diff --git a/libraries/perl-cairo/README b/libraries/perl-cairo/README
index d627fcb17c..cf8e54a359 100644
--- a/libraries/perl-cairo/README
+++ b/libraries/perl-cairo/README
@@ -2,8 +2,5 @@ Cairo (perl module)
 
 Perl bindings to the cairo graphics library. 
 
-In order to build it from source, you'll also need
-  ExtUtils::PkgConfig >= 0.2 (perl-extutils-pkgconfig)
-  ExtUtils::Depends   >= 1.0 (perl-extutils-depends)
-  Test::Number::Delta >= 1.0 (perl-test-number-delta)
-All of these are also available from SlackBuilds.org.
+This requires perl-extutils-pkgconfig, perl-extutils-depends, and
+perl-test-number-delta.
diff --git a/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.SlackBuild b/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.SlackBuild
index ee77de109f..3a247121f7 100644
--- a/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.SlackBuild
@@ -34,26 +34,31 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-DOCS="ChangeLog LICENSE NEWS README TODO"
-
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
+set -e
+
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
-cd $TMP || exit 1
+cd $TMP
 rm -rf $SRCNAM-$VERSION
-tar -xzvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || exit 1
-cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
+tar xvf $CWD/$SRCNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $SRCNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
 
-perl Makefile.PL || exit 1
-make OPTIMIZE="$SLKCFLAGS" || exit 1
-make install INSTALLDIRS=vendor DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
+perl Makefile.PL
+make OPTIMIZE="$SLKCFLAGS"
+make install INSTALLDIRS=vendor DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -name $SRCNAM.so -exec strip --strip-unneeded $PKG 2> /dev/null {} \;
 
@@ -70,7 +75,9 @@ gzip -9 $PKG/usr/man/man3/* 2> /dev/null
 find $PKG -depth -type d -empty -exec rm -rf {} \;
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a $DOCS $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  ChangeLog LICENSE NEWS README TODO \
+    $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 chmod 644 $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/*
 
@@ -78,4 +85,4 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.info b/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.info
index 0e9765cd35..2d60295f2d 100644
--- a/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.info
+++ b/libraries/perl-cairo/perl-cairo.info
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ PRGNAM="perl-cairo"
 VERSION="1.043"
 HOMEPAGE="http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net"
 DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gtk2-perl/Cairo-1.043.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM="7f79fe4776c725d698d52231f86fab6b"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Michael Wagner"
 EMAIL="lapinours@web.de"
 APPROVED="rworkman"