diff --git a/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.SlackBuild b/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.SlackBuild
index 9cda3fb0ef..95724eb1d5 100644
--- a/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.SlackBuild
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for libechonest
 
-# Copyright 2011  James Axl <axlrose112@gmail.com>
+# Copyright 2011 James Axl <axlrose112@gmail.com>
+# Copyright 2014 Heinz Wiesinger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=libechonest
-VERSION=1.2.1
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2.3.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -64,10 +65,10 @@ tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 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 build
 cd build
@@ -82,15 +83,13 @@ cd build
   make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 cd ..
 
-mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a \
-  AUTHORS COPYING README TODO \
-  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
-
-find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
+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
 
+mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a AUTHORS COPYING README TODO $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
+
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
diff --git a/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.info b/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.info
index f3cd3df1aa..246f2c7755 100644
--- a/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.info
+++ b/libraries/libechonest/libechonest.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libechonest"
-VERSION="1.2.1"
+VERSION="2.3.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/libs/libechonest"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/repo/pkgs/libechonest/libechonest-1.2.1.tar.bz2/038c4e390651b207575a12315ed3e687/libechonest-1.2.1.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="038c4e390651b207575a12315ed3e687"
+DOWNLOAD="http://files.lfranchi.com/libechonest-2.3.0.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="9a740f7a8eb7d79ab013593bb52544b6"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""