diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxc/liblxc.template b/srcpkgs/lxc/liblxc.template
index 739428d5ad3..d5d1cb431dc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxc/liblxc.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxc/liblxc.template
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains the shared library for use in applications."
 
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.so* ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxc/lxc-devel.template b/srcpkgs/lxc/lxc-devel.template
index 463569c1424..b203e4986f6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxc/lxc-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxc/lxc-devel.template
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'lxc-devel'.
 #
-depends="libcap-devel liblxc"
+noarch=yes
+depends="libcap-devel liblxc>=$version"
 short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-
-do_install()
-{
+do_install() {
 	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/include ${DESTDIR}/usr
 	mv ${SRCPKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/pkgconfig ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lxc/template b/srcpkgs/lxc/template
index aa3abcc9363..9c5752c981b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lxc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lxc/template
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
 # Template file for 'lxc'
 pkgname=lxc
-version=0.7.3
-revision=3
-distfiles="http://lxc.sourceforge.net/download/lxc/lxc-$version.tar.gz"
+_distver=0.8.0
+_patchver=rc1
+version=${_distver}_${_patchver}
+wrksrc=${_distver}-${_patchver}
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+subpackages="liblxc lxc-devel"
 makedepends="libcap-devel"
 short_desc="LinuX Containers"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
-checksum=fa3b28cdb79b7c4735eaa8535dd014f94c8b7683d8ce2934d5836d241f48da09
+homepage="http://lxc.sourceforge.net"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
+distfiles="http://lxc.sourceforge.net/download/lxc/lxc-${_distver}-${_patchver}.tar.gz"
+checksum=32bf83902c07387646c55de440d6d12cf61bd54c97417109c2d1ac47d17cb911
 long_desc="
  The  container technology is actively being pushed into the mainstream linux
  kernel. It provides the resource management through the control groups aka
@@ -16,6 +22,3 @@ long_desc="
  The linux containers, lxc, aims to use these new functionalities to provide
  an userspace container object which provides full resource isolation and
  resource control for an application or a system."
-
-subpackages="liblxc lxc-devel"
-