diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
index 4f01da8ad4d..f262a173a01 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghc-bin/template
@@ -1,39 +1,40 @@
 # Template file for 'ghc-bin'
 pkgname=ghc-bin
-version=7.8.4
+version=7.10.1
 revision=1
-depends="perl gcc libffi-devel gmp-devel"
+wrksrc="ghc-${version}"
+hostmakedepends="ncurses perl"
+depends="ncurses perl gcc libffi-devel gmp-devel"
 short_desc="Glorious Haskell Compiler - precompiled binaries"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
-license="custom"
+license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.haskell.org/ghc/"
 only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+nostrip=yes
+conflicts="ghc>=0"
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
 x86_64*)
-	distfiles="http://code.haskell.org/~slyfox/ghc-amd64/$pkgname-$version-amd64.tbz2"
-	skip_extraction="$pkgname-$version-amd64.tbz2"
-	checksum=bd9d144c08caa0ff345ada8d7eed7592531b8f8b9ef2f94d0b9a42fd747440aa
+	distfiles="https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/${version}/ghc-${version}-x86_64-unknown-linux-deb7.tar.xz"
+	checksum=421f65745edb225d8697bc19ec7a10171de0eab2b88dc069f420d4f57c7bb6e2
 	;;
 i686*)
-	distfiles="http://code.haskell.org/~slyfox/ghc-x86/$pkgname-$version-x86.tbz2"
-	skip_extraction="$pkgname-$version-x86.tbz2"
-	checksum=4c53148836e5a1ba55b8db5bb7c3eb915103e0955fb503b2facdc5a72f12a974
+	distfiles="https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/${version}/ghc-${version}-i386-unknown-linux-deb7.tar.xz"
+	checksum=3a0d261a49b4cc7b48d82e9d08a65be6267faf2e803b0d0a8a8ef4a29e70752b
 	;;
 esac
-create_wrksrc=yes
-provides="ghc-${version}_${revision}"
-replaces="ghc>=0"
+
+do_configure() {
+	./configure --prefix=/usr
+}
 
 do_install() {
-	vmkdir ${DESTDIR}
-	tar xjpvf ${XBPS_SRCDISTDIR}/${pkgname}-${version}/${skip_extraction} -C ${DESTDIR}
-	if [ -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib32 ]; then
-		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib32 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	fi
-	if [ -d ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64 ]; then
-		mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib64 ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib
-	fi
-	sed -i 's#x86_64-pc-linux-gnu-##g' ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/ghc-${version}/settings
-	sed -i 's#i686-pc-linux-gnu-##g' ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/ghc-${version}/settings
-	vlicense ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/ghc-${version}/html/libraries/ghc-${version}/LICENSE
+	ln -sf /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 libtinfo.so.5
+	export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$PWD:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
+
+	make install DESTDIR="$DESTDIR"
+
+	# Fake libtinfo into rpath of ghc:
+	ln -sf /usr/lib/libncursesw.so.6 \
+		$DESTDIR/usr/lib/ghc-${version}/rts/libtinfo.so.5
+	vlicense LICENSE
 }