diff --git a/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild b/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild
index a456b96a97..a35a0cce0f 100644
--- a/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild
@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@
 # TODO:  add rc.boinc.
 
 PRGNAM=boinc
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.16.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.16.16}
 BRANCH=${BRANCH:-7.16}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+NUMJOBS=${NUMJOBS:-1}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -99,7 +100,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --with-x \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-make
+make -j${NUMJOBS}
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
diff --git a/academic/boinc/boinc.info b/academic/boinc/boinc.info
index 8a3e9be145..9d7dbd0162 100644
--- a/academic/boinc/boinc.info
+++ b/academic/boinc/boinc.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="boinc"
-VERSION="7.16.4"
+VERSION="7.16.16"
 HOMEPAGE="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/7.16/7.16.4/boinc-client_release-7.16-7.16.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="33aa0de75425d7c0b8acca0301df18b1"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/7.16/7.16.16/boinc-client_release-7.16-7.16.16.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="debf658ed8748c1c434c12f8a8a932a1"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="libwebp wxGTK3"
+REQUIRES="wxGTK3"
 MAINTAINER="Edward W. Koenig"
 EMAIL="kingbeowulf@gmail.com"