diff --git a/system/mongodb/README b/system/mongodb/README
index bf5583fcc2..f2e41d4aff 100644
--- a/system/mongodb/README
+++ b/system/mongodb/README
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ the provided init script:
 # groupadd -g 285 mongo
 # useradd -u 285 -d /var/lib/mongodb -s /bin/false -g mongo mongo
 
-
 You'll also need to add the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local
 
 if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.mongodb ]; then
     /etc/rc.d/rc.mongodb start
 fi
+
+NOTE: mongodb 5.0 requires use of the AVX instruction set: check if
+your cpu supports it with
+
+  grep avx /proc/cpuinfo | uniq
+
+(no output means it doesn't)
diff --git a/system/mongodb/doinst.sh b/system/mongodb/doinst.sh
index 43120b22ae..8721b3d5ee 100644
--- a/system/mongodb/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/mongodb/doinst.sh
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@ preserve_perms() {
 }
 
 preserve_perms etc/rc.d/rc.mongodb.new
+config etc/mongodb.conf.new
+config etc/mongos.conf.new
+config etc/logrotate.d/mongodb.new
diff --git a/system/mongodb/files/mongodb.conf b/system/mongodb/files/mongodb.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..83b4cc0589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/files/mongodb.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# !! IMPORTANT !!
+#
+# This file uses the YAML format as described in the documentation:
+#   http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration-options/
+
+storage:
+    dbPath: "/var/lib/mongodb"
+    #engine: wiredTiger
+
+systemLog:
+    destination: file
+    path: "/var/log/mongodb/mongodb.log"
+    quiet: true
+    logAppend: true
+
+net:
+    port: 27017
+    bindIp: 127.0.0.1
+    #ssl:
+    #    mode: disabled
+
+#security:
+    #keyFile:
+    #clusterAuthMode:
+
+#replication:
+    #replSetName:
+
+# Specifies one of the MongoDB parameters described here:
+#   http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/parameters/
+#
+# You can specify multiple setParameter fields such as:
+#   setParameter: {enableTestCommands: 1}
+#setParameter:
diff --git a/system/mongodb/files/mongodb.logrotate b/system/mongodb/files/mongodb.logrotate
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f95a438b5b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/files/mongodb.logrotate
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Default log rotation / compression keeps 1 year of logs.
+/var/log/mongodb/*.log {
+	daily
+	rotate 365
+	dateext
+	copytruncate
+	delaycompress
+	compress
+	notifempty
+	extension gz
+	sharedscripts
+	missingok
+}
diff --git a/system/mongodb/files/mongos.conf b/system/mongodb/files/mongos.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fc0068962c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/files/mongos.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# !! IMPORTANT !!
+#
+# This file uses the YAML format as described in the documentation:
+#   http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/configuration-options/
+
+systemLog:
+    destination: file
+    path: "/var/log/mongodb/mongos.log"
+    quiet: true
+    logAppend: true
+
+net:
+    port: 27017
+    bindIp: 127.0.0.1
+    ssl:
+        mode: disabled
+
+#security:
+    #keyFile:
+    #clusterAuthMode:
+
+#sharding:
+    #configDB:
+
+# Specifies one of the MongoDB parameters described here:
+#   http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/parameters/
+#
+# You can specify multiple setParameter fields such as:
+#   setParameter: {enableTestCommands: 1}
+#setParameter:
diff --git a/system/mongodb/rc.mongodb b/system/mongodb/files/rc.mongodb
similarity index 100%
rename from system/mongodb/rc.mongodb
rename to system/mongodb/files/rc.mongodb
diff --git a/system/mongodb/mongodb.SlackBuild b/system/mongodb/mongodb.SlackBuild
index 57e9b2dfd4..e2d613fe69 100644
--- a/system/mongodb/mongodb.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/mongodb/mongodb.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM="mongodb"
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.4.24}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-5.0.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ MONGO_GROUP=${MONGO_GROUP:-285}
 SRC_FILE=$PRGNAM-src-r$VERSION.tar.gz
 SRC_FLDR=$PRGNAM-src-r$VERSION
 
