diff --git a/academic/qgis/README b/academic/qgis/README
index 95df659d0c..ee428bf51c 100644
--- a/academic/qgis/README
+++ b/academic/qgis/README
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ runs on Linux, Unix, Mac OSX, and Windows.  QGIS lets you browse and create
 map data on your computer.  It supports many common spatial data formats 
 (e.g. ESRI ShapeFile, geotiff).
 
-This requires proj, geos, gdal, R, gsl, and numpy. 
+This requires proj, geos, gdal, R, gsl, numpy and qwt. 
 
 Optional dependencies include postgresql, postgis, and gpsbabel.
diff --git a/academic/qgis/qgis-1.4.0-sip-4.10.patch b/academic/qgis/qgis-1.4.0-sip-4.10.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index c78da4b42e..0000000000
--- a/academic/qgis/qgis-1.4.0-sip-4.10.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- qgis-1.4.0-original/cmake/Python.cmake	2009-08-19 20:09:10.000000000 +0100
-+++ qgis-1.4.0-patched/cmake/Python.cmake	2010-06-29 09:54:01.043992226 +0100
-@@ -150,9 +150,7 @@
-       # minimal version is 4.7 (to support universal builds)
-       SET (SIP_MIN_VERSION 040700)
-       TRY_RUN_PYTHON (RES "import sip\nprint '%x' % sip.SIP_VERSION" SIP_VERSION)
--      IF (SIP_VERSION EQUAL "${SIP_MIN_VERSION}" OR SIP_VERSION GREATER "${SIP_MIN_VERSION}")
-         SET (SIP_IS_GOOD TRUE)
--      ENDIF (SIP_VERSION EQUAL "${SIP_MIN_VERSION}" OR SIP_VERSION GREATER "${SIP_MIN_VERSION}")
-     
-       IF (NOT SIP_IS_GOOD)
-         MESSAGE (STATUS "SIP is required in version 4.7 or later!")
diff --git a/academic/qgis/qgis.SlackBuild b/academic/qgis/qgis.SlackBuild
index bc929d9d4a..5224ce91f7 100644
--- a/academic/qgis/qgis.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/qgis/qgis.SlackBuild
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 # This script is dedicated to the public domain
 
 PRGNAM=qgis
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.4.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.5.0}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -51,15 +51,12 @@ find . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-#  Disable broken SIP version check
-#  See https://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/2446
-patch -p1 < $CWD/qgis-1.4.0-sip-4.10.patch
-
 cmake . \
   -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
   -DQGIS_LIB_SUBDIR=lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+  -DQGIS_LIBEXEC_SUBDIR=lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qgis \
   -DQGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR=lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/qgis \
   -DGRASS_PREFIX=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/grass
 
diff --git a/academic/qgis/qgis.info b/academic/qgis/qgis.info
index 4436aa9bc8..1cc56d7f41 100644
--- a/academic/qgis/qgis.info
+++ b/academic/qgis/qgis.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="qgis"
-VERSION="1.4.0"
+VERSION="1.5.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://qgis.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/src/qgis_1.4.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="47710e7aa14c2a672c7f28457b0c956f"
+DOWNLOAD="http://download.osgeo.org/qgis/src/qgis_1.5.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="a198fbcd8d96f5ed5e85a814cbc8f033"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="David Spencer"
 EMAIL="baildon.research@googlemail.com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+APPROVED="Erik Hanson"