diff --git a/academic/boinc/README b/academic/boinc/README
index 60fd3ebcb3..f63d0e2e4c 100644
--- a/academic/boinc/README
+++ b/academic/boinc/README
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@ Building
   DATADIR="/home/<user>/.boinc_data" ./boinc.SlackBuild
 
 to set the data directory in your user's home, or prefered data path,
-and build the package.  The default data path is /var/lib/boinc.
+and build the package.  The default data path is /var/lib/boinc_data.
 
 (2) If you do not wish to build the boincmgr GUI,
 
   BOINCMGR=no ./boinc.SlackBuild
 
 then you do not need to install the dependencies (wxWidgets).  See
-README.Slackware for details.
+README.Slackware for details on headless configuration.
 
 After installation you need to join a BOINC project:
   http://boinc.berkeley.edu/projects.php
diff --git a/academic/boinc/README.Slackware b/academic/boinc/README.Slackware
index 01fd4a30ed..e636d041df 100644
--- a/academic/boinc/README.Slackware
+++ b/academic/boinc/README.Slackware
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ For headless operation, a start up script is included. The script will
 execute as root with the data directory as '/var/lib/boinc_data'.
 Modify as needed:
 
-BOINC_DIR=/var/lib/boinc_data    # directory of boinc files
+BOINC_DIR=/var/lib/boinc_data    # directory of boinc data files
 BOINC_USER=root                  # user that will run boinc process
+OINC_OPTIONS="--dir $BOINC_DIR --redirectio" 
 
 Refer to the boinc manpage for parameters you can add to 
 BOINC_OPTIONS.
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ headless, you will need to configure boinc to allow RPC access from
 another host.
 
 Note 2:
-If you use the default data path of /var/lib/boinc as a non-root user,
-before first use, you will need to create the that path and set the
+If you use the default data path of /var/lib/boinc_data as a non-root
+user, before first use, you will need to create that path and set the
 appropriate user permissions.
+
diff --git a/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild b/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild
index 9738bcd3a0..a13d529463 100644
--- a/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild
+++ b/academic/boinc/boinc.SlackBuild
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=boinc
-VERSION=${VERSION:-7.20.5}
-BRANCH=${BRANCH:-7.20}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-7.22.0}
+BRANCH=${BRANCH:-7.22}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/academic/boinc/boinc.info b/academic/boinc/boinc.info
index b5d6fc33d3..27902f97c6 100644
--- a/academic/boinc/boinc.info
+++ b/academic/boinc/boinc.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="boinc"
-VERSION="7.20.5"
+VERSION="7.22.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://boinc.berkeley.edu/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/7.20/7.20.5/boinc-client_release-7.20-7.20.5.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="f5c100bd3835d88cd7ce15d2d1ac5085"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/BOINC/boinc/archive/client_release/7.22/7.22.0/boinc-client_release-7.22-7.22.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="b245f1fcd1d2231117ee5f9d5eac509b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES="wxWidgets"