diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 45eb1ffefd3..ba4e857e4eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
-version=1.5.2
+version=1.6.0
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/libexec
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=f661147d190ab8432045058a660d810f13dc528fe7017ce578e9f2da2997a250
+checksum=3132e58ada26d43b6924e8c2f07db80aa1e5022f3dcf03dee7d8bb9194b2cb48
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python automake libtool"
 makedepends="attr-devel libpng-devel>=1.6 libjpeg-turbo-devel pixman-devel