diff --git a/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template b/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template
index 024ebc34ba3..90909e68887 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mbuffer/template
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'mbuffer'
 pkgname=mbuffer
-version=20170515
+version=20170921
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-short_desc="A replacement for buffer with additional functionality"
+short_desc="Buffer data steams with many additional functions"
 maintainer="Diogo Leal <diogo@diogoleal.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
+conf_files="/etc/mbuffer.rc"
 homepage="http://www.maier-komor.de/mbuffer.html"
 distfiles="http://www.maier-komor.de/software/mbuffer/mbuffer-${version}.tgz"
-checksum=154fa0836777b21032b2e4f738fb0aa4dea218551b7cade93cf1b7245aca5e4f
+checksum=8c38ec7cb7f63e1cd4100c6f8a15a2c335ad080760157fc44e88e3465cc47027
+
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i '/etc/s,$(prefix)/etc,$(etcdir),' Makefile.in
+}