diff --git a/development/ragel/README b/development/ragel/README
index f826b57407..1d899518a2 100644
--- a/development/ragel/README
+++ b/development/ragel/README
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-ragel (State Machine Compiler)
-
 Ragel compiles executable finite state machines from regular
 languages. Ragel targets C, C++, Objective-C, D, Java and Ruby.
 Ragel state machines can not only recognize byte sequences as regular
diff --git a/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild b/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild
index d24748a44c..9182442cba 100644
--- a/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/ragel/ragel.SlackBuild
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Slackware build script for ragel
-# Copyright Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>, Pisa, Italy, 2012
+
+# Copyright 2012-2017 Matteo Bernardini <ponce@slackbuilds.org>, Pisa, Italy
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -22,13 +23,13 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=ragel
-VERSION=${VERSION:-6.9}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.0.0.9}
 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=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -39,8 +40,8 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-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"
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-DOCS="AUTHORS COPYING README TODO $PRGNAM.vim contrib/unicode2ragel.rb"
+DOCS="AUTHORS COPYING README TODO"
 
 set -e 
 
@@ -66,36 +67,19 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.?z*
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 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 {} \;
-
-# Fix hardcoded default CXXFLAGS
-sed -i "s|^CXXFLAGS=\"-g|CXXFLAGS=\"$SLKCFLAGS|" configure
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -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 {} \;
 
 sed -i "s|\ compare| this->compare|" \
-  aapl/{avlcommon,bstcommon,bubblesort,mergesort}.h
-sed -i "s|	compare|	this->compare|" aapl/{avl,bst}common.h
+  aapl/{avlcommon,bstcommon,bubblesort,mergesort}.h || exit 1
+sed -i "s|	compare|	this->compare|" aapl/{avl,bst}common.h || exit 1
 
-# ragel requires itself to build its parsers :/
-CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-./configure \
-  --prefix=/usr \
-  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-  --sysconfdir=/etc \
-  --localstatedir=/var \
-  --mandir=/usr/man \
-  --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
-  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
-make
-install -m 0755 -D $PRGNAM/$PRGNAM $PKG/usr/bin/$PRGNAM
-make clean
+# Put headers under subdir
+sed -i -e "s/include_HEADERS/pkginclude_HEADERS/g" src/Makefile.am aapl/Makefile.am
 
-sed -i "s|=no|=yes|" DIST
-
-PATH=$PATH:$PKG/usr/bin
+autoreconf -fi
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
@@ -106,10 +90,9 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
+  --disable-static \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
-sed -i "s|^CXXFLAGS.*|CXXFLAGS = $SLKCFLAGS|" {Makefile,ragel/Makefile}
-
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
diff --git a/development/ragel/ragel.info b/development/ragel/ragel.info
index 8016c027bb..31fbf2969e 100644
--- a/development/ragel/ragel.info
+++ b/development/ragel/ragel.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="ragel"
-VERSION="6.9"
+VERSION="7.0.0.9"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.colm.net/open-source/ragel/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.colm.net/files/ragel/ragel-6.9.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="0c3110d7f17f7af4d9cb774443898dc1"
+DOWNLOAD="http://www.colm.net/files/ragel/ragel-7.0.0.9.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="29a4d8ced2f229966317d123a2d5af8a"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="kelbt"
+REQUIRES="colm kelbt"
 MAINTAINER="Matteo Bernardini"
 EMAIL="ponce@slackbuilds.org"