diff --git a/packages/strace/build.sh b/packages/strace/build.sh
index 66483a022..aba6aba8a 100644
--- a/packages/strace/build.sh
+++ b/packages/strace/build.sh
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
 TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://strace.io/
 TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Debugging utility to monitor system calls and signals received"
-TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="LGPL-2.1"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE_FILE="COPYING, LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
-TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.16
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=5.17
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/strace/strace/releases/download/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION/strace-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
-TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=dc7db230ff3e57c249830ba94acab2b862da1fcaac55417e9b85041a833ca285
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=5fb298dbd1331fd1e1bc94c5c32395860d376101b87c6cd3d1ba9f9aa15c161f
 TERMUX_PKG_AUTO_UPDATE=true
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="libdw"
 
diff --git a/packages/strace/src-defs.h.patch b/packages/strace/src-defs.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..76487ff39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/strace/src-defs.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/src/defs.h
++++ b/src/defs.h
+@@ -849,8 +849,6 @@
+  * part.
+  */
+ # define QUOTE_HEXSTR_MASK			(0x3 << QUOTE_HEXSTR_SHIFT)
+-static_assert((NUM_HEXSTR_OPTS - 1) <= (QUOTE_HEXSTR_MASK >> QUOTE_HEXSTR_SHIFT),
+-	      "xflag options do not fit into QUOTE_HEXSTR_MASK");
+ 
+ # define QUOTE_HEXSTR_NONE			(HEXSTR_NONE << QUOTE_HEXSTR_SHIFT)
+ # define QUOTE_HEXSTR_ALL			(HEXSTR_ALL << QUOTE_HEXSTR_SHIFT)