diff --git a/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.SlackBuild b/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.SlackBuild
index dd281cc643..09100dfc1d 100644
--- a/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.SlackBuild
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 # Modified by SlackBuilds.org
 
 PRGNAM=libvpx
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.7_p1}
+SRCVERSION=$(echo $VERSION | tr _ -)
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -48,9 +49,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/${PRGNAM}-v${VERSION}.tar.bz2
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf ${PRGNAM}-v${SRCVERSION}
+tar xvf $CWD/${PRGNAM}-v${SRCVERSION}.tar.bz2
+cd ${PRGNAM}-v${SRCVERSION}
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
@@ -71,11 +72,14 @@ cd build-tmp
     --enable-postproc \
     --enable-vp8 \
     --enable-shared \
+    --enable-runtime-cpu-detect \
     $ARCHOPTS
-
   make
   make install DESTDIR=$PKG
-cd -
+cd ..
+
+# remove the static version
+rm $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/$PRGNAM.a
 
 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/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.info b/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.info
index 14852dc705..a18130c82d 100644
--- a/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.info
+++ b/libraries/libvpx/libvpx.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="libvpx"
-VERSION="0.9.2"
+VERSION="0.9.7_p1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.webmproject.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://webm.googlecode.com/files/libvpx-v0.9.2.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="609370925b274aeaa29e94fc34c74957"
+DOWNLOAD="http://webm.googlecode.com/files/libvpx-v0.9.7-p1.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="bd888cffde8d9c3061c7fd719b0cd4ce"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="ponce"
 EMAIL="matteo.bernardini@gmail.com"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="rworkman"