diff --git a/srcpkgs/thermald/template b/srcpkgs/thermald/template
index ce324d09dcf..ede6e77c125 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/thermald/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/thermald/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'thermald'
 pkgname=thermald
-version=1.7.2
+version=1.8
 revision=1
 _pkgname=thermal_daemon
 wrksrc="${_pkgname}-${version}"
@@ -13,10 +13,8 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="https://github.com/01org/${_pkgname}"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=2b180301b99508e7f340138c40ccbfd8a35055d707e71c81ab9a177fccda4695
-conf_files="
- /etc/thermald/thermal-conf.xml
- /etc/thermald/thermal-cpu-cdev-order.xml"
+checksum=662456eff5b7ee5a42e54b8a667d002d3a4dec5cacbddc5e1ab5ec94dab218c6
+conf_files='/etc/thermald/*'
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh