diff --git a/games/freeciv/doinst.sh b/games/freeciv/doinst.sh
index 82a2a30436..392c12adb9 100644
--- a/games/freeciv/doinst.sh
+++ b/games/freeciv/doinst.sh
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-
-if [ -x usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
-  usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications
+if [ -x /usr/bin/update-desktop-database ]; then
+  /usr/bin/update-desktop-database -q usr/share/applications
 fi
 
diff --git a/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild b/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild
index ed51a3f797..f7830355df 100644
--- a/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild
+++ b/games/freeciv/freeciv.SlackBuild
@@ -3,20 +3,27 @@
 # Slackware build script for freeciv
 # Written by Iskar Enev <iskar.enev[@]gmail.com>
 
+# Modified by SlackBuilds.org
+
 PRGNAM=freeciv
-VERSION=2.1.0
+VERSION=2.1.6
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
+DOCUMENTATION="ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README doc/"
+
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -37,13 +44,14 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
+  --without-ggz-client \
   --enable-client=yes
-
+  
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 ( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
   find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
 )
 
@@ -53,8 +61,7 @@ make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 )
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a ABOUT-NLS AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS doc/* \
-  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a $DOCUMENTATION $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 ( cd $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
diff --git a/games/freeciv/freeciv.info b/games/freeciv/freeciv.info
index c658ee8da2..2e5e2552df 100644
--- a/games/freeciv/freeciv.info
+++ b/games/freeciv/freeciv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="freeciv"
-VERSION="2.1.0"
+VERSION="2.1.6"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.freeciv.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freeciv/freeciv-2.1.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="f640aa48abca0a235220d6df22b9bc82"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/freeciv/freeciv-2.1.6.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="377a44273cdd0c2cab4e1c0a457fc7c7"
 MAINTAINER="Iskar Enev"
-EMAIL="iskar.enev@gmail.com"
-APPROVED="rworkman"
+EMAIL="<iskar.enev[@]gmail.com>"
+APPROVED="David Somero"
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