diff --git a/development/scite/scite.SlackBuild b/development/scite/scite.SlackBuild
index 12198cfb24..6a9343b42c 100644
--- a/development/scite/scite.SlackBuild
+++ b/development/scite/scite.SlackBuild
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-
 # Slackware build script for SciTE
 # Written by Iskar Enev <iskar.enev[@]gmail.com>
 
 PRGNAM=scite
-VERSION=1.76
+VERSION=1.77
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -15,9 +14,11 @@ PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
 OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
-	SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
-	SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ cd $TMP/scite/gtk
 sed -i "s%CXXBASEFLAGS=-W -Wall -Wno-char-subscripts -pedantic -Os %CXXBASEFLAGS=-W -Wall -Wno-char-subscripts -pedantic %" makefile
 sed -i "s%CXXTFLAGS=-DNDEBUG -Os %CXXTFLAGS=-DNDEBUG $SLKCFLAGS %" makefile
 sed -i "s%INSTALL=install -o root -g root%INSTALL=install%" makefile
+
 make prefix=/usr
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
diff --git a/development/scite/scite.info b/development/scite/scite.info
index 093190a1ca..15a90c4152 100644
--- a/development/scite/scite.info
+++ b/development/scite/scite.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="scite"
-VERSION="1.76"
+VERSION="1.77"
 HOMEPAGE="http://scintilla.org/SciTE.html"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/scite176.tgz"
-MD5SUM="c33461643c62c80420376de37125092b"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/scintilla/scite177.tgz"
+MD5SUM="ba016919190c12cfb712e1f004df4187"
 MAINTAINER="Iskar Enev"
 EMAIL="iskar.enev@gmail.com"
-APPROVED="Erik Hanson"
\ No newline at end of file
+APPROVED="dsomero"
\ No newline at end of file