diff --git a/testing/maddy/APKBUILD b/testing/maddy/APKBUILD
index 3a1aa5178fb..1e3884f0be9 100644
--- a/testing/maddy/APKBUILD
+++ b/testing/maddy/APKBUILD
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
 # Maintainer: Michał Polański <michal@polanski.me>
 pkgname=maddy
 pkgver=0.7.0
-pkgrel=0
+pkgrel=1
 pkgdesc="Composable all-in-one mail server"
 url="https://maddy.email/"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 arch="all"
-makedepends="go libcap-utils scdoc linux-pam-dev sqlite-dev"
+makedepends="go scdoc linux-pam-dev sqlite-dev"
 subpackages="$pkgname-openrc $pkgname-doc $pkgname-vim::noarch"
 pkgusers="$pkgname"
 pkggroups="$pkgname"
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@ check() {
 
 package() {
 	install -Dm755 bin/maddy -t "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/
-	setcap cap_net_bind_service=+ep "$pkgdir"/usr/bin/maddy
 
 	install -Dm644 maddy.conf "$pkgdir"/etc/maddy/maddy.conf
 
@@ -64,6 +63,6 @@ vim() {
 
 sha512sums="
 ee06739ef0958826732cd1b73c45e2439a2d111c00597a99789dd3bbbfcfc3db15f4738eafd0c12702bfa2cf7471fd2984a3dd324f3587d1abbf755c067444ca  maddy-0.7.0.tar.gz
-3eb6829c9e0c078e35db611a82aac0323c2f2633cf5d1ad216cd862465cbcb191b067ab5e57e1748f9d5693351beba6053642d6e1481cd1536c2f53117fce09e  maddy.initd
+c521763df519f86063ecfcb65c6689df880ea6478a83584ee1a7ebbfa5d95d1adf52ea9355f918a5a1c41f78d8b3a690e049fb43faac718ca5b6c519e10b0f23  maddy.initd
 76dbb8d7f4b389f2fc1e4e9ecbf93bd7e9a002a8520d93067e39b7a8d35e74e92af7151c116d38aa9d7548747cdd107b38392204f7d3a8944914aee236f7934e  use-syslog.patch
 "
diff --git a/testing/maddy/maddy.initd b/testing/maddy/maddy.initd
index 3b36200195c..aae69fc2fb3 100644
--- a/testing/maddy/maddy.initd
+++ b/testing/maddy/maddy.initd
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ description_reload="Reload some files from disk (but without main configuration)
 command=/usr/bin/maddy
 command_args="run $maddy_opts"
 command_user=maddy:maddy
+capabilities="^cap_net_bind_service"
 
 # make relative paths in config relative to the state directory
 directory="/var/lib/$RC_SVCNAME"