depends=('alsa-lib' 'libx11' 'libftdi' 'libirman')
+  depends=('alsa-lib' 'libx11' 'libftdi-compat' 'libirman')
   optdepends=('python2: pronto2lirc utility')
   options=('strip' '!libtool')
   install=lirc-utils.install