diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ed0ac5df2fa..8e2c6b43bdb 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2099,7 +2099,7 @@ libgegl-0.3.so.0 gegl3-0.3.0_1
 libgegl-npd-0.3.so gegl3-0.3.0_1
 libgegl-sc-0.3.so gegl3-0.3.0_1
 libprocps.so.5 procps-ng-3.3.11_1
-libskarnet.so.2 skalibs-2.3.5.1_1
+libskarnet.so.2.3 skalibs-2.3.7.0_1
 libportablexdr.so.0 portablexdr-4.9.1_1
 libtidy5.so.4 libtidy5-4.9.30_1
 libSDL2_gfx-1.0.so.0 SDL2_gfx-1.0.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/skalibs/template b/srcpkgs/skalibs/template
index a52aedfa255..e7e130d3178 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/skalibs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/skalibs/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template file for 'skalibs'
 pkgname=skalibs
-version=2.3.6.1
+version=2.3.7.0
 revision=1
-nocross="yes"
+nocross=yes
+build_pie=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-static --enable-shared  --enable-clock
- --enable-monotonic --enable-force-devr --datadir=/usr/share/$pkgname
- --libdir=/usr/lib"
+configure_args="--libdir=/usr/lib --enable-static --enable-shared --enable-clock
+ --enable-monotonic --enable-force-devr --datadir=/usr/share/$pkgname"
 short_desc="General purpose libraries for building software from skarnet.org"
 maintainer="bougyman <bougyman@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="ISC"
 homepage="http://skarnet.org/software/skalibs/"
 distfiles="http://skarnet.org/software/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=bf35cb9698b15becb5c527a48e9cca0523c6e215540c19add8f8588852c2cd63
+checksum=54564a4fdb2131116b52debe529e0571faf8b2525cecbe4082642edde454f2c8
 
 CFLAGS="-D_DEFAULT_SOURCE"