diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdash/patches/fix-includes.patch b/srcpkgs/gdash/patches/fix-includes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f88821e54f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdash/patches/fix-includes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+--- src/main.cpp.orig	2018-01-16 15:16:49.734345298 +0100
++++ src/main.cpp	2018-01-16 15:16:53.344330897 +0100
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
+ /* on windows, sdl does some hack on the main function.
+  * therefore we need to include this file, even if it seems
+  * to do nothing. */
+-#include <SDL/SDL.h>
++#include <SDL2/SDL.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include "cave/caveset.hpp"
+--- src/sound/sound.cpp.orig	2018-01-04 08:29:26.000000000 +0100
++++ src/sound/sound.cpp	2018-01-16 15:19:51.462620349 +0100
+@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
+ #include "config.h"
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_SDL
+-    #include <SDL/SDL.h>
+-    #include <SDL/SDL_mixer.h>
++    #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
++    #include <SDL2/SDL_mixer.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ #include <glib.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdash/template b/srcpkgs/gdash/template
index 710d6089808..d9d70795da8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdash/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdash/template
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 # Template file for 'gdash'
 pkgname=gdash
-version=20130427
+version=20180104
 revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname}-${version}unstable
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel glib-devel gtk+-devel SDL-devel pkg-config"
-makedepends="glu-devel gtk+-devel SDL_image-devel SDL_mixer-devel"
+hostmakedepends="gettext-devel glib-devel gtk+-devel SDL2-devel pkg-config"
+makedepends="glu-devel gtk+-devel SDL2_image-devel SDL2_mixer-devel"
 depends="gdash-data>=${version}_${revision}"
 configure_args="--with-sdl-prefix=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr"
 
@@ -14,20 +14,13 @@ maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="https://bitbucket.org/czirkoszoltan/gdash"
 distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/czirkoszoltan/${pkgname}/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}unstable.tar.gz"
-checksum="e50d18bcd0d08fcfd07a6a213f7e93be5e56154214de83623f6247ca6e98ac21"
+checksum=a4cfa99b74253837b9dc9d7a6f759e59f96f8e976031b557182cd160498482a1
 
 if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# Make sure SDL_opengl.h finds GL/gl.h
 	CXXFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include"
 fi
 
-pre_configure() {
-	mv configure.{in,ac}
-	sed -i Makefile.am -e "/ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -Im4/a AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects"
-	sed -i src/Makefile.am -e "1a AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = subdir-objects"
-	autoreconf -if
-}
-
 pre_build() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		cd ${wrksrc}/include