diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/b5954c80db5d7fba2b0635e758126c4d949edbb3.patch b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/b5954c80db5d7fba2b0635e758126c4d949edbb3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..77a21c9bc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/patches/b5954c80db5d7fba2b0635e758126c4d949edbb3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From b5954c80db5d7fba2b0635e758126c4d949edbb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Piotr=20W=C3=B3jcik?= <chocimier@tlen.pl>
+Date: Sat, 2 Jul 2022 22:37:08 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] lib/fetch: reuse http connection
+
+With HTTP 1.1 persistent connection is default and Connection
+header is not sent.
+Before patch, for every file, including 512b signature, there was
+done dns query, tls handshake etc.
+---
+ lib/fetch/http.c | 10 +++++++---
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/fetch/http.c b/lib/fetch/http.c
+index 395e7d8f..02b97a51 100644
+--- a/lib/fetch/http.c
++++ b/lib/fetch/http.c
+@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ http_cmd(conn_t *conn, const char *fmt, ...)
+  * Get and parse status line
+  */
+ static int
+-http_get_reply(conn_t *conn)
++http_get_reply(conn_t *conn, int *keep_alive)
+ {
+ 	char *p;
+ 
+@@ -445,6 +445,10 @@ http_get_reply(conn_t *conn)
+ 	if (*p == '/') {
+ 		if (p[1] != '1' || p[2] != '.' || (p[3] != '0' && p[3] != '1'))
+ 			return (HTTP_PROTOCOL_ERROR);
++		/* HTTP/1.1 defaults to the use of "persistent connections" */
++		if (keep_alive && p[3] == '1') {
++			*keep_alive = 1;
++		}
+ 		p += 4;
+ 	}
+ 	if (*p != ' ' ||
+@@ -760,7 +764,7 @@ http_connect(struct url *URL, struct url *purl, const char *flags, int *cached)
+ 
+ 		http_cmd(conn, "\r\n");
+ 
+-		if (http_get_reply(conn) != HTTP_OK) {
++		if (http_get_reply(conn, NULL) != HTTP_OK) {
+ 			http_seterr(conn->err);
+ 			fetch_close(conn);
+ 			return (NULL);
+@@ -1011,7 +1015,7 @@ http_request(struct url *URL, const char *op, struct url_stat *us,
+ 			   sizeof(val));
+ 
+ 		/* get reply */
+-		switch (http_get_reply(conn)) {
++		switch (http_get_reply(conn, &keep_alive)) {
+ 		case HTTP_OK:
+ 		case HTTP_PARTIAL:
+ 		case HTTP_NOT_MODIFIED:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xbps/template b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
index ba7f8c7068e..d5867b1387c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xbps/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xbps/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'xbps'
 pkgname=xbps
 version=0.59.1
-revision=6
+revision=7
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=configure
 short_desc="XBPS package system utilities"