diff --git a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/build.sh b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/build.sh
index 2a00598784..3a6b417e48 100644
--- a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/build.sh
@@ -1,18 +1,23 @@
-TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=http://recordmydesktop.sourceforge.net/
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Produces a OGG encapsulated Theora/Vorbis recording of your desktop"
 TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2.0"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.3.8.1
-TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=22
-TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://downloads.sourceforge.net/recordmydesktop/recordmydesktop-${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=33a2e208186ae78e2db2a27b0f5047b50fb7819c47fe15483b0765200b9d738c
-TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-shmem, libsm, libtheora, libvorbis, libxdamage, libxext, zlib"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=0.4.0
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/Enselic/recordmydesktop/archive/refs/tags/v${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=69602d32c1be82cd92083152c7c44c0206ca0d6419d76a6144ffcfe07b157a72
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libandroid-shmem, libice, libogg, libpopt, libsm, libtheora, libvorbis, libx11, libxdamage, libxext, libxfixes, zlib"
 TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
 ac_cv_lib_pthread_pthread_mutex_lock=yes
 --enable-oss=no
 --enable-jack=no
 "
 
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR+="/recordmydesktop"
+}
+
 termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+
 	export LIBS="-landroid-shmem"
 }
diff --git a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/configure.ac.patch b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/configure.ac.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b4909a61fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/configure.ac.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([ogg],[ogg_stream_init],,AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find libogg]))
+ AC_CHECK_LIB([theora],[theora_encode_YUVin],,
+              AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find libtheora]))
+-AC_CHECK_LIB([pthread],[pthread_mutex_lock],,
++AC_CHECK_LIB([c],[pthread_mutex_lock],,
+              AC_MSG_ERROR([Can't find libpthread]))
+ 
+ if test x$jack = xtrue ; then
diff --git a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/configure.patch b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/configure.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 823f10cb34..0000000000
--- a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/configure.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -uNr recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1/configure recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1.mod/configure
---- recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1/configure	2008-12-13 19:40:03.000000000 +0200
-+++ recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1.mod/configure	2020-02-11 14:34:18.712282563 +0200
-@@ -8580,7 +8580,7 @@
-   $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
- else
-   ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
--LIBS="-lpthread  $LIBS"
-+LIBS=" $LIBS"
- cat >conftest.$ac_ext <<_ACEOF
- /* confdefs.h.  */
- _ACEOF
-@@ -8644,7 +8644,7 @@
- #define HAVE_LIBPTHREAD 1
- _ACEOF
- 
--  LIBS="-lpthread $LIBS"
-+  LIBS=" $LIBS"
- 
- else
-   { { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: error: Can't find libpthread" >&5
diff --git a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/fix-tmpdir.patch b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/fix-tmpdir.patch
index 2099f07b9c..da65641843 100644
--- a/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/fix-tmpdir.patch
+++ b/x11-packages/recordmydesktop/fix-tmpdir.patch
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
 diff -uNr recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1/src/rmd_initialize_data.c recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1.mod/src/rmd_initialize_data.c
 --- recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1/src/rmd_initialize_data.c	2008-12-13 17:49:09.000000000 +0200
 +++ recordmydesktop-0.3.8.1.mod/src/rmd_initialize_data.c	2020-02-11 15:45:12.372308546 +0200
-@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@
-     args->device = (char *) malloc(strlen(DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE) + 1);
-     strcpy(args->device, DEFAULT_AUDIO_DEVICE);
+@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@
  
--    args->workdir = (char *) malloc(5);
--    strcpy(args->workdir, "/tmp");
-+    args->workdir = (char *) malloc(sizeof("@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp"));
-+    strcpy(args->workdir, "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp");
+     char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
+     if (tmpdir == NULL) {
+-        tmpdir = "/tmp";
++        tmpdir = "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/tmp";
+     }
+     args->workdir = strdup(tmpdir);
  
-     args->pause_shortcut = (char *) malloc(15);
-     strcpy(args->pause_shortcut, "Control+Mod1+p");