+if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
 set -e
 
 # Bail if user or group isn't valid on your system
@@ -89,6 +97,10 @@ mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 tar xvf $CWD/$SRC_FILE
 cd $SRC_FLDR
+# remove bundled libs
+rm -fR src/third_party/{boost,pcre-*,snappy-*,yaml-cpp,zlib-*}
+# remove compass
+rm -fR src/mongo/installer/compass
 chown -R root.root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
@@ -96,28 +108,57 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# thanks gentoo, also for these patches
+for i in $CWD/patches/* ; do patch -p1 < $i ; done
+
+scons_opts=(
+  --disable-warnings-as-errors
+  --use-system-boost
+  --use-system-pcre
+  --use-system-snappy
+  --use-system-yaml
+  --use-system-zlib
+  --use-system-zstd
+  --use-sasl-client
+  --ssl
+)
+
 if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
-  scons -j $MAKEJOBS --ssl --disable-warnings-as-errors --prefix=${PKG}/usr core install
+  PREFIX=${PKG}/usr CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" LDFLAGS="-L /lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX -L/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX" \
+    ./buildscripts/scons.py "${scons_opts[@]}" --jobs="$MAKEJOBS" install-core
 else
-  scons -j $MAKEJOBS --ssl --disable-warnings-as-errors --prefix=${PKG}/usr core --wiredtiger=off install
+  PREFIX=${PKG}/usr CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" LDFLAGS="-L /lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX -L/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX" \
+    ./buildscripts/scons.py "${scons_opts[@]}" --jobs="$MAKEJOBS" --wiredtiger=off install-core
 fi
 
