diff --git a/main/hunspell-en/APKBUILD b/main/hunspell-en/APKBUILD
index 0b5bcb15884..acc3bbca79f 100644
--- a/main/hunspell-en/APKBUILD
+++ b/main/hunspell-en/APKBUILD
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Maintainer: Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi>
 pkgname=hunspell-en
 pkgver=2020.12.07
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc="English hunspell dictionaries"
 url="http://wordlist.aspell.net/dicts/"
 arch="noarch"
@@ -11,22 +11,9 @@ options="!check" # data only package
 source="https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wordlist/speller/$pkgver/hunspell-en_US-$pkgver.zip
 	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wordlist/speller/$pkgver/hunspell-en_CA-$pkgver.zip
 	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/wordlist/speller/$pkgver/hunspell-en_GB-large-$pkgver.zip
+	apostrophe.patch
 	"
-
-unpack() {
-	msg "Unpacking sources..."
-	mkdir -p "$builddir"
-	cd "$builddir"
-	for u in $source; do
-		local s="$SRCDEST/$(filename_from_uri $u)"
-		unzip $s
-	done
-}
-
-prepare() {
-	default_prepare
-	sed -i "s:SET UTF8:SET UTF-8:g"  *.aff
-}
+builddir="$srcdir"
 
 package() {
 	install -dm755 "$pkgdir"/usr/share/hunspell
@@ -52,6 +39,9 @@ package() {
 	install -D -m644 README_en_GB-large.txt "$pkgdir"/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname/Copyright_en_GB-large
 }
 
-sha512sums="a35ff630883e2410164e21669e6a46d15c73c76d969829cbf20903949dc7815886c0907f192aad9d363f777dcc9acfbd1e60c8175fbebf14d551e1d6e524c075  hunspell-en_US-2020.12.07.zip
+sha512sums="
+a35ff630883e2410164e21669e6a46d15c73c76d969829cbf20903949dc7815886c0907f192aad9d363f777dcc9acfbd1e60c8175fbebf14d551e1d6e524c075  hunspell-en_US-2020.12.07.zip
 6e34bddbc1f8fd37c4b57d4520cd89a1f301430e7202cc35b0918ca856ff3eaba00743ef904a8b89f806812729976169826857a0fa2f452dd0ed922eeb6a9303  hunspell-en_CA-2020.12.07.zip
-a402c40717cd185ea8c14be2d4dc7df67580f197d276ae660a7cf478ae3e07e469c78271feb0c4c6b7c1c418bfb10e7f42c1e5f4b9635a4d3c47e1af4a747a4c  hunspell-en_GB-large-2020.12.07.zip"
+a402c40717cd185ea8c14be2d4dc7df67580f197d276ae660a7cf478ae3e07e469c78271feb0c4c6b7c1c418bfb10e7f42c1e5f4b9635a4d3c47e1af4a747a4c  hunspell-en_GB-large-2020.12.07.zip
+09f4ff19e628cb58bc43a62fd39bb9be88ef0e0d262d2462b44db15d0f4a222aa74d5a1798aed13260eb874ff6be9cd7a2f21f5fd96ba9b27c26a9432253d0a8  apostrophe.patch
+"
diff --git a/main/hunspell-en/apostrophe.patch b/main/hunspell-en/apostrophe.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..27a461a7106
--- /dev/null
+++ b/main/hunspell-en/apostrophe.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Patch-Source: https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/hunspell-en/blob/867a4c3e890757878ec8a45c22701640a8b4817f/f/hunspell-en-allow-non-typographical.marks.patch
+(inspired)
+--
+--- a/en_CA.aff
++++ b/en_CA.aff
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+ COMPOUNDRULE 2
+ COMPOUNDRULE n*1t
+ COMPOUNDRULE n*mp
+-WORDCHARS 0123456789
++WORDCHARS 0123456789'
+ 
+ PFX A Y 1
+ PFX A   0     re         .
+--- a/en_US.aff
++++ b/en_US.aff
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+ COMPOUNDRULE 2
+ COMPOUNDRULE n*1t
+ COMPOUNDRULE n*mp
+-WORDCHARS 0123456789
++WORDCHARS 0123456789'
+ 
+ PFX A Y 1
+ PFX A   0     re         .
+--- a/en_GB-large.aff
++++ b/en_GB-large.aff
+@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
+ COMPOUNDRULE 2
+ COMPOUNDRULE n*1t
+ COMPOUNDRULE n*mp
+-WORDCHARS 0123456789
++WORDCHARS 0123456789'
+ 
+ PFX A Y 1
+ PFX A   0     re         .