diff --git a/libraries/libopensync/README b/libraries/libopensync/README
index 7417fde885..3b264a82db 100644
--- a/libraries/libopensync/README
+++ b/libraries/libopensync/README
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@ OpenSync is a plugin-based application that basically provides a framework
 for syncing groups which can have two or more members. These members could
 be just about any kind of database, where a plugin is available. OpenSync
 is not only limited to sync PIM data.
-
-You will need swig if you want to build the python-bindings.
diff --git a/libraries/libopensync/libopensync-0.22-fixup_python_libdir.diff b/libraries/libopensync/libopensync-0.22-fixup_python_libdir.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5bc54bdc24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/libopensync/libopensync-0.22-fixup_python_libdir.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff -Nur libopensync-0.22.orig/configure libopensync-0.22/configure
+--- libopensync-0.22.orig/configure	2007-03-27 07:21:55.000000000 -0500
++++ libopensync-0.22/configure	2009-08-15 01:17:55.905706460 -0500
+@@ -21813,7 +21813,7 @@
+   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+ else
+   am_cv_python_pythondir=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1,0,prefix='$PYTHON_PREFIX')" 2>/dev/null ||
+-     echo "$PYTHON_PREFIX/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"`
++     echo "$PYTHON_PREFIX/@baselibdir@/python$PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages"`
+ fi
+ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $am_cv_python_pythondir" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$am_cv_python_pythondir" >&6; }
+@@ -21830,7 +21830,7 @@
+   echo $ECHO_N "(cached) $ECHO_C" >&6
+ else
+   am_cv_python_pyexecdir=`$PYTHON -c "from distutils import sysconfig; print sysconfig.get_python_lib(1,0,prefix='$PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX')" 2>/dev/null ||
+-     echo "${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/lib/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages"`
++     echo "${PYTHON_EXEC_PREFIX}/@baselibdir@/python${PYTHON_VERSION}/site-packages"`
+ fi
+ { echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $am_cv_python_pyexecdir" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$am_cv_python_pyexecdir" >&6; }
+@@ -22040,7 +22040,7 @@
+ 	{ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for Python library path" >&5
+ echo $ECHO_N "checking for Python library path... $ECHO_C" >&6; }
+ 	python_path=`echo $PYTHON | sed "s,/bin.*$,,"`
+-	for i in "$python_path/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config/" "$python_path/lib/python$PYTHON_VERSION/" "$python_path/lib/python/config/" "$python_path/lib/python/" "$python_path/" ; do
++	for i in "$python_path/@baselibdir@/python$PYTHON_VERSION/config/" "$python_path/@baselibdir@/python$PYTHON_VERSION/" "$python_path/@baselibdir@/python/config/" "$python_path/@baselibdir@/python/" "$python_path/" ; do
+ 		python_path=`find $i -type f -name libpython$PYTHON_VERSION.* -print | sed "1q"`
+ 		if test -n "$python_path" ; then
+ 			break
diff --git a/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.SlackBuild b/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.SlackBuild
index 1bedafbe0f..ea8e5c9080 100644
--- a/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.SlackBuild
@@ -35,10 +35,13 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
 set -e
@@ -61,30 +64,40 @@ chmod -R u+w,go+r-w,a-s .
 #   -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 #   -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
 
+if [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  sed "s%@baselibdir@%lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX}%g" \
+    $CWD/libopensync-0.22-fixup_python_libdir.diff \
+    | patch -p1 
+fi
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --disable-static \
-  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
-  --host=$ARCH-slackware-linux
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
 ( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
-  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
 )
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
-cp -a AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README TODO $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+cp -a \
+  AUTHORS ChangeLog COPYING INSTALL NEWS README TODO \
+    $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.info b/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.info
index 23e0e19511..6b9f4667bd 100644
--- a/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.info
+++ b/libraries/libopensync/libopensync.info
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ VERSION="0.22"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.opensync.org/"
 DOWNLOAD="http://www.opensync.org/download/releases/0.22/libopensync-0.22.tar.bz2"
 MD5SUM="f563ce2543312937a9afb4f8445ef932"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="ppr:kut"
 EMAIL="HMWiesinger@gmx.at"
 APPROVED="rworkman"