diff --git a/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.SlackBuild b/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.SlackBuild
index 9d1a17d1fb..265a4e1f93 100644
--- a/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.SlackBuild
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@
 # WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
 # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
-
-# revision date: 2013/03/30
+#
+# Maintained by David Spencer <baildon.research@googlemail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=eigen3
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.1.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.2.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-TARVERSION="eigen-5097c01bcdc4"
+TARVERSION=${TARVERSION:-eigen-10219c95fe65}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
@@ -68,10 +68,10 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$VERSION.tar.bz2 || tar xvf $CWD/eigen-$TARVERSION.tar.bz2
 cd eigen-$TARVERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
- \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
- -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 mkdir -p build
 cd build
diff --git a/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.info b/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.info
index c7c2320acb..9a92984fb0 100644
--- a/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.info
+++ b/libraries/eigen3/eigen3.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="eigen3"
-VERSION="3.1.2"
+VERSION="3.2.4"
 HOMEPAGE="http://eigen.tuxfamily.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/3.1.2.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="e9c081360dde5e7dcb8eba3c8430fde2"
+DOWNLOAD="http://bitbucket.org/eigen/eigen/get/3.2.4.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="4c4b5ed9a388a1e475166d575af25477"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="Niels Horn"
-EMAIL="niels.horn@gmail.com"
+MAINTAINER="David Spencer"
+EMAIL="baildon.research@googlemail.com"