diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/mongodb/INSTALL
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ee68ddaa451
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/INSTALL
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+case "$ACTION" in
+	post)
+		if [ "$UPDATE" = "yes" ]; then
+			chown -R mongodb var/lib/mongodb/* var/log/mongodb/*
+		fi
+	;;
+esac
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
index 2ff30dbcfa0..849fdfcbf74 100755
--- a/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/files/mongodb/run
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/sh
-exec mongod --quiet --config /etc/mongodb/mongodb.conf
+[ -r conf ] && . ./conf
+exec chpst -u mongodb mongod ${OPTS:=--quiet --config /etc/mongodb/mongodb.conf}
diff --git a/srcpkgs/mongodb/template b/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
index 267cc270a7f..0d1fc52b4e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/mongodb/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'mongodb'
 pkgname=mongodb
-version=2.6.8
-revision=2
+version=3.0.0
+revision=1
 hostmakedepends="scons"
-makedepends="boost-devel pcre-devel snappy-devel libressl-devel>=2.1.4 libpcap-devel gperftools-devel v8-3.16-devel"
+makedepends="boost-devel pcre-devel snappy-devel libressl-devel>=2.1.4 libpcap-devel gperftools-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/mongodb/mongodb.conf"
 system_accounts="mongodb"
 mongodb_homedir="/var/lib/mongodb"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 homepage="http://www.mongodb.org"
 license="AGPL-3"
 distfiles="http://downloads.mongodb.org/src/mongodb-src-r${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum="1997f60d9de17320f22c604d8aa1cbe5f38d877142cd0e9130fe3dae7b311a06"
+checksum="c1fdbb6bbc33eafedc4aa363be2b3cdf1eea8b8eb618d25131c5a30def24aad9"
 make_dirs="
 	/var/lib/mongodb 0700 mongodb mongodb
 	/var/log/mongodb 0750 mongodb mongodb"
@@ -21,12 +21,11 @@ _scons_args=" --use-system-boost \
 	--use-system-pcre \
 	--use-system-snappy \
 	--use-system-tcmalloc \
-	--use-system-v8 \
 	--ssl \
-	--sharedclient \
 	--variant-dir=void \
 	--nostrip \
 	--disable-warnings-as-errors"
+#	--use-system-v8 \ # disabled - configure error
 build_options="systemd"
 # ETOOHUGE
 nodebug=1
@@ -36,7 +35,7 @@ do_configure() {
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	scons all ${makejobs} \
+	scons core ${makejobs} \
 		--cc=$CC \
 		--cxx=$CXX \
 		--ld=$CXX \