diff --git a/misc/ascii/ascii.SlackBuild b/misc/ascii/ascii.SlackBuild
index c141279b4f..b5d0794408 100644
--- a/misc/ascii/ascii.SlackBuild
+++ b/misc/ascii/ascii.SlackBuild
@@ -8,16 +8,14 @@
 # Written by cteg <comsublant@gmx.net>
 
 PRGNAM=ascii
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.11}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.12}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
 fi
@@ -50,11 +48,11 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-find . \
- \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
- -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -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 {} \;
 
 make \
   CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/misc/ascii/ascii.info b/misc/ascii/ascii.info
index 2e3961f2e5..e2b969b046 100644
--- a/misc/ascii/ascii.info
+++ b/misc/ascii/ascii.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ascii"
-VERSION="3.11"
+VERSION="3.12"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii-3.11.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="ba8a9392f8aa8c6b7a52923fba870579"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.catb.org/~esr/ascii/ascii-3.12.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="d06267813ac83ed511b7330f43fcc4ee"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""