diff --git a/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.SlackBuild b/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.SlackBuild
index 72775da6dc..ee94716952 100644
--- a/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Slackware build script for xvkbd
 #
-# Copyright 2009-2017  Erik W. Hanson, Minneapolis, MN, USA
+# Copyright 2009-2020  Erik W. Hanson, Minneapolis, MN, USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=xvkbd
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.8}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ find -L . \
 
 touch host.def
 xmkmf
+sed -i 's, $(SHAREDIR)/words.english,$(SHAREDIR)/words.english,' Makefile
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/X11/
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 make install.man DESTDIR=$PKG
diff --git a/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.info b/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.info
index 87addea18d..590efcded2 100644
--- a/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.info
+++ b/desktop/xvkbd/xvkbd.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="xvkbd"
-VERSION="3.8"
+VERSION="4.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://t-sato.in.coocan.jp/xvkbd"
-DOWNLOAD="http://t-sato.in.coocan.jp/xvkbd/xvkbd-3.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0d683f68c92f22cd9a7ffcb6d82c81b6"
+DOWNLOAD="http://t-sato.in.coocan.jp/xvkbd/xvkbd-4.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="3feb2e78555c85ca449e32dd461a555b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""