diff --git a/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild b/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild
index 1e093cf2ce..63de462721 100644
--- a/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for icewm
 
-# Copyright 2006-2013  Robby Workman  Northport, Alabama, USA
+# Copyright 2006-2014  Robby Workman  Northport, Alabama, USA
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=icewm
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3.8}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.3.7}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-3}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -84,6 +84,17 @@ patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/icewm-1.3.7-menuiconsize.patch
 # Set some sane keyboard shortcut defaults (thanks, Fedora)
 patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/icewm-keys.patch
 
+# /proc/acpi is deprecated and may not be present
+patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/no_proc_acpi.patch
+
+# Allow use of deprecated functions without causing build failure
+patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/use_ICEWM_deprecated.patch
+
+# Unknown origin of these patches ; forwarded by a user
+patch -p0 < $CWD/patches/acpustatus_read_cpuinfo_cur_freq.patch
+patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/aapm_power.patch
+patch -p1 < $CWD/patches/wmclient.patch
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/icewm.info b/desktop/icewm/icewm.info
index f22af2e8b1..07975726a1 100644
--- a/desktop/icewm/icewm.info
+++ b/desktop/icewm/icewm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="icewm"
-VERSION="1.3.8"
+VERSION="1.3.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://icewm.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/icewm/icewm-1.3.8.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="6d61aced3bd20b9e7caeb7e8380368c8"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/icewm/icewm-1.3.7.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="224695231aedb2b91db3254a13e1c8dd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/patches/aapm_power.patch b/desktop/icewm/patches/aapm_power.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..292cdf4b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/icewm/patches/aapm_power.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+--- b/icewm-1.3.7/src/aapm.cc	2010-10-31 17:09:36.000000000 +0300
++++ icewm-1.3.7/src/aapm.cc	2013-06-02 14:24:04.778299294 +0400
+@@ -614,6 +614,10 @@
+         }
+         strcat3(buf, "/sys/class/power_supply/", BATname, "/current_now", sizeof(buf));
+         fd = fopen(buf, "r");
++        if (fd == NULL) {
++            strcat3(buf, "/sys/class/power_supply/", BATname, "/power_now", sizeof(buf));
++            fd = fopen(buf, "r");
++	}
+         if (fd != NULL && fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), fd)) {
+                 //In case it contains non-numeric value
+                 if (sscanf(buf,"%d", &BATrate) <= 0) {
+@@ -706,7 +710,7 @@
+             //did we parse the needed values successfully?
+             BATcapacity_full >= 0 && BATcapacity_remain >= 0 && BATrate > 0) {
+             BATtime_remain = (int) (60 * (double)(BATcapacity_remain) / BATrate);
+-            sprintf(bat_info, "%d:%02d", BATtime_remain / 60, BATtime_remain % 60);
++            sprintf(bat_info, "%d:%02d %.1fW", BATtime_remain / 60, BATtime_remain % 60, (double) BATrate / 1000000);
+         }
+         else if (BATpresent == BAT_PRESENT &&
+                  //did we parse the needed values successfully?