+# manual install
+( cd build/install/bin
+  for i in * ; do install -D -m 0755 $i $PKG/usr/bin/$i ; done )
+( cd debian
+  for i in *.1 ; do install -D -m 0644 $i $PKG/usr/man/man1/$i ; done )
+
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
 mkdir -p ${PKG}/usr/doc/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}
 cp distsrc/* ${PKG}/usr/doc/${PRGNAM}-${VERSION}
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/etc/rc.d
-cat $CWD/rc.mongodb > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.mongodb.new
+mkdir -p $PKG/etc/{logrotate,rc}.d
+cat $CWD/files/mongodb.conf > $PKG/etc/mongodb.conf.new
+cat $CWD/files/mongos.conf > $PKG/etc/mongos.conf.new
+cat $CWD/files/mongodb.logrotate > $PKG/etc/logrotate.d/mongodb.new
+cat $CWD/files/rc.mongodb > $PKG/etc/rc.d/rc.mongodb.new
+
+mkdir -p $PKG/var/{lib,log}/mongodb
+chmod 750 $PKG/var/{lib,log}/mongodb
+chown mongo.mongo $PKG/var/{lib,log}/mongodb
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/var/lib/mongodb
-chown mongo.mongo $PKG/var/lib/mongodb
-
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE
diff --git a/system/mongodb/mongodb.info b/system/mongodb/mongodb.info
index c563a13750..8667a74781 100644
--- a/system/mongodb/mongodb.info
+++ b/system/mongodb/mongodb.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="mongodb"
-VERSION="3.4.24"
+VERSION="5.0.4"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.mongodb.org/"
 DOWNLOAD="UNSUPPORTED"
 MD5SUM=""
-DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/mongodb-src-r3.4.24.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM_x86_64="2033a6857e9e71bb2faede3a262c4524"
-REQUIRES=""
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64="https://fastdl.mongodb.org/src/mongodb-src-r5.0.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM_x86_64="366a864aaf21cc391e910f46a3051461"
+REQUIRES="cheetah3 psutil python3-PyYAML snappy snowballstemmer yaml-cpp"
 MAINTAINER="Miguel De Anda"
 EMAIL="miguel@thedeanda.com"
diff --git a/system/mongodb/patches/01_mongodb-4.4.1-boost.patch b/system/mongodb/patches/01_mongodb-4.4.1-boost.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..009ca6826a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/patches/01_mongodb-4.4.1-boost.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
+index 89c044ab..0484e475 100644
+--- a/SConstruct
++++ b/SConstruct
+@@ -3511,17 +3511,11 @@ def doConfigure(myenv):
+             "BOOST_LOG_NO_SHORTHAND_NAMES",
+             "BOOST_LOG_USE_NATIVE_SYSLOG",
+             "BOOST_LOG_WITHOUT_THREAD_ATTR",
++            "BOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK",
+             "ABSL_FORCE_ALIGNED_ACCESS",
+         ]
+     )
+ 
+-    if link_model.startswith("dynamic") and not link_model == 'dynamic-sdk':
+-        conf.env.AppendUnique(
+-            CPPDEFINES=[
+-                "BOOST_LOG_DYN_LINK",
+-            ]
+-    )
+-
+     if use_system_version_of_library("boost"):
+         if not conf.CheckCXXHeader( "boost/filesystem/operations.hpp" ):
+             myenv.ConfError("can't find boost headers")
diff --git a/system/mongodb/patches/02_mongodb-4.4.1-gcc11.patch b/system/mongodb/patches/02_mongodb-4.4.1-gcc11.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6ff02dcf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/patches/02_mongodb-4.4.1-gcc11.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+https://bugs.gentoo.org/768339
+
+--- a/src/mongo/db/exec/plan_stats.h
++++ b/src/mongo/db/exec/plan_stats.h
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
+ #include <cstdlib>
+ #include <string>
+ #include <vector>
++#include <optional>
+
+ #include "mongo/db/index/multikey_paths.h"
+ 
diff --git a/system/mongodb/patches/03_mongodb-5.0.2-fix-scons.patch b/system/mongodb/patches/03_mongodb-5.0.2-fix-scons.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d1a2f9312
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/patches/03_mongodb-5.0.2-fix-scons.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
+index 115de78a..613110b7 100644
+--- a/SConstruct
++++ b/SConstruct
+@@ -2366,7 +2366,6 @@ if env.TargetOSIs('posix'):
+ 
+     # -Winvalid-pch Warn if a precompiled header (see Precompiled Headers) is found in the search path but can't be used.
+     env.Append( CCFLAGS=["-fasynchronous-unwind-tables",
+-                         "-ggdb" if not env.TargetOSIs('emscripten') else "-g",
+                          "-Wall",
+                          "-Wsign-compare",
+                          "-Wno-unknown-pragmas",
+@@ -2422,6 +2421,8 @@ if env.TargetOSIs('posix'):
+ 
+     # env.Append( " -Wconversion" ) TODO: this doesn't really work yet
+     env.Append( CXXFLAGS=["-Woverloaded-virtual"] )
++    env.Append( CXXFLAGS=os.environ['CXXFLAGS'] )
++    env.Append( LINKFLAGS=os.environ['LDFLAGS'] )
+ 
+     # On OS X, clang doesn't want the pthread flag at link time, or it
+     # issues warnings which make it impossible for us to declare link
+@@ -2473,8 +2474,8 @@ if env.TargetOSIs('posix'):
+             ],
+         )
+ 
+-    #make scons colorgcc friendly
+-    for key in ('HOME', 'TERM'):
++    #make scons colorgcc, distcc, ccache friendly
++    for key in ('HOME', 'PATH', 'TERM'):
+         try:
+             env['ENV'][key] = os.environ[key]
+         except KeyError:
diff --git a/system/mongodb/patches/04_mongodb-5.0.2-no-compass.patch b/system/mongodb/patches/04_mongodb-5.0.2-no-compass.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7772515772
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/patches/04_mongodb-5.0.2-no-compass.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/src/mongo/installer/SConscript b/src/mongo/installer/SConscript
+index 5bd89fe9..489e70ac 100644
+--- a/src/mongo/installer/SConscript
++++ b/src/mongo/installer/SConscript
+@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ env = env.Clone()
+ 
+ env.SConscript(
+     dirs=[
+-        'compass',
+         'msi',
+     ],
+     exports=[
diff --git a/system/mongodb/patches/05_mongodb-5.0.2-skip-no-exceptions.patch b/system/mongodb/patches/05_mongodb-5.0.2-skip-no-exceptions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ae69befcea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/patches/05_mongodb-5.0.2-skip-no-exceptions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
+index 613110b7..4987e24e 100644
+--- a/SConstruct
++++ b/SConstruct
+@@ -2958,7 +2958,7 @@ def doConfigure(myenv):
+ 
+         # This warning was added in clang-5 and incorrectly flags our implementation of
+         # exceptionToStatus(). See https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=34804
+-        AddToCCFLAGSIfSupported(myenv, "-Wno-exceptions")
++        #AddToCCFLAGSIfSupported(myenv, "-Wno-exceptions")
+ 
+         # Enable sized deallocation support.
+         AddToCXXFLAGSIfSupported(myenv, '-fsized-deallocation')
diff --git a/system/mongodb/patches/06_mongodb-5.0.2-skip-reqs-check.patch b/system/mongodb/patches/06_mongodb-5.0.2-skip-reqs-check.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..823d481c20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system/mongodb/patches/06_mongodb-5.0.2-skip-reqs-check.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff --git a/buildscripts/scons.py b/buildscripts/scons.py
+index 534fca32..c38f64df 100755
+--- a/buildscripts/scons.py
++++ b/buildscripts/scons.py
+@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ SITE_TOOLS_DIR = os.path.join(MONGODB_ROOT, 'site_scons')
+ sys.path = [SCONS_DIR, SITE_TOOLS_DIR] + sys.path
+ 
+ # pylint: disable=C0413
+-from mongo.pip_requirements import verify_requirements, MissingRequirements
++#from mongo.pip_requirements import verify_requirements, MissingRequirements
+ 
+-try:
+-    verify_requirements('etc/pip/compile-requirements.txt')
+-except MissingRequirements as ex:
+-    print(ex)
+-    sys.exit(1)
++#try:
++#    verify_requirements('etc/pip/compile-requirements.txt')
++#except MissingRequirements as ex:
++#    print(ex)
++#    sys.exit(1)
+ 
+ try:
+     import SCons.Script