diff --git a/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/rt-tests_0.73.bb b/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/rt-tests_0.83.bb
similarity index 68%
rename from meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/rt-tests_0.73.bb
rename to meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/rt-tests_0.83.bb
index a2cf6be03e..78d51b3f99 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/rt-tests_0.73.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-rt/rt-tests/rt-tests_0.83.bb
@@ -6,16 +6,20 @@ LICENSE = "GPLv2 & GPLv2+"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=751419260aa954499f7abaabaa882bbe \
                     file://src/cyclictest/cyclictest.c;beginline=7;endline=9;md5=ce162fe491d19d2ec67dff6dbc938d50 \
                     file://src/pi_tests/pi_stress.c;beginline=6;endline=19;md5=bd426a634a43ec612e9fbf125dfcc949"
-# Version v0.73
-SRCREV = "81da016fb0f6ab0511fbec81fc8ba1a50398a20d"
-PV = "git${SRCPV}"
-PR = "r0"
+# Version v0.83
+SRCREV = "5f1e84f8b015df3ff950056494134eca3f640d70"
 
-SRC_URI = "git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/clrkwllms/rt-tests.git;protocol=git"
+# git -> 0.83 needs a PE bump
+PE = "1"
+
+SRC_URI = "git://github.com/clrkwllms/rt-tests.git"
 
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-CFLAGS += "-I${S}/src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-nonnull"
+CFLAGS += "-I${S}/src/include -D_GNU_SOURCE -Wall -Wno-nonnulli ${LDFLAGS}"
+
+# calling 'uname -m' is broken on crossbuilds
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "NUMA=0"
 
 do_install() {
         oe_runmake install DESTDIR=${D} SBINDIR=${sbindir} MANDIR=${mandir} \