diff --git a/libraries/reportlab/README b/libraries/reportlab/README
index 6cb7da41dd..2ad3ab4aad 100644
--- a/libraries/reportlab/README
+++ b/libraries/reportlab/README
@@ -21,6 +21,3 @@ It has the following features:
 - strong community support
 - platform-independent
 - includes PythonPoint - PDF Presentation Tool
-
-If pil (Python Imaging library) is installed (it is also available from
-Slackbuilds.org), reportlab can use it for working with bitmap images.
diff --git a/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.SlackBuild b/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.SlackBuild
index 0f1eef1c32..589b0788a4 100644
--- a/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.SlackBuild
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 # OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
+# Modified by SlackBuilds.org
+
 PRGNAM=reportlab
 VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
@@ -36,10 +38,19 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 SRC_PRGNAM=ReportLab
 SRC_VERSION=$(echo $VERSION | tr . _)
 
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+fi
+
 # directory for python packages
-PYTHONDIR=$(python -c 'import sys, os; print os.path.join("/usr/lib", "python%s" % sys.version[:3], "site-packages")')
+PYTHONDIR=$(python -c "import sys, os; print os.path.join('/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}', 'python%s' % sys.version[:3], 'site-packages')")
+
 DOCFILES="CHANGES.txt LICENSE.txt README.txt docs/*.pdf"
-OTHERPYFILES="demos tools tests"		# tests restored
+OTHERPYFILES="demos tools tests"
 
 set -e
 
@@ -57,12 +68,6 @@ chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
   # workaround due to dependency loop if reportlab isn't previously installed
   PYTHONPATH=$PYTHONPATH:$TMP/${SRC_PRGNAM}_${SRC_VERSION}/src/ python genAll.py
 )
-      
-# Move documentation .pdf files and text files to avoid file duplication in 
-# python directory
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-mv $DOCFILES $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
-cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 # Move demos, tests and tools directories into python package's home
 # and remove duplicated file
@@ -71,14 +76,19 @@ mv $OTHERPYFILES $PKG/$PYTHONDIR/$PRGNAM
 rm -f $PKG/$PYTHONDIR/$PRGNAM/tools/docco/*.pdf
 
 cd $TMP/${SRC_PRGNAM}_${SRC_VERSION}
-python setup.py build || exit 1
 python setup.py install --root=$PKG || exit 1
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
-  
+
+# Move documentation .pdf files and text files to avoid file duplication in
+# python directory
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+mv $DOCFILES $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
 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/reportlab/reportlab.info b/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.info
index a3a3900dc6..aa72d0b80d 100644
--- a/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.info
+++ b/libraries/reportlab/reportlab.info
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ PRGNAM="reportlab"
 VERSION="2.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.reportlab.org/"
 DOWNLOAD="http://www.reportlab.org/ftp/ReportLab_2_3.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM="057b846bd3b7b2c3498bf14f6a523632"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="LukenShiro"
 EMAIL="lukenshiro@ngi.it"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="dsomero,pprkut"
diff --git a/libraries/reportlab/slack-desc b/libraries/reportlab/slack-desc
index 14b8405bc0..db0d8c1506 100644
--- a/libraries/reportlab/slack-desc
+++ b/libraries/reportlab/slack-desc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 # make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
 # customary to leave one space after the ':'.
 
-      |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+         |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 reportlab: reportlab (PDF generation toolkit using python)
 reportlab:
 reportlab: The ReportLab Open Source PDF library is a proven industry-strength