diff --git a/net-misc/telescope/Manifest b/net-misc/telescope/Manifest
index 502f4d89bf..4f26b18b7f 100644
--- a/net-misc/telescope/Manifest
+++ b/net-misc/telescope/Manifest
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-DIST telescope-0.5.1.tar.gz 270465 BLAKE2B d12a4cb5beccf15ff73bacacfa5f3679a6bbd6f97c12b476c20363032d50cc1750e315323d1a4b0e5577ee4430ef17419961b42d17f2c203c8e7f17a7ae390f4 SHA512 5d1f719d1be1146b1e81d2208688c4dced53893ed7c4c167480df733e5ad479551917cf2f80bf5f199806365796b83c7cccb27e13a7df05ca408373826e1adfa
 DIST telescope-0.5.2.tar.gz 270398 BLAKE2B e745eca6f259707036bed780956c57efad2320d66b40b13d644cff78a84d225d5dea58f19d2586d22b2ce43e193f37f47337ee229be09558bf16cd029515b8f4 SHA512 34e22fd2139c4e0ca04562d3f9542891a6cb743814cf8c1eae3c15e7ae65dd5bc9b609701788aa8b641ce30ce27ca602662ddad597093fa10966f0d588e85806
+DIST telescope-0.6.1.tar.gz 277742 BLAKE2B 3a782084dbb2f56836fcb5f68158c4b767d3ca742d6d177aca00757485ee0854b56b7f561a3f2040382584087f0a5e7936e7c2daa959b5549f1fd678b4b22ba6 SHA512 aff74406c87ed59a3adec7e5d43ac99f4e8d18e761d7590197ab86b4b8fd50882bcc783f47e1da8eab2a0a632a8b78212b45b1ab314527fc7b96fb2cb16d78f0
diff --git a/net-misc/telescope/telescope-0.5.1.ebuild b/net-misc/telescope/telescope-0.6.1.ebuild
similarity index 71%
rename from net-misc/telescope/telescope-0.5.1.ebuild
rename to net-misc/telescope/telescope-0.6.1.ebuild
index 903784dc1a..0342badba9 100644
--- a/net-misc/telescope/telescope-0.5.1.ebuild
+++ b/net-misc/telescope/telescope-0.6.1.ebuild
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 
 EAPI=8
 
+inherit toolchain-funcs
+
 DESCRIPTION="w3m-like browser for Gemini"
 HOMEPAGE="https://telescope.omarpolo.com"
 SRC_URI="https://github.com/omar-polo/${PN}/releases/download/${PV}/${P}.tar.gz"
@@ -15,7 +17,7 @@ IUSE="+libbsd"
 DEPEND="
 	dev-libs/imsg-compat
 	dev-libs/libevent:=
-	dev-libs/libretls
+	dev-libs/libretls:=
 	sys-libs/ncurses:=
 	libbsd? ( dev-libs/libbsd )
 "
@@ -23,5 +25,13 @@ RDEPEND="${DEPEND}"
 BDEPEND="virtual/pkgconfig"
 
 src_configure() {
-	econf --with-libimsg $(use_with libbsd)
+	tc-export_build_env BUILD_CC
+	local econf_args=(
+		HOSTCC="${BUILD_CC}"
+		HOSTCFLAGS="${BUILD_CFLAGS}"
+		$(use_with libbsd)
+		--with-libimsg
+	)
+
+	econf "${econf_args[@]}"
 }