diff --git a/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.SlackBuild b/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.SlackBuild
index 792fbf9d21..4b7958f689 100644
--- a/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for vbam-libretro
 
-# Copyright 2016 Hunter Sezen
+# Copyright 2016-2017 Hunter Sezen
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 PRGNAM=vbam-libretro
 LIBNAM=$(echo $PRGNAM | tr - _)
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2016.12.15_f3d150b}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2017.12.18_5d1cfaa}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -57,10 +57,9 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-DEBUG=${DEBUG:-0}
 TILED=${TILED:-0}
 
-set -e
+set -eu
 
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
@@ -75,12 +74,14 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-make -C src/libretro DEBUG=$DEBUG TILED_RENDERING=$TILED
+[ "${DEBUG:=0}" != 0 ] && DEBUG=1
+
+make -C src/libretro DEBUG=$DEBUG TILED_RENDERING="$TILED"
 
 install -Dm0644 src/libretro/$LIBNAM.so $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libretro/$LIBNAM.so
 install -Dm0644 $LIBNAM.info $PKG/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}/libretro/info/$LIBNAM.info
 
-if [ "$DEBUG" = "0" ]; then
+if [ $DEBUG = 0 ]; then
   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
 fi
diff --git a/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.info b/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.info
index 487140c88a..7c407381a6 100644
--- a/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.info
+++ b/games/vbam-libretro/vbam-libretro.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="vbam-libretro"
-VERSION="2016.12.15_f3d150b"
+VERSION="2017.12.18_5d1cfaa"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.libretro.com/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ks392457.kimsufi.com/orbea/stuff/slackbuilds/src/libretro/vbam-libretro-2016.12.15_f3d150b.tar.xz"
-MD5SUM="5706fcba263100d87f57ce38e8835500"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ks392457.kimsufi.com/orbea/stuff/slackbuilds/src/libretro/vbam-libretro-2017.12.18_5d1cfaa.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="5768bd6d514ba620575526f6b51d12d5"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="RetroArch"