diff --git a/srcpkgs/pbzip2/template b/srcpkgs/pbzip2/template
index 25cead53470..8590bc17b61 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pbzip2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pbzip2/template
@@ -1,19 +1,18 @@
 # Template build file for 'pbzip2'.
 pkgname=pbzip2
-version=1.1.8
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-makefile
+version=1.1.9
+revision=1
 makedepends="bzip2-devel"
 short_desc="Parallel bzip2 file compressor"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://compression.ca/pbzip2/"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="https://launchpad.net/pbzip2/1.1/${version}/+download/pbzip2-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=d2da7e65d2a2ba5426d6d9bcd15d86cc5f90038efabd5dbc1ef9bded21371f53
+checksum=bd421be03e6e24a24a121ba2355bfd11571356a25ee64fcfa76330750ec5f9c4
 
 do_build() {
 	sed -e 's,man/man1,share/man/man1,g' -i Makefile
-	make CC=$CXX
+	make CXX=$CXX CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS"
 }
 
 do_install() {