diff --git a/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.SlackBuild b/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.SlackBuild
index d3aba8b5d5..e474398839 100644
--- a/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.SlackBuild
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 
 PRGNAM=SimGear
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.0.0}
+SRCNAM=simgear
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.8.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -42,9 +43,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
+cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
@@ -52,28 +53,25 @@ find . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-./configure \
-  --prefix=/usr \
-  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-  --sysconfdir=/etc \
-  --localstatedir=/var \
-  --mandir=/usr/man \
-  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
-  --with-jpeg-factory \
-  --with-x \
-  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
-
-make
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+  cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
+    -DMAN_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/man \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+  make
+  make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+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
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
-  AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README* TODO \
+  AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README* \
   $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.info b/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.info
index 6effc487a2..d220d92143 100644
--- a/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.info
+++ b/libraries/SimGear/SimGear.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="SimGear"
-VERSION="2.0.0"
+VERSION="2.8.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.simgear.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/simgear/ftp/Source/SimGear-2.0.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="414bea545ea1e8ce17e4aa0809159cec"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://mirrors.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/simgear/ftp/Source/simgear-2.8.0.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="0a8c77439ba7879b354a8fbcb7901ce3"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="OpenSceneGraph freealut plib"