diff --git a/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.SlackBuild b/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.SlackBuild
index 74025fc5c9..c976072c8b 100644
--- a/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.SlackBuild
+++ b/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.SlackBuild
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # Written by Larry Hajali <larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]com>
 
 PRGNAM=MarkupSafe
-VERSION=0.15
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.18}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ 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 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 python setup.py install --root=$PKG --no-compile
diff --git a/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.info b/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.info
index af6b6653cd..8fe224f83f 100644
--- a/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.info
+++ b/python/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="MarkupSafe"
-VERSION="0.15"
+VERSION="0.18"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pypi.python.org/pypi/MarkupSafe"
-DOWNLOAD="http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe-0.15.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="4e7c4d965fe5e033fa2d7bb7746bb186"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/M/MarkupSafe/MarkupSafe-0.18.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="f8d252fd05371e51dec2fe9a36890687"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="pysetuptools"