diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index cf63c20170b..63557cf57f3 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ libclutter-gtk-1.0.so.0 clutter-gtk-1.1.2_1
 libchamplain-0.12.so.0 libchamplain-0.12.5_2
 libchamplain-gtk-0.12.so.0 libchamplain-0.12.5_2
 libgeoclue.so.0 geoclue-0.12.0_1
-libvpx.so.1 libvpx-1.0.0_1
+libvpx.so.2 libvpx-1.4.0_1
 libXevie.so.1 libXevie-1.0.2_1
 libatspi.so.0 at-spi2-core-1.91.91_1
 libatk-bridge-2.0.so.0 at-spi2-atk-2.6.0_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvpx/template b/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
index 9daa1a5842a..2cb2c046ec8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvpx/template
@@ -1,16 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'libvpx'
 pkgname=libvpx
-version=1.3.0
+version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
-hostmakedepends="which perl yasm"
-short_desc="The VP8 Codec"
+hostmakedepends="git perl yasm"
+short_desc="The VP8/VP9 Codecs"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.webmproject.org"
 license="BSD"
-distfiles="http://webm.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-v${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=d3dcc8d84af51c6c382b214397c62402e37a799e8ebcda6f4217aef0010451a9
 
+do_fetch() {
+	git clone -b v${version} http://code.google.com/p/webm.libvpx ${wrksrc}
+}
 do_configure() {
 	export LD="$CC" AS=
 
@@ -20,11 +21,11 @@ do_configure() {
 	fi
 	CFLAGS+=" -fPIC"
 
-	./configure --enable-vp8 --enable-runtime-cpu-detect --enable-shared \
+	./configure --enable-vp8 --enable-vp9 \
+		--enable-runtime-cpu-detect --enable-shared \
 		--enable-postproc --enable-pic --disable-install-docs \
 		--disable-install-srcs --as=yasm ${_cross}
 }
-
 do_build() {
 	make ${makejobs}
 }