diff --git a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
index 2ef0ba21ed7..a3cbd37608e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fontforge/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'fontforge'
 pkgname=fontforge
-version=2.0.20140101
-revision=3
+version=20141014
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config git"
 makedepends="libltdl-devel python-devel zlib-devel pango-devel readline-devel
  giflib-devel>=5.1.0 libpng-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel libxml2-devel
  libspiro-devel hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
@@ -14,15 +14,11 @@ license="GPL-3,BSD"
 homepage="http://fontforge.github.io/en-US/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/archive/${version}.tar.gz
  http://fontforge.org/cidmaps.tgz"
-checksum="3d7fa1e9e05ccae2a949bf78ae4bfa5ac166d91a370cd1073ed8c51710bc5f00
+checksum="b50d74ce7a7bdf775c6309200db7f631e600ba2eecf8737755b72ed4b3091d95
  1bf9c7eb8835e6ed94e62cb49f1141bc046c562849e52e6c3c7f1d7cfc95c7b3"
 
 pre_configure() {
-        sed '/fontforge_package_name/s/^#//' -i configure.ac
-	./autogen.sh --verbose
-	# make it build with giflib-5.1.0
-	# see http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/ticket/5076#comment:2
-	sed -i "/DGifCloseFile/s:gif:&, NULL:g" gutils/gimagereadgif.c
+	./bootstrap
 }
 
 post_install() {
@@ -35,12 +31,12 @@ post_install() {
 }
 
 fontforge-devel_package() {
-        depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-        short_desc+=" -- development files"
-        pkg_install() {
-                vmove usr/include
-                vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-                vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-                vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-        }
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	}
 }