diff --git a/srcpkgs/snappy/template b/srcpkgs/snappy/template
index 71a00d617e7..030aaf5513f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/snappy/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/snappy/template
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'snappy'
 pkgname=snappy
-version=1.1.6
+version=1.1.7
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+build_style=cmake
+configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1"
+hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="zlib-devel lzo-devel"
 short_desc="A fast compressor/decompressor library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="https://google.github.io/snappy"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=6fa92cde5b2caefd0d9a60336991ba42e5a7ddc3bdc36c5610451373751d0495
-
-pre_configure() {
-	autoreconf -fi
-	ln -s README.md README
-}
+checksum=3dfa02e873ff51a11ee02b9ca391807f0c8ea0529a4924afa645fbf97163f9d4
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
@@ -26,8 +22,7 @@ snappy-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
-		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 	}
 }