diff --git a/testing/monero/APKBUILD b/testing/monero/APKBUILD
index edfe94fa2bac11563aff1b76a1c2cc151f08c48a..4e1d34b11c4fe0877976e6de17e111ec92060506 100644
--- a/testing/monero/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/monero/APKBUILD
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # Maintainer: André Klitzing <aklitzing@gmail.com>
 pkgname=monero
 pkgver=0.14.0.2
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Secure, private, untraceable cryptocurrency"
 url="https://getmonero.org/"
 arch="all"
@@ -12,15 +12,17 @@ options="!check"
 source="$pkgname-$pkgver.tar.gz::https://github.com/monero-project/$pkgname/archive/v$pkgver.tar.gz
 	easylogging.patch
 	system-miniupnpc.patch
+	version-string.patch
 	"
 builddir="$srcdir/"$pkgname-$pkgver
 
 build() {
 	cd "$builddir"
-	mkdir build && cd build
+	mkdir -p build && cd build
 	cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
 		-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
 		-DSTACK_TRACE=OFF \
+		-DMANUAL_SUBMODULES=1 \
 		..
 	make
 }
@@ -33,4 +35,5 @@ package() {
 
 sha512sums="f58718f6ef182796dfe14153c5e8e476289804acc20ce63275e1ca82b1b160473864859dabe42269c20c59054f29dc2a355be24e95466ce78fea15678301b3f4  monero-0.14.0.2.tar.gz
 1cc51b85fdf15414421f76de04cf6736db1cbed99d1a08709ff99f2fc2597ccb1cb9940692c2d55fcbb3ed6a85d3704540ddbf86111943fdd09bc8e33aa245e2  easylogging.patch
-70c8e981d87442e0c8eccb6804af8ba78c312cfeb547957b20c8e4e83e533f161ce1b094891a99df4113e901f43954a0f1473e39781e8dae77faa0726132563b  system-miniupnpc.patch"
+70c8e981d87442e0c8eccb6804af8ba78c312cfeb547957b20c8e4e83e533f161ce1b094891a99df4113e901f43954a0f1473e39781e8dae77faa0726132563b  system-miniupnpc.patch
+087e48b0507c0fb7cc9dbab05b0373b61687de3935642299c6df0194539934e7cccad497435c32291c063b10f4d91d4fbc98d81e269148c4e14780ed38d43559  version-string.patch"
diff --git a/testing/monero/version-string.patch b/testing/monero/version-string.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..98dd8a2ca4d2c6cb1afdd70eaf066e4d99e03815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/monero/version-string.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/cmake/Version.cmake b/cmake/Version.cmake
+index 3677e80..490de2c 100644
+--- a/cmake/Version.cmake
++++ b/cmake/Version.cmake
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function (write_static_version_header hash)
+ endfunction ()
+ 
+ find_package(Git QUIET)
+-if ("$Format:$" STREQUAL "")
++if ("$Format:$" STREQUAL "" OR NOT EXISTS .git)
+   # We're in a tarball; use hard-coded variables.
+   write_static_version_header("release")
+ elseif (GIT_FOUND OR Git_FOUND)