diff --git a/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.SlackBuild b/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.SlackBuild
index b6038dbce4..d223161fcc 100644
--- a/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.SlackBuild
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for QtCurve-Gtk2
 
-# Copyright 2008-2009  Michiel van Wessem, Manchester, United Kingdom
-# Copyright 2009 Gregory J. L. Tourte, UK (artourter@gmail.com) 
+# Copyright 2008-2009 Michiel van Wessem, Manchester, United Kingdom
+# Copyright 2009-2010 Gregory J. L. Tourte, UK (artourter@gmail.com) 
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=QtCurve-Gtk2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -57,6 +57,16 @@ else
     LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
+# Configure QtCurve-Gtk2 not to modify userchrome.css for firefox.
+# This seems to be required when using a dark Theme, the font colour would not
+# be inverted and therefore unreadable.  * Reported and requested by NaCL
+
+if [ "${USERCHROME:-yes}" = "no" ]; then
+  modif_mozilla="-DQTC_MODIFY_MOZILLA=false"
+else
+  modif_mozilla=""
+fi
+
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG $TMP/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
@@ -82,10 +92,13 @@ cd build
     -DQTC_DEFAULT_TO_KDE3=false \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
     -DQTC_STYLE_SUPPORT=true \
+    -Wno-dev \
+    $modif_mozilla \
     ..
+
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$PKG
-cd -
+cd ..
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.info b/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.info
index 77794eaad1..ae22b64730 100644
--- a/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.info
+++ b/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/QtCurve-Gtk2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="QtCurve-Gtk2"
-VERSION="1.7.2"
+VERSION="1.8.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=40492"
-DOWNLOAD="http://craigd.wikispaces.com/file/view/QtCurve-Gtk2-1.7.2.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="ad451aeacd70d8cda3dd786cdb0f0ce1"
+DOWNLOAD="http://craigd.wikispaces.com/file/view/QtCurve-Gtk2-1.8.1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="4c5bddf761ced78ba862c19037791655"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="ArTourter"
diff --git a/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/README b/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/README
index 58799db4ae..1d1a2d80a2 100644
--- a/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/README
+++ b/desktop/QtCurve-Gtk2/README
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@ package is compiled to use /etc/gtk-2.0/*-slackware-linux/gtkrc, while KDE
 is hardcoded to look in /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.  Consequently, you will probably
 want to put your preferred gtkrc in the GTK path, and then put a symlink to
 it at /etc/gtk-2.0/gtkrc for KDE to use (or vice versa - either will work).
-
 Alternatively, gtk-chtheme works fine on a per user basis.
+
+If you are using a dark theme, and fonts in Firefox are unreadable because
+it does not invert the colors, you can pass USERCHROME=no to the script,
+which will disable the modification of userchrome.css in Firefox.