diff --git a/network/qwit/README b/network/qwit/README
index 840d96d693..f6a819cf11 100644
--- a/network/qwit/README
+++ b/network/qwit/README
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 Qwit - free cross-platform Qt4-based Twitter client.
+
+Qwit requires qoauth.
diff --git a/network/qwit/doinst.sh b/network/qwit/doinst.sh
index 4e8ba7071d..5fb28930db 100644
--- a/network/qwit/doinst.sh
+++ b/network/qwit/doinst.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
   /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications >/dev/null 2>&1
 fi
-
diff --git a/network/qwit/qwit.SlackBuild b/network/qwit/qwit.SlackBuild
index ee434fbc53..917a8bfe20 100644
--- a/network/qwit/qwit.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/qwit/qwit.SlackBuild
@@ -5,16 +5,14 @@
 # Written by Larry Hajali <larryhaja[at]gmail[dot]com>
 
 PRGNAM=qwit
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.10}
+VERSION=1.1_pre2
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
-# Automatically determine the architecture we're building on:
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   case "$( uname -m )" in
     i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
     arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-    # Unless $ARCH is already set, use uname -m for all other archs:
        *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
   esac
 fi
@@ -26,10 +24,16 @@ 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"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -37,9 +41,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION-src
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-src.tar.bz2
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION-src
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-${VERSION/_/-}-src
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-${VERSION/_/-}-src.tar.bz2
+cd $PRGNAM-${VERSION/_/-}-src
 chown -R root:root .
 find . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
@@ -47,21 +51,29 @@ find . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+# Fix .desktop and CMakeLists.txt.
+sed -i '/^Categories/s|Internet||' $PRGNAM.desktop
 echo "StartupNotify=false" >> $PRGNAM.desktop
+sed -i \
+  -e 's|\${QT_BINARY_DIR}|bin|' -e 's|/qca2||' \
+  -e 's|/icons|/pixmaps|' CMakeLists.txt
 
-qmake -unix PREFIX=/usr -o Makefile $PRGNAM.pro
-make \
-  CFLAGS="-pipe $SLKCFLAGS -g -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT \$(DEFINES)" \
-  CXXFLAGS="-pipe $SLKCFLAGS -g -Wall -W -D_REENTRANT \$(DEFINES)"
-make install INSTALL_ROOT=$PKG
+mkdir build
+cd build
+  cmake -G "Unix Makefiles" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH="/usr" \
+    -DLIB_SUFFIX="$LIBDIRSUFFIX" \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+
+  make VERBOSE=1
+  make install DESTDIR=$PKG
+cd ..
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps
-install -m 0644 images/$PRGNAM.png $PKG/usr/share/pixmaps/
-rm -rf $PKG/usr/share/icons
-
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a \
   AUTHORS COPYING INSTALL README \
diff --git a/network/qwit/qwit.info b/network/qwit/qwit.info
index 02d52bb98b..fc3062ed1f 100644
--- a/network/qwit/qwit.info
+++ b/network/qwit/qwit.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="qwit"
-VERSION="0.10"
+VERSION="1.1_pre2"
 HOMEPAGE="http://code.google.com/p/qwit/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://qwit.googlecode.com/files/qwit-0.10-src.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="b94e0819f3aa8747acc1cf57e7b372ab"
+DOWNLOAD="http://qwit.googlecode.com/files/qwit-1.1-pre2-src.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="e8775236e5a8a83937bdf009193b7618"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Larry Hajali"