diff --git a/development/ragel/lib64.patch b/development/ragel/lib64.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..53aa3b8e62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/ragel/lib64.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- a/configure.ac	2021-02-15 20:45:20.000000000 +0100
++++ b/configure.ac	2021-02-21 17:59:13.593674832 +0100
+@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@
+ 		COLM_WRAP="$withval/bin/colm-wrap"
+ 		CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include ${CPPFLAGS}"
+ 		CPPFLAGS="-I$withval/include/aapl ${CPPFLAGS}"
+-		LDFLAGS="-L$withval/lib ${LDFLAGS}"
+-		LIBCOLM_LA="$withval/lib/libcolm.la"
+-		LIBFSM_LA="$withval/lib/libfsm.la"
++		LDFLAGS="-L$withval/lib64 ${LDFLAGS}"
++		LIBCOLM_LA="$withval/lib64/libcolm.la"
++		LIBFSM_LA="$withval/lib64/libfsm.la"
+ 		COLM_SHARE="$withval/share"
+ 	],
+ 	[]
diff --git a/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild b/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild
index b3eb898ea1..083354d312 100644
--- a/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=ragel
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.0.0.12}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.0.4}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
 
@@ -66,22 +66,10 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-DOCS="AUTHORS COPYING README TODO"
+DOCS="COPYING README"
 
 set -e 
 
-if [ -x /usr/bin/ragel ]; then
-  cat <<EOF
-****************************************************************
-This build would fail, because you already have ragel installed.
-Do this first:
-  removepkg ragel
-...then run this script again. Sorry.
-****************************************************************
-EOF
-  exit 1
-fi
-
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
@@ -96,6 +84,11 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \+
 
+if [ "$LIBDIRSUFFIX" = "64" ]; then
+  patch --verbose -p1 -i $CWD/lib64.patch
+fi
+patch --verbose -p1 -i $CWD/shared-colm.patch
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
@@ -106,6 +99,8 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --disable-static \
+  --with-colm=/usr \
+  --disable-manual \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
diff --git a/development/ragel/ragel.info b/development/ragel/ragel.info
index 62c36c2745..dd0ca9e48e 100644
--- a/development/ragel/ragel.info
+++ b/development/ragel/ragel.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ragel"
-VERSION="7.0.0.12"
+VERSION="7.0.4"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://www.colm.net/files/ragel/ragel-7.0.0.12.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f95b1830fa6d9acea34f753d91e038e8"
+DOWNLOAD="https://www.colm.net/files/ragel/ragel-7.0.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2ca4f5507c1923bcf9a7909baa8254d3"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="colm kelbt"
diff --git a/development/ragel/shared-colm.patch b/development/ragel/shared-colm.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f26ae58fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/development/ragel/shared-colm.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index e1a0fc67..07a2b075 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -59,6 +59,26 @@ AC_CHECK_FILES(
+        [],
+        [AC_ERROR([colm is required to build ragel])]
+ )
++
++dnl If the .la files are present use those, otherwise locate the libs with AC_CHECK_LIB.
++AC_CHECK_FILES(
++       [$LIBCOLM_LA $LIBFSM_LA],
++       [],
++       [
++               AC_CHECK_LIB(
++                       [colm],
++                       [colm_run_program],
++                       [LIBCOLM_LA=-lcolm],
++                       [AC_ERROR([libcolm is required to build ragel])]
++               )
++               AC_CHECK_LIB(
++                       [fsm],
++                       [libfsm_present],
++                       [LIBFSM_LA=-lfsm],
++                       [AC_ERROR([libfsm is required to build ragel])]
++               )
++       ]
++)
+ AC_SUBST(COLM)
+ AC_SUBST(COLM_WRAP)
+ AC_SUBST(COLM_SHARE)