diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template b/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
index fcaa6a13872..6686c50ccdc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu-user-static/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu-user-static'
 pkgname=qemu-user-static
-version=1.3.1
+version=1.4.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="qemu-${version}"
 makedepends="pkg-config automake glib-devel pixman-devel python"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=3772e7ef0c9b4178195edcf90e711f12ba123f465fcf09fb43b56bdacaca0eaf
+checksum=066297ed77408fb7588889c271a85cf3c259ad55c939315988e6062d7708eda8
 
 do_configure() {
 	./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --libexecdir=/usr/libexec \