diff --git a/srcpkgs/synergy/template b/srcpkgs/synergy/template
index f0a007b5b07..947d2e7cce9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/synergy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/synergy/template
@@ -1,27 +1,27 @@
 # Template file for 'sed'
 pkgname=synergy
-version=1.5.1
+version=1.6.2
 revision=1
-wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version}-Source"
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="cmake unzip"
-makedepends="libcurl-devel crypto++-devel libSM-devel libXext-devel libXrandr-devel libXtst-devel>=1.2.1_2 libXinerama-devel"
+hostmakedepends="cmake unzip pkg-config"
+makedepends="avahi-libs-devel libcurl-devel crypto++-devel libSM-devel libXext-devel libXrandr-devel libXtst-devel>=1.2.1_2 libXinerama-devel"
 short_desc="Share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://synergy-foss.org/"
 license="GPL-2"
-distfiles="http://synergy-project.org/files/packages/${pkgname}-${version}-r2398-Source.tar.gz"
-checksum=c70cc5bbec47ea22bdc34107a1788cc37143c0fd8d8c4affba4f0257c26408a7
+distfiles="https://github.com/synergy/synergy/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=36c0a2c9ea1c3a13a6134ce1e76ad8dd2f442100dd6075c53f31b399d2543ba3
 
 CXXFLAGS="-pthread"
 
 if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	makedepends+=" qt-devel"
+	makedepends+=" qt5-devel"
 	post_build() {
+		CXXFLAGS+=" $(pkg-config --cflags avahi-compat-libdns_sd)"
 		# qt4 gui
-		cd src/gui
+		cd $wrksrc/src/gui
 		qmake
-		make CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS" LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" ${makejobs}
+		make CXXFLAGS+="$CXXFLAGS -fPIC" ${makejobs}
 	}
 	synergy-gui_package() {
 		depends="desktop-file-utils ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 fi
 
 do_install() {
-	vinstall bin/synergyc 755 usr/bin
-	vinstall bin/synergys 755 usr/bin
+	vbin bin/synergyc
+	vbin bin/synergys
 
 	vmkdir usr/share/examples/${pkgname}
 	install -m644 doc/synergy.conf.example* \