diff --git a/system/sakura/doinst.sh b/system/sakura/doinst.sh
index 85aad974d0..854e20633d 100644
--- a/system/sakura/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/sakura/doinst.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-if [ -x usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
-	usr/bin/update-desktop-database &> /dev/null
+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  ./usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications
 fi
diff --git a/system/sakura/sakura.SlackBuild b/system/sakura/sakura.SlackBuild
index 79cdab3313..ad59bfab6d 100644
--- a/system/sakura/sakura.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/sakura/sakura.SlackBuild
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for sakura
 # Written by Erik Hanson  erik@slackbuilds.org
+# Updated by Kristaps Esterlins <esterlinsh@gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=sakura
-VERSION=1.1.5
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.2.0}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
 fi
 
 rm -rf $PKG
@@ -29,17 +33,19 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2 || exit 1
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
-
-# MOBS: My Own Build System  (clever, eh?)
-./0 --prefix=/usr || exit 1
+find . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
+ -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr . || exit 1
 make || exit 1
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
 strip --strip-unneeded $PKG/usr/bin/sakura
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION $PKG/install $PKG/usr/share/applications
-cp -a AUTHORS Changelog GPL INSTALL $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS GPL INSTALL $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.desktop > $PKG/usr/share/applications/$PRGNAM.desktop
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
diff --git a/system/sakura/sakura.info b/system/sakura/sakura.info
index f2d6a7efa7..5bae92d267 100644
--- a/system/sakura/sakura.info
+++ b/system/sakura/sakura.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="sakura"
-VERSION="1.1.5"
+VERSION="2.2.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://pleyades.net/david/sakura.php"
-DOWNLOAD="http://pleyades.net/david/projects/sakura/sakura-1.1.5.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="edb0f6f4a7abb630890949886a94ac73"
-MAINTAINER="Erik Hanson"
-EMAIL="erik@slackbuilds.org"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+DOWNLOAD="http://pleyades.net/david/projects/sakura/sakura-2.2.0.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="452b5059f5dc37a3845ec11a0e46b5b1"
+MAINTAINER="Kristaps Esterlinsh"
+EMAIL="esterlinsh@gmail.com"
+APPROVED="David Somero"