diff --git a/graphics/simple-scan/README b/graphics/simple-scan/README
index 375d326826..a528281730 100644
--- a/graphics/simple-scan/README
+++ b/graphics/simple-scan/README
@@ -1,2 +1,9 @@
 simple-scan is a simple scanning utility designed to be less
 overwhelming than xsane for casual/occasional scanning jobs.
+
+colord and packagekit are optional dependencies and can be
+turned on by invoking the script as follows:
+
+colord=yes ./simple-scan.SlackBuild OR
+packagekit=yes ./simple-scan.SlackBuild OR
+colord=yes packagekit=yes ./simple-scan.SlackBuild
diff --git a/graphics/simple-scan/doinst.sh b/graphics/simple-scan/doinst.sh
index e123fd7296..ed2846092a 100644
--- a/graphics/simple-scan/doinst.sh
+++ b/graphics/simple-scan/doinst.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-schema_install() {
-  SCHEMA="$1"
-  GCONF_CONFIG_SOURCE="xml::etc/gconf/gconf.xml.defaults" \
-  chroot . gconftool-2 --makefile-install-rule \
-    /etc/gconf/schemas/$SCHEMA \
-    1>/dev/null
-}
-
 if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
   /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
@@ -20,4 +12,8 @@ if [ -e usr/share/icons/hicolor/icon-theme.cache ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-
+if [ -e usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas ]; then
+  if [ -x /usr/bin/glib-compile-schemas ]; then
+    /usr/bin/glib-compile-schemas usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
+fi
diff --git a/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.SlackBuild b/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.SlackBuild
index c1a3533e04..88786c149c 100644
--- a/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.SlackBuild
+++ b/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.SlackBuild
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 # Slackware Package Build Script for simple-scan
 # Home Page https://launchpad.net/simple-scan
 
-# Copyright (c) 2010-2011, Nishant Limbachia, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA (nishant _AT_ mnspace _DOT_ net)
+# Copyright (c) 2010-2016, Nishant Limbachia, Hoffman Estates, IL, USA
+# [nishant _AT_ mnspace _DOT_ net]
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,14 +25,14 @@
 # NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS
 # SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-PRGNAM=simple-scan
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.32.0.2}
+PRGNAM="simple-scan"
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.21.90}
 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=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
@@ -42,8 +43,8 @@ TMP=${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"
@@ -65,11 +66,24 @@ 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 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+if [ "${colord:-no}" = "no" ]; then
+  colord_option="--disable-colord"
+else
+  colord_option="--enable-colord"
+fi
+
+if [ "${packagekit:-no}" = "no" ]; then
+  packagekit_option="--disable-packagekit"
+else
+  packagekit_option="--enable-packagekit"
+fi
+
+LDFLAGS="-L/usr/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX" \
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
@@ -77,27 +91,24 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
-  --disable-scrollkeeper \
+  $colord_option \
+  $packagekit_option \
+  --disable-schemas-compile \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
+make clean
 make
 make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a \
-  AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README \
-  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a COPYING NEWS README* $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 
 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
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
-for i in $PKG/etc/gconf/schemas/* ; do
-  echo "schema_install $(basename $i)" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
-done
-
 cd $PKG
 /sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
-
diff --git a/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.info b/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.info
index f582e1cf40..5059258522 100644
--- a/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.info
+++ b/graphics/simple-scan/simple-scan.info
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="simple-scan"
-VERSION="2.32.0.2"
+VERSION="3.21.90"
 HOMEPAGE="https://launchpad.net/simple-scan"
-DOWNLOAD="https://launchpad.net/simple-scan/2.32/2.32.0.2/+download/simple-scan-2.32.0.2.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="8435b0a31aba1255caf685eb57b18e06"
+DOWNLOAD="https://launchpad.net/simple-scan/3.21/3.21.90/+download/simple-scan-3.21.90.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="5b9993cb9f5f41bcd5ad24c41ac52d0c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES=""
+REQUIRES="libgusb vala"
 MAINTAINER="Nishant Limbachia"
 EMAIL="nishant@mnspace.net"
-
diff --git a/graphics/simple-scan/slack-desc b/graphics/simple-scan/slack-desc
index 39ac07dfb9..2101726e60 100644
--- a/graphics/simple-scan/slack-desc
+++ b/graphics/simple-scan/slack-desc
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
-# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.
-# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and
-# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.
-# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
-# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines.
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description.  Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in.  You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct.  It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
 
            |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 simple-scan: simple-scan (simple scanning utility)
@@ -17,4 +17,3 @@ simple-scan:
 simple-scan:
 simple-scan:
 simple-scan:
-