diff --git a/development/xtruss/xtruss.SlackBuild b/development/xtruss/xtruss.SlackBuild
index 894639819e..22b9d43a4a 100644
--- a/development/xtruss/xtruss.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/xtruss/xtruss.SlackBuild
@@ -7,8 +7,13 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20201102 bkw:
+# - update for v20200918.a94a153
+# - switch to self-hosted source, as upstream disappears the old source
+#   immediately on every new release.
+
 PRGNAM=xtruss
-VERSION=${VERSION:-20181001.82973f5}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-20200918.a94a153}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -65,7 +70,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 make
 make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
 
-find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+gzip $PKG/usr/man/man?/*.?
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a LICENCE README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/development/xtruss/xtruss.info b/development/xtruss/xtruss.info
index e0b6fe1865..712b3b8ea7 100644
--- a/development/xtruss/xtruss.info
+++ b/development/xtruss/xtruss.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="xtruss"
-VERSION="20181001.82973f5"
+VERSION="20200918.a94a153"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/xtruss/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/xtruss/xtruss-20181001.82973f5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="21f7dbdac0caf4199cbf581445454718"
+DOWNLOAD="https://slackware.uk/~urchlay/src/xtruss-20200918.a94a153.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="bcdf1e92ec0f6226cd8a314edf861b62"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""