diff --git a/development/opencvs/opencvs.SlackBuild b/development/opencvs/opencvs.SlackBuild
index 023166e6f0..57f170f422 100644
--- a/development/opencvs/opencvs.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/opencvs/opencvs.SlackBuild
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# Teach the braindead 'bootstrap' script about the 21st century
+sed -i -e 's/for v in 11 10 9 8 7 6 5/for v in 14 13 12 11 10 15 16/' bootstrap
 ./bootstrap
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \