diff --git a/ham/hamlib/README b/ham/hamlib/README
index a32e1b757d..14400c7dc1 100644
--- a/ham/hamlib/README
+++ b/ham/hamlib/README
@@ -1,5 +1,13 @@
-hamlib (the ham radio control libraries)
+Hamlib (the ham radio control libraries)
+
+Hamlib is a development effort to provide a consistent C language
+interface for programmers wanting to incorporate radio controls
+in their programs.  Network daemons for radio and rotator control,
+along with language bindings for C++, Perl, Python, and TCL are
+included.
+
+Although this release of Hamlib includes an Lua language binding,
+the lua package from slackbuilds.org is 5.1.5 but 5.2 or newer
+is required.  Consequently, the Lua binding has not been included
+in this Slackbuild script.
 
-hamlib is a development effort to provide a consistent interface
-for programmers wanting to incorporate radio controls in their
-programs.
diff --git a/ham/hamlib/hamlib.SlackBuild b/ham/hamlib/hamlib.SlackBuild
index ab51744e1b..f11d2e943d 100644
--- a/ham/hamlib/hamlib.SlackBuild
+++ b/ham/hamlib/hamlib.SlackBuild
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
-# SlackBuild script for hamlib.
+# SlackBuild script for Hamlib
 
 # Copyright 2010 Howard Pepper <h_pepper {at} bellsouth [dot] net>
+# Copyright 2017 Nate Bargmann <n0nb@arrl.net>
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,13 +24,13 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=hamlib
-VERSION=1.2.15
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -43,8 +44,8 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 DOCFILES="AUTHORS COPYING COPYING.LIB ChangeLog INSTALL LICENSE NEWS PLAN
           README README.betatester README.developer THANKS TODO"
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
@@ -59,6 +60,9 @@ fi
 
 set -e
 
+PYV=`python -c "import sys;t='{v[0]}.{v[1]}'.format(v=list(sys.version_info[:2]));sys.stdout.write(t)";`
+TCLV=`echo 'puts $tcl_version;exit 0' | tclsh`
+
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
@@ -70,7 +74,7 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
   -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
- -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
@@ -78,26 +82,49 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
-  --enable-shared
+  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/manual \
+  --infodir=/usr/info \
+  --disable-static \
+  --disable-html-matrix \
+  --with-perl-binding \
+  --with-python-binding \
+  --with-tcl-binding
 
 # Fix linking when --libdir=/usr/lib64
 sed -i \
   -e '/RANLIB/s:$(libdir)/\(.*LIBNAME)\):$(libdir)/`basename \1`:g' \
-  src/Makefile || exit
+  src/Makefile
 
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
-find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
-   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
-# No manpages are installed
-rm -rf $PKG/usr/man
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
+
+rm -f $PKG/usr/info/dir
+gzip -9 $PKG/usr/info/*.info*
+
+find $PKG -name perllocal.pod \
+  -o -name ".packlist" \
+  -o -name "*.bs" \
+  | xargs rm -f
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/
 cp -a $DOCFILES $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts
+mv $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/perl5/perltest.pl $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/python${PYV}/site-packages/Hamlib.pyo
+cp -a bindings/pytest.py $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts
+rm -f $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/tcl/Hamlib/hamlibtcl.la
+mv $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/tcl $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/tcl${TCLV}
+cp -a bindings/tcltest.tcl $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts
+chmod 644 $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/scripts/*
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
diff --git a/ham/hamlib/hamlib.info b/ham/hamlib/hamlib.info
index 3891b286dc..68de7f615b 100644
--- a/ham/hamlib/hamlib.info
+++ b/ham/hamlib/hamlib.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="hamlib"
-VERSION="1.2.15"
-HOMEPAGE="http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/hamlib/index.php?title=Main_Page"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/hamlib/hamlib-1.2.15.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="8c10041b75d41a8b585a78fd14564387"
+VERSION="3.1"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.hamlib.org"
+DOWNLOAD="https://sourceforge.net/projects/hamlib/files/hamlib/3.1/hamlib-3.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="01aaf7dd84468a2fd492bf373f51bc4b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="Howard Pepper"
-EMAIL="h_pepper <at> bellsouth {dot} net"
+MAINTAINER="Nate Bargmann"
+EMAIL="n0nb@arrl.net"
diff --git a/ham/hamlib/slack-desc b/ham/hamlib/slack-desc
index b04ea1dde2..1f24e02aa1 100644
--- a/ham/hamlib/slack-desc
+++ b/ham/hamlib/slack-desc
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
       |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 hamlib: hamlib (the ham radio control libraries)
 hamlib:
-hamlib: hamlib is a development effort to provide a consistent interface
-hamlib: for programmers wanting to incorporate radio controls in their
-hamlib: programs.
+hamlib: Hamlib is a development effort to provide a consistent C language
+hamlib: interface for programmers wanting to incorporate radio controls in
+hamlib: their programs.  Language bindings for C++, Perl, Python, and TCL
+hamlib: are included along with network daemons for radio and rotator
+hamlib: control.
 hamlib:
 hamlib: Homepage: http://www.hamlib.org
 hamlib:
 hamlib:
-hamlib:
-hamlib: