diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 2331a9a95cd..d942d25cc4d 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2917,6 +2917,7 @@ libmozjs-52.so mozjs52-52.3.0_1
 libmozjs-52.so.0 mozjs52-52.3.0_1
 libvala-0.42.so.0 libvala-0.42.1_1
 libvaladoc-0.42.so.0 libvala-0.42.1_1
+libvalaccodegen.so libvala-0.42.4_1
 libphodav-2.0.so.0 phodav-2.2_1
 libgfshare.so.2 libgfshare-2.0.0_1
 libtracker-miner-2.0.so.0 libtracker-2.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vala/template b/srcpkgs/vala/template
index 541d6598b2d..06fdc6387ce 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vala/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vala/template
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vala'
 pkgname=vala
-version=0.42.3
+version=0.42.4
 revision=1
-patch_args="-Np1"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-graphviz"
 hostmakedepends="flex libxslt pkg-config automake libtool"
@@ -14,7 +13,9 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/Vala"
 changelog="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/vala/raw/0.42/NEWS"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vala/${version%.*}/vala-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=5fc73dd1e683dc7391bb96d02b2f671aa8289411a48611a05265629e0048587d
+checksum=b528906d080ac5b6043285a82c194c988e495c70da71ae19c1fc7811509f4f1e
+shlib_provides="libvalaccodegen.so"
+patch_args="-Np1"
 
 # for valadoc
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
@@ -43,5 +44,6 @@ vala-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 		vmove usr/share/aclocal
 		vmove usr/share/devhelp
+		vmove usr/share/vala
 	}
 }