diff --git a/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml b/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
index c483042d..8ae6e382 100644
--- a/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
+++ b/net.retrodeck.retrodeck.yml
@@ -165,14 +165,24 @@ modules:
         url: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/releases/download/v1.61.1/rclone-v1.61.1-linux-amd64.zip
         sha256: 6d6455e1cb69eb0615a52cc046a296395e44d50c0f32627ba8590c677ddf50a9
 
+  # Source: https://github.com/flathub/com.valvesoftware.Steam.Utility.steamtinkerlaunch/blob/129c9192f874405d21612d95f9749dc2bcaf8cea/modules/rsync.yml#L5
   - name: rsync
-    buildsystem: simple
-    build-commands:
-      - cp local/bin/rsync ${FLATPAK_DEST}/bin/
+    no-autogen: true
+    config-opts:
+      - --prefix=${FLATPAK_DEST}
+      - --with-included-popt
+      - --with-included-zlib
+      - --disable-debug
+      - --disable-xxhash # Unable to meet dependency -- rsync refuses to see the required xxhash.h file
     sources:
       - type: archive
-        url: https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/binaries/ubuntu-22.04-x86_64/rsync-3.2.7.tar.gz
-        sha256: dd2b74396c6e8d6a2d7af94cd97fad5788d888e722bc9780de1590f37a1920d6
+        url: https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-3.2.7.tar.gz
+        sha256: 4e7d9d3f6ed10878c58c5fb724a67dacf4b6aac7340b13e488fb2dc41346f2bb
+        x-checker-data:
+          type: anitya
+          project-id: 4217
+          stable-only: true
+          url-template: https://download.samba.org/pub/rsync/src/rsync-$version.tar.gz
 
   - name: jq
     buildsystem: simple