diff --git a/general/package/ipctool/ipctool.mk b/general/package/ipctool/ipctool.mk
index 50fe2356..5709fb72 100644
--- a/general/package/ipctool/ipctool.mk
+++ b/general/package/ipctool/ipctool.mk
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 IPCTOOL_VERSION = HEAD
-IPCTOOL_SITE = $(call github,openipc,ipctool,$(IPCTOOL_VERSION))
+IPCTOOL_SITE = https://github.com/OpenIPC/ipctool.git
+IPCTOOL_SITE_METHOD = git
 IPCTOOL_LICENSE = MIT
 IPCTOOL_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 
-IPCTOOL_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DSKIP_VERSION=ON
+IPCTOOL_OVERRIDE_SRCDIR_RSYNC_EXCLUSIONS=--include .git
+
+IPCTOOL_CONF_OPTS += -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
 
 IPCTOOL_MAKE_OPTS += VERBOSE=1