diff --git a/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.SlackBuild b/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.SlackBuild
index c5a87b6bb5..e7509c88b6 100644
--- a/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.SlackBuild
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@
 
 # Written by Pablo Santamaria (pablosantamaria@gmail.com)
 # Update  by Tim Dickson (dickson.tim@googlemail.com) for 1.1.24+nmu4  version
+# 26/06/2017 updated by Tim Dickson for 1.1.24+nmu5 version
 PRGNAM=libpaper
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1.24+nmu4}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.1.24+nmu5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -45,7 +46,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/${PRGNAM}_${VERSION}.tar.gz
+tar xvf "$CWD/${PRGNAM}_${VERSION}.tar.gz"
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ find -L . \
  -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
-
+#patch configure.ac for default paper size
+sed -i "s/PAPERSIZE=letter/PAPERSIZE=$PAPERSIZE/g" configure.ac
+autoreconf -i
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
@@ -65,7 +68,6 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
   --disable-static \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
-
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
diff --git a/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.info b/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.info
index 5e1a460f80..ee6afe4d2f 100644
--- a/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.info
+++ b/libraries/libpaper/libpaper.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="libpaper"
-VERSION="1.1.24+nmu4"
+VERSION="1.1.24+nmu5"
 HOMEPAGE="https://packages.qa.debian.org/libp/libpaper.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpaper/libpaper_1.1.24+nmu4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="155d2e589e2f4ef163de8fbbc5d3dd1e"
+DOWNLOAD="https://ftp.de.debian.org/debian/pool/main/libp/libpaper/libpaper_1.1.24+nmu5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="38bc55688c0fc5544edaa5a951a45fbd"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""