diff --git a/misc/projectM/projectM.SlackBuild b/misc/projectM/projectM.SlackBuild
index 9d968995a7..6e09e5937d 100644
--- a/misc/projectM/projectM.SlackBuild
+++ b/misc/projectM/projectM.SlackBuild
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=projectM
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2.1.0}
-BUILD=${BUILD:-2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.1.7}
+BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
 if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
@@ -60,33 +60,19 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-complete-$VERSION-Source.tar.gz
-cd $PRGNAM-complete-$VERSION-Source
-
-patch -p0 < $CWD/patch_use_LIB_SUFFIX.diff
-patch -p0 < $CWD/patch_use_both_fonts.diff
-patch -p1 < $CWD/projectM-2.1.0_gcc.patch
-
-chown -R root:root .
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 find -L . \
- \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
- -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
- \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
- -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
+  -o -perm 511 \) -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+  -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
-mkdir -p build
-cd build
-  cmake \
-    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS -lglut -lGL -std=c++11" \
-    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
-    -DLIB_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-    -DLIB_SUFFIX=${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
-    -DINCLUDE-PROJECTM-PULSEAUDIO:BOOLEAN=ON \
-    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
-  make
-  make install DESTDIR=$PKG
-cd ..
+# thanks archlinux!
+./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-gles --enable-sdl --enable-threading --enable-qt
+sed -i -e 's/ -shared / -Wl,-O1,--as-needed\0/g' libtool # Fix overlinking
+make
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/misc/projectM/projectM.info b/misc/projectM/projectM.info
index 789ec2ae31..9b18f846d3 100644
--- a/misc/projectM/projectM.info
+++ b/misc/projectM/projectM.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="projectM"
-VERSION="2.1.0"
+VERSION="3.1.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://projectm.sourceforge.net/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/projectm/projectM-complete-2.1.0-Source.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="debf30f7ce94ff0102f06fbb0cc4e92b"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/projectM-visualizer/projectm/releases/download/v3.1.7/projectM-3.1.7.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="abd4cab7abec65fe05b4dcc064bf5ba3"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="ftgl"
+REQUIRES="ftgl glm"
 MAINTAINER="M.Dinslage"
 EMAIL="daedra1980@gmail.com"