diff --git a/audio/snd/README b/audio/snd/README
index ee23b7e4fc..c2847b1fc0 100644
--- a/audio/snd/README
+++ b/audio/snd/README
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ includes a complete implementation of Common Lisp Music (CLM), can be
 run sans GUI as a scripting engine, and more.
 
 This SlackBuild configures Snd to use Scheme (s7), ALSA, and Motif, as
-these options are well-supported by Snd's author and extensively
-tested.
+these options are well-supported by Snd's author and extensively tested.
+But if you prefer GTK3 to Motif, then enable it like so:
+  GTK=yes sh ./snd.SlackBuild
 
-Support for OpenGL rendering of spectrograms can be enabled like so:
+Support for OpenGL spectrogram rendering can also be enabled:
   OPENGL=yes sh ./snd.SlackBuild
-This is not appropriate for all configurations, so this option is
-disabled by default.
+This option is not appropriate for all configurations, so it is disabled
+by default.
diff --git a/audio/snd/snd.SlackBuild b/audio/snd/snd.SlackBuild
index 21426eed9e..1f1b1b8a83 100644
--- a/audio/snd/snd.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/snd/snd.SlackBuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# SlackBuild for Snd, 8 May 2017
-# Arthur W. Green <awg@posteo.us>
+# SlackBuild for Snd, 8 August 2017
+# AW Green <awg@posteo.us>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification,
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ## in the Snd source distribution for more on this.
 
 PRGNAM=snd
-VERSION=${VERSION:-17.4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-17.6}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
+if [ "${GTK:-no}" = "yes" ]; then
+  GUITK="--with-gtk"
+else
+  GUITK="--with-motif"
+fi
+
 if [ "${OPENGL}" = "yes" ]; then
   OPENGL="--with-gl"
 fi
@@ -86,7 +92,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --with-s7 \
   --with-alsa \
-  --with-motif \
+    $GUITK \
     $OPENGL \
   --with-fftw \
   --with-doc-dir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
diff --git a/audio/snd/snd.info b/audio/snd/snd.info
index 9c83984c13..a036bdbb85 100644
--- a/audio/snd/snd.info
+++ b/audio/snd/snd.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="snd"
-VERSION="17.4"
+VERSION="17.6"
 HOMEPAGE="https://ccrma.stanford.edu/software/snd/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp/snd-17.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="1a1c3f87e1c6ae272a79aa147c08d0a0"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ccrma-ftp.stanford.edu/pub/Lisp/snd-17.6.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="c6f64de4a00848182b2bee42233b3b84"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="Arthur W. Green"
+MAINTAINER="AW Green"
 EMAIL="awg@posteo.us"