diff --git a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild
index 9bdd7b401b..7025a77db8 100644
--- a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=ORBit2
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.14.16}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.14.17}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 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
 
 set -e
@@ -60,11 +63,11 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --disable-static \
-  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
-  --host=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
diff --git a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info
index 8fd3ec6da8..b2698c98ed 100644
--- a/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info
+++ b/libraries/ORBit2/ORBit2.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="ORBit2"
-VERSION="2.14.16"
+VERSION="2.14.17"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnome.org/projects/ORBit2/"
-DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ORBit2/2.14/ORBit2-2.14.16.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="f4898b999f39c79d55c13c0e0f597c71"
+DOWNLOAD="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/ORBit2/2.14/ORBit2-2.14.17.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="10bfb957fa4a8935a0b4afaee7d71df7"
 MAINTAINER="Daniel Liljeqvist"
 EMAIL="dasajev@gmail.com"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="rworkman dsomero"