diff --git a/libraries/freealut/freealut.SlackBuild b/libraries/freealut/freealut.SlackBuild
index 551b99f844..a8ec54783c 100644
--- a/libraries/freealut/freealut.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/freealut/freealut.SlackBuild
@@ -9,22 +9,28 @@ VERSION=1.1.0
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-if [ "$ARCH" = "i386" ]; then
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i386 -mtune=i686"
-elif [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP || exit 1
 rm -rf freealut-$VERSION
-tar -zxvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || exit 1
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || exit 1
 cd freealut-$VERSION || exit 1
 chown -R root:root .
 chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
@@ -32,16 +38,20 @@ chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var/lib \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
   || exit 1
 
 make || exit 1
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
 
 ( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
 )
 
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