diff --git a/re2c/PKGBUILD b/re2c/PKGBUILD
index 2adc48b7..eb59575a 100644
--- a/re2c/PKGBUILD
+++ b/re2c/PKGBUILD
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 pkgname=re2c
 pkgver=3.1
-pkgrel=2
+pkgrel=3
 arch=('i686' 'x86_64')
 pkgdesc='A tool for generating C-based recognizers from regular expressions'
 url='https://re2c.org/'
@@ -14,13 +14,13 @@ msys2_references=(
 )
 license=('public domain')
 depends=('gcc-libs')
-makedepends=('cmake' 'gcc' 'python')
+makedepends=('cmake' 'gcc' 'python' 'ninja')
 source=(${pkgname}-${pkgver}.tar.gz::https://github.com/skvadrik/re2c/archive/${pkgver}.tar.gz)
 sha256sums=('087c44de0400fb15caafde09fd72edc7381e688a35ef505ee65e0e3d2fac688b')
 
 build() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
-  cmake -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+  cmake -GNinja -B build -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
   cmake --build build
 }