diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
index 26c4615ab42..5a91907b4d1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffmpeg/template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'ffmpeg'
 pkgname=ffmpeg
-version=0.8.7
+version=0.8.8
 homepage="http://www.ffmpeg.org"
 distfiles="${homepage}/releases/ffmpeg-${version}.tar.bz2"
 short_desc="Decoding, encoding and streaming software"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
-checksum=e074656390bfff51c2915d3334306dd7748bab8589a8d04128143c7b8962d0e1
+checksum=c799600601ca181811a7fc1803c9753d5b5711aa73245ce721650c15978e9dbf
 long_desc="
  FFmpeg is the first complete and free Internet Live Audio and Video
  Broadcasting solution. FFMpeg aims at being the command line tool to