diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template b/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template
index e606b95cecc..551f939f847 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/abiword-devel.template
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
+revision=1
+
 Add_dependency run glibc-devel
 Add_dependency run libabiword
 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/libabiword.template b/srcpkgs/abiword/libabiword.template
index f29f656b1b5..2a655ac4531 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/libabiword.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/libabiword.template
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains the runtime."
 
+revision=1
+
 Add_dependency run glibc
 Add_dependency run fribidi
 Add_dependency run libwv
@@ -24,6 +26,12 @@ Add_dependency run gdk-pixbuf
 Add_dependency run cairo
 Add_dependency run libstdc++
 Add_dependency run libgcc
+Add_dependency run readline
+Add_dependency run libxslt
+Add_dependency run libwmf
+Add_dependency run bzip2
+Add_dependency run libX11
+Add_dependency run expat
 
 do_install()
 {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/abiword/template b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
index 2e5106a1db2..f0678d38b46 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/abiword/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/abiword/template
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
 # Template file for 'abiword'
 pkgname=abiword
 version=2.8.6
+revision=1
 homepage="http://www.abisource.com/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/downloads/${pkgname}/${version}/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--enable-shave --enable-collab-backend-telepathy
+--enable-collab-backend-tcp --enable-collab-backend-service
+--enable-templates --enable-clipart --enable-plugins
+--with-gio"
 short_desc="Free word processing program similar to Microsoft(R) Word."
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="GPL-3"
@@ -42,10 +47,20 @@ Add_dependency build gdk-pixbuf-devel
 Add_dependency build cairo-devel
 Add_dependency build libstdc++-devel
 Add_dependency build wv-devel
+Add_dependency build boost-devel
+Add_dependency build readline-devel
+Add_dependency build libxslt-devel
+Add_dependency build libwmf-devel
+Add_dependency build bzip2-devel
+Add_dependency build libX11-devel
+Add_dependency build expat-devel
 
 Add_dependency full hicolor-icon-theme
 Add_dependency full desktop-file-utils
 
+CPPFLAGS="-I/usr/include/boost"
+
 pre_configure() {
+#	libtoolize -f
 	autoreconf -fi
 }