diff --git a/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild b/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild
index cba32238bf..db0c3a9685 100644
--- a/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/icewm/icewm.SlackBuild
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=icewm
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.36}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.2.37}
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
@@ -67,19 +67,13 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --with-docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --enable-corefonts \
   --enable-antialiasing \
-  --disable-static \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 find $PKG | xargs file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
-  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-
-( cd $PKG/usr/man || exit 1
-  find . -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
-  for i in $(find . -type l) ; do ln -s $(readlink $i).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
-)
+  | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/html
 cp -a AUTHORS BUGS CHANGES COPYING INSTALL PLATFORMS README \
@@ -94,6 +88,7 @@ gzip -9c doc/icewm.1.man > $PKG/usr/man/man1/icewm.1.gz
 # Add xinitrc for xwmconfig(1)
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/X11/xinit
 cat $CWD/xinitrc.icewm > $PKG/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.icewm
+chmod 0755 $PKG/etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.icewm
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
diff --git a/desktop/icewm/icewm.info b/desktop/icewm/icewm.info
index 5e76af57d1..14ad4dbed6 100644
--- a/desktop/icewm/icewm.info
+++ b/desktop/icewm/icewm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="icewm"
-VERSION="1.2.36"
+VERSION="1.2.37"
 HOMEPAGE="http://icewm.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/icewm/icewm-1.2.36.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="a9761dcde3633ca677b62e1f1abada3d"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/icewm/icewm-1.2.37.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="970a21588d26eb361020fd60a61a482c"
 MAINTAINER="Robby Workman"
 EMAIL="rw@rlworkman.net"
-APPROVED="dsomero"
+APPROVED="Erik Hanson"