+@@ -1075,7 +1079,7 @@
+         if ((mode == ACPI || mode == SYSFS) && acpiBatteries[i]->present == BAT_ABSENT)
+             continue;
+         if (taskBarShowApmTime)
+-            strcat(buf, "0:00");
++            strcat(buf, "0:00 0.0W");
+         else
+             strcat(buf, "100%");
+         strcat(buf, "C");
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/patches/acpustatus_read_cpuinfo_cur_freq.patch b/desktop/icewm/patches/acpustatus_read_cpuinfo_cur_freq.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..580a64d58f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/icewm/patches/acpustatus_read_cpuinfo_cur_freq.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- src/acpustatus.cc.orig	2010-10-31 17:09:36.000000000 +0300
++++ src/acpustatus.cc	2013-08-26 00:38:16.868170497 +0400
+@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@
+     int fd;
+     float cpufreq = 0;
+ 
+-    sprintf(namebuf, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/cpufreq/scaling_cur_freq", cpu);
++    sprintf(namebuf, "/sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu%d/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq", cpu);
+     fd = open(namebuf, O_RDONLY);
+     if (fd != -1) {
+         int len = read(fd, buf, sizeof(buf) - 1);
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/patches/no_proc_acpi.patch b/desktop/icewm/patches/no_proc_acpi.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4cd92360ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/icewm/patches/no_proc_acpi.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+Description: Check for sysfs' acpi file, procfs may not contain acpi data with recent kernels
+Author: Andrey Danin <danindrey@mail.ru>, Eduard Bloch <blade@debian.org>
+Bug: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=E1SHwYx-00029t-1N.danindrey-mail-ru%40f232.mail.ru&forum_name=icewm-devel
+Forwarded: Yes
+
+Index: icewm-1.3.7/src/wmtaskbar.cc
+===================================================================
+--- icewm-1.3.7.orig/src/wmtaskbar.cc	2010-10-31 15:09:36.000000000 +0100
++++ icewm-1.3.7/src/wmtaskbar.cc	2012-04-11 23:22:23.466564372 +0200
+@@ -467,6 +467,7 @@
+ #endif
+ #ifdef CONFIG_APPLET_APM
+     if (taskBarShowApm && (access(APMDEV, 0) == 0 ||
++                           access("/sys/class/power_supply", 0) == 0 ||
+                            access("/proc/acpi", 0) == 0 ||
+                            access("/dev/acpi", 0) == 0 ||
+ 	                   access("/proc/pmu", R_OK|X_OK) == 0))
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/patches/use_ICEWM_deprecated.patch b/desktop/icewm/patches/use_ICEWM_deprecated.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3533d31e34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/icewm/patches/use_ICEWM_deprecated.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Description: Don't use "deprecated" as identifier, will FTBFS if another
+ library defines functions as deprecated.
+Author: Andreas Moog <amoog@ubuntu.com>
+Bug: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3494034&group_id=31&atid=100031
+Bug-Ubuntu: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/935179
+Forwarded: Yes
+
+--- icewm-1.3.7.orig/src/base.h
++++ icewm-1.3.7/src/base.h
+@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
+ #define __BASE_H
+ 
+ #if ( __GNUC__ == 3 && __GNUC_MINOR__ > 0 ) || __GNUC__ > 3
+-#define deprecated __attribute__((deprecated))
++#define ICEWM_deprecated __attribute__((deprecated))
+ #else
+-#define deprecated
++#define ICEWM_deprecated
+ #endif
+ 
+ /*** Atomar Data Types ********************************************************/
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/patches/wmclient.patch b/desktop/icewm/patches/wmclient.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95f00614de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/desktop/icewm/patches/wmclient.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+diff -uNr icewm-1.3.7.orig/src/wmclient.cc icewm-1.3.7/src/wmclient.cc
+--- icewm-1.3.7.orig/src/wmclient.cc	2012-05-27 11:54:25.663101746 +0200
++++ icewm-1.3.7/src/wmclient.cc	2012-05-27 12:17:40.236339580 +0200
+@@ -1044,20 +1044,11 @@
+         while (XGetWindowProperty(display, handle,
+                                propAtom, (itemCount * itemSize) / 32, 1024*32, False, AnyPropertyType,
+                                &r_type, &r_format, &nitems, &bytes_remain,
+-                               &prop) == Success && prop && bytes_remain == 0)
++                               &prop) == Success && prop)
+         {
+             if (r_format == itemSize1 && nitems > 0) {
+                 data = realloc(data, (itemCount + nitems) * itemSize / 8);
+ 
+-                // access to memory beyound 256MiB causes crashes! But anyhow, size
+-                // >>2MiB looks suspicious. Detect this case ASAP. However, if
+-                // the usable icon is somewhere in the beginning, it's okay to
+-                // return truncated data.
+-                if (itemCount * itemSize / 8 >= 2097152) {
+-                     XFree(prop);
+-                     break;
+-                }
+-
+                 memcpy((char *)data + itemCount * itemSize / 8, prop, nitems * itemSize / 8);
+                 itemCount += nitems;
+                 XFree(prop);