diff --git a/libraries/afflib/README b/libraries/afflib/README
index 50694d9405..149236994b 100644
--- a/libraries/afflib/README
+++ b/libraries/afflib/README
@@ -2,4 +2,4 @@ afflib is library for support of the Advanced Forensic Format (AFF).
 AFF(R) is an open and extensible file format designed to store disk
 images and associated metadata.
 
-afflib can use libewf, also available from SlackBuilds.org.
\ No newline at end of file
+afflib can use libewf if it's installed.
diff --git a/libraries/afflib/afflib.SlackBuild b/libraries/afflib/afflib.SlackBuild
index 1d61bbc8c5..831789b633 100644
--- a/libraries/afflib/afflib.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/afflib/afflib.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=afflib
-VERSION=3.3.4
+VERSION=3.5.7
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -56,20 +59,26 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
+  --mandir=/usr/man \
   --disable-static \
   --enable-s3 \
   --enable-python \
   --enable-threading \
-  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
-  --host=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
 
+( cd $PKG/usr/man
+  find . -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+  for i in $( find . -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+)
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a AUTHORS BUGLIST.txt ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README* \
+cp -ra AUTHORS BUGLIST.txt ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README* doc/ \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
@@ -77,4 +86,4 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/afflib/afflib.info b/libraries/afflib/afflib.info
index e7491b3d67..1dd9ad0a48 100644
--- a/libraries/afflib/afflib.info
+++ b/libraries/afflib/afflib.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="afflib"
-VERSION="3.3.4"
+VERSION="3.5.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.afflib.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.afflib.org/downloads/afflib-3.3.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="588dd75051d03f666a17ed49d08c1552"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.afflib.org/downloads/afflib-3.5.7.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM="efd1dacf1acf1ba450104635be93316c"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Barry J. Grundy"
 EMAIL="bgrundy<at>linuxleo.com"
-APPROVED="Michiel"
+APPROVED="Erik Hanson"