diff --git a/games/freedoom/freedoom.SlackBuild b/games/freedoom/freedoom.SlackBuild
index f39d0aebd9..625d0b934e 100644
--- a/games/freedoom/freedoom.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/freedoom/freedoom.SlackBuild
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 
 # Licensed under the WTFPL. See http://www.wtfpl.net/txt/copying/ for details.
 
+# 20191127 bkw: updated for v0.12.1, include shiny new PDF manual in pkg
 # 20170721 bkw: updated for v0.11.3
 # 20170324 bkw: updated for v0.11.2
 # 20170301 bkw: updated for v0.11.1
 
 PRGNAM=freedoom
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.11.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.12.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -45,6 +46,7 @@ done
 # The docs are identical in both zipfiles, only keep one set.
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a COPYING* CREDITS* *.html $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a $PRGNAM-manual.pdf $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION 2>/dev/null || true
 cd -
 
 # Upstream recently renamed their wad files. The new names are less
diff --git a/games/freedoom/freedoom.info b/games/freedoom/freedoom.info
index 9fe94fab48..f59ec4ced8 100644
--- a/games/freedoom/freedoom.info
+++ b/games/freedoom/freedoom.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="freedoom"
-VERSION="0.11.3"
+VERSION="0.12.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://freedoom.github.io/index.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/freedoom/freedoom/releases/download/v0.11.3/freedoom-0.11.3.zip \
-          https://github.com/freedoom/freedoom/releases/download/v0.11.3/freedm-0.11.3.zip"
-MD5SUM="55e9a2c7a24651d63654407d2cec26c2 \
-        72bf7daaf86cb2c2a09fbb3a0ea5c469"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/freedoom/freedoom/releases/download/v0.12.1/freedoom-0.12.1.zip \
+          https://github.com/freedoom/freedoom/releases/download/v0.12.1/freedm-0.12.1.zip"
+MD5SUM="f8c86928394b1d425ef60637b5e8ac31 \
+        169075b9e7bb903fa7601869355f280d"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""