diff --git a/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.SlackBuild b/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.SlackBuild
index c3de3f386b..08e62f5538 100644
--- a/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.SlackBuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Slackware build script for irqbalance
 
 # Copyright 2006 by Yalla-One <yallaone@gmail.com>
-# Copyright 2013-2014 by LukenShiro, Italy
+# Copyright 2013-2015 by LukenShiro, Italy
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=irqbalance
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.7}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.0.9}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=${TMP}/package-${PRGNAM}
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
-DOCFILES="AUTHORS COPYING"
+DOCFILES="AUTHORS COPYING README"
 SRCVER=v$VERSION
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$SRCVER.tar.gz
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz || tar xvf $CWD/$SRCVER.tar.gz
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root.root .
 find -L . \
diff --git a/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.info b/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.info
index 8a3bcdd0ec..e9cb95b6e7 100644
--- a/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.info
+++ b/system/irqbalance/irqbalance.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="irqbalance"
-VERSION="1.0.7"
+VERSION="1.0.9"
 HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance"
-DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance/archive/v1.0.7.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="2a7090abab6bba15d632c24f5554e7ae"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/Irqbalance/irqbalance/archive/v1.0.9.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="30174d3941c5452a1e4ecee394a76ff8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""