diff --git a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
index 8f34f3f5d5a..b9584497792 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ghostscript/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'ghostscript'
 pkgname=ghostscript
 version=9.18
-revision=2
+revision=3
 short_desc="An interpreter for the PostScript language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.ghostscript.com/"
 license="AGPL-3, CPL-1.0"
-distfiles="http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=83daf5bbbb5afbc32cab944a1afa7ceca046dbf0c3712cd5f2bd21a13e484da1
+distfiles="http://downloads.ghostscript.com/public/old-gs-releases/ghostscript-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=5fc93079749a250be5404c465943850e3ed5ffbc0d5c07e10c7c5ee8afbbdb1b
 
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ depends="gsfonts"
 pre_configure() {
 	# force it to use system libs.
 	rm -rf jpeg{,xr} libpng jasper expat tiff lcms{,2} freetype cups/libs jbig2dec
+
+	# add missing LDFLAGS
+	sed -i 's/-L$(BINDIR)/& $(LDFLAGS)/g' base/unix-dll.mak
+
 	cd ijs
 	autoreconf -fi
 }