diff --git a/srcpkgs/ark/template b/srcpkgs/ark/template
index 21b7973b4a5..f08ce09e5a4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ark/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ark/template
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'ark'
 pkgname=ark
-version=15.04.1
+version=17.08.2
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
-hostmakedepends="automoc4"
-makedepends="kdelibs-devel libarchive-devel phonon-devel"
+hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules qt5-devel qt5-qmake kdoctools kconfig"
+makedepends="libarchive-devel kpty-devel kparts-devel kitemmodels-devel"
 short_desc="KDE Archiving Tool"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="GPL-2"
-homepage="http://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark"
-distfiles="http://download.kde.org/Attic/applications/${version}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=9cb20f520f45a8c4c25281db3c058ef4ae1edcdfaeb1b264caff57af8dddfd1c
+homepage="https://kde.org/applications/utilities/ark"
+distfiles="https://download.kde.org/stable/applications/${version}/src/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=224d182df6d11eb2453887e0972f3b60a5177b1c89eac52661a470a7bff1c3d7
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" python kcoreaddons kparts"
+	configure_args="-DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson"
+fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ark/update b/srcpkgs/ark/update
index 4f995547692..0bfbdced6f9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ark/update
+++ b/srcpkgs/ark/update
@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
-site="http://download.kde.org/stable/applications/"
+site="https://download.kde.org/stable/applications/"
 pattern='href="\K[\d\.]+(?=/")'
-ignore="15.* 16.* 17.*" # can't compile until we port new kde libs