diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index e3cb3ae580c..619b56d5092 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ libLLVM-3.6.so libllvm3.6-3.6.0_1
 libLLVM-3.7.so libllvm3.7-3.7.0_1
 libLLVM-3.7.1.so libllvm3.7-3.7.1_1
 libLLVM-3.8.so libllvm3.8-3.8.0_1
+libLLVM-3.8.1.so libllvm3.8-3.8.1_1
 libisofs.so.6 libisofs-0.6.24_1
 libbfd-2.22.so binutils-2.22_1<2.23_1
 libopcodes-2.22.so binutils-2.22_1<2.23_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/llvm/template b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
index 9ce3939204f..ebcf217afb7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/llvm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/llvm/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'llvm'
 pkgname=llvm
-version=3.8.0
-revision=3
+version=3.8.1
+revision=1
 wrksrc="llvm-${version}.src"
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=cmake
@@ -25,15 +25,16 @@ distfiles="
  http://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/cfe-${version}.src.tar.xz
  http://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/clang-tools-extra-${version}.src.tar.xz
  http://www.llvm.org/releases/${version}/compiler-rt-${version}.src.tar.xz"
-checksum="555b028e9ee0f6445ff8f949ea10e9cd8be0d084840e21fbbe1d31d51fc06e46
- e3f68f44147df0433e7989bf6ed1c58ff28d7c68b9c47553cb9915f744785a35
- 94704dda228c9f75f4403051085001440b458501ec97192eee06e8e67f7f9f0c
- 04149236de03cf05232d68eb7cb9c50f03062e339b68f4f8a03b650a11536cf9
- afbda810106a6e64444bc164b921be928af46829117c95b996f2678ce4cb1ec4
- c8d3387e55f229543dac1941769120f24dc50183150bf19d1b070d53d29d56b0"
+checksum="
+ 6e82ce4adb54ff3afc18053d6981b6aed1406751b8742582ed50f04b5ab475f9
+ 349148116a47e39dcb5d5042f10d8a6357d2c865034563283ca512f81cdce8a3
+ 2bd9be8bb18d82f7f59e31ea33b4e58387dbdef0bc11d5c9fcd5ce9a4b16dc00
+ 4cd3836dfb4b88b597e075341cae86d61c63ce3963e45c7fe6a8bf59bb382cdf
+ 664a5c60220de9c290bf2a5b03d902ab731a4f95fe73a00856175ead494ec396
+ 0df011dae14d8700499dfc961602ee0a9572fef926202ade5dcdfe7858411e5c"
 
 # XXX Investigate ocaml bindings.
-hostmakedepends="groff perl python zlib-devel libffi-devel swig cmake"
+hostmakedepends="groff perl python zlib-devel libffi-devel swig"
 makedepends="python-devel zlib-devel libffi-devel libedit-devel libxml2-devel binutils-devel"
 depends="libllvm3.8"