diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-message-timestamp.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-message-timestamp.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8df9dbf8f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-message-timestamp.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- netsurf-3.8/utils/split-messages.pl.orig	1969-12-31 18:00:00.000000000 -0600
++++ netsurf-3.8/utils/split-messages.pl	2018-08-30 00:18:58.158367530 -0500
+@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@
+ 
+     if( $opt{gzip} )
+     {
+-        $ofh = new IO::Compress::Gzip( $ofh, AutoClose => 1, -Level => 9 );
++        $ofh = new IO::Compress::Gzip( $ofh, AutoClose => 1, -Level => 9, Time => 0 );
+     }
+ 
+     return $ofh;
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-system-utf8proc.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-system-utf8proc.patch
index 654d45d017..a2ee52ca05 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-system-utf8proc.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/netsurf-system-utf8proc.patch
@@ -17,23 +17,23 @@ Work around upstream's lack of a pkg-config file and update API.
  
  # Optional libraries with pkgconfig
  
---- netsurf-3.6/utils/idna.c
-+++ netsurf-3.6/utils/idna.c
-@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
- #include <stdint.h>
+--- netsurf-3.8/utils/idna.c
++++ netsurf-3.8/utils/idna.c
+@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <string.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
 -#include <libutf8proc/utf8proc.h>
 +#include <utf8proc.h>
  
- #include "utils/errors.h"
- #include "utils/idna.h"
---- netsurf-3.7/test/Makefile	2017-10-15 08:39:24.000000000 -0500
-+++ netsurf-3.7/test/Makefile	2017-11-05 11:14:46.219013218 -0600
-@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@
- 	-D_XOPEN_SOURCE=600 \
+ #include "netsurf/inttypes.h"
+ 
+--- netsurf-3.8/test/Makefile
++++ netsurf-3.8/test/Makefile
+@@ -142,14 +142,15 @@
  	-Itest -Iinclude -Icontent/handlers -Ifrontends -I. -I.. \
  	-Dnsgtk \
+ 	$(SAN_FLAGS) \
 -	$(shell pkg-config --cflags libcurl libparserutils libwapcaplet libdom libnsutils libutf8proc) \
 +	$(shell pkg-config --cflags libcurl libparserutils libwapcaplet libdom libnsutils) \
  	$(LIB_CFLAGS)
@@ -43,7 +43,8 @@ Work around upstream's lack of a pkg-config file and update API.
  
  TESTLDFLAGS := -L$(TESTROOT) \
 -	$(shell pkg-config --libs libcurl libparserutils libwapcaplet libdom libnsutils libutf8proc) -lz \
-+	$(shell pkg-config --libs libcurl libparserutils libwapcaplet libdom libnsutils) -lz -lutf8proc \
++	$(shell pkg-config --libs libcurl libparserutils libwapcaplet libdom libnsutils) \
++	$(LDFLAGS) \
+ 	$(SAN_FLAGS) \
  	$(LIB_LDFLAGS)\
  	$(COV_LDFLAGS)
- 
diff --git a/gnu/packages/web.scm b/gnu/packages/web.scm
index 6fc917b6be..0d27fa0054 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/web.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/web.scm
@@ -4694,7 +4694,7 @@ (define-public nsgenbind
 (define-public netsurf
   (package
     (name "netsurf")
-    (version "3.7")
+    (version "3.8")
     (source
      (origin
        (method url-fetch)
@@ -4702,10 +4702,11 @@ (define-public netsurf
                            "releases/source/netsurf-" version "-src.tar.gz"))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "05kynfzzwd4fc03vbqdjpghh5xnk2yrh43w7vikak89vla30mhpg"))
+         "0hjm1h4m1i913y4mhkl7yqdifn8k70fwi58zdh6faypawzryc3m0"))
        (patches (search-patches "netsurf-system-utf8proc.patch"
                                 "netsurf-y2038-tests.patch"
-                                "netsurf-longer-test-timeout.patch"))))
+                                "netsurf-longer-test-timeout.patch"
+                                "netsurf-message-timestamp.patch"))))
     (build-system glib-or-gtk-build-system)
     (native-inputs
      `(("netsurf-buildsystem" ,netsurf-buildsystem)