diff --git a/python/babel/babel.SlackBuild b/python/babel/babel.SlackBuild
index e7df1501c2..920a7bdee0 100644
--- a/python/babel/babel.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/babel/babel.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for babel
 #
-# Copyright 2013 Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>, Pisa, Italy
+# Copyright 2013-2016 Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>, Pisa, Italy
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,13 +23,14 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=babel
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.4}
+CLDRVER=${CLDRVER:-28}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -40,8 +41,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
@@ -54,32 +55,30 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-CLDRVER=${CLDRVER:-23.1}
-
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
- -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
- -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 ln -s $CWD/core.zip cldr/core-$CLDRVER.zip
 python setup.py import_cldr
 python setup.py install --root=$PKG
 
-find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+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
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a AUTHORS CHANGES LICENSE README $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS CHANGES CONTRIBUTING.md LICENSE README.md $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/python/babel/babel.info b/python/babel/babel.info
index 94d4e776c0..d07d250d5d 100644
--- a/python/babel/babel.info
+++ b/python/babel/babel.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="babel"
-VERSION="1.3"
+VERSION="2.3.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://babel.pocoo.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/babel-1.3.tar.gz \
-          http://unicode.org/Public/cldr/23.1/core.zip"
-MD5SUM="752ecd661a4002d64ba07384404a2988 \
-        d44ff35f9b9160becbb3a575468d8a5a"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/python-babel/babel/archive/2.3.4.tar.gz \
+          http://unicode.org/Public/cldr/28/core.zip"
+MD5SUM="ddf0321a1a2f9106646201445701a92f \
+        a4e9ee67b3545df299043164cd78fca1"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""