diff --git a/desktop/recoll/README b/desktop/recoll/README
index 009930aec3..44201a6ca1 100644
--- a/desktop/recoll/README
+++ b/desktop/recoll/README
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 Recoll is a personal full text search tool for Unix/Linux.
-It is based on the very strong Xapian backend, for which it provides an 
+It is based on the very strong Xapian backend, for which it provides an
 easy to use, feature-rich, easy administration, QT graphical interface. 
 Recoll is able to include several separate folders in its search.
 
 To enable splitting of CamelCase words take a look in the SlackBuild
 file. This feature is disabled by default.
 
-antiword, unrtf, untex and exiftool are runtime dependencies. You can
-build and run recoll without it, but recoll will keep nagging you about
-the missing helper tools. Without those tools recoll will be not usable
-for most people anyway, and these tools are quite small. But if you want
-to go without any of them you can do so at the time of writing. Your
-mileage may vary of course in the future.
+antiword, unrtf, untex, lxml, mutagen and exiftool are runtime deps.
+You can build and run recoll without it, but recoll will keep nagging
+you about the missing helper tools. Without those tools recoll will be
+not usable for most people anyway, and these tools are quite small.
+But if you want to go without any of them you can do so at the time of
+writing. Your mileage may vary of course in the future.
diff --git a/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild b/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild
index ef3a7762c0..12a2f805a1 100644
--- a/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/recoll/recoll.SlackBuild
@@ -24,10 +24,37 @@
 # Modified by the SlackBuilds.org Project
 
 PRGNAM=recoll
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.22.3}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.31.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
+if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
+  case "$( uname -m )" in
+    i?86) ARCH=i586 ;;
+    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
+       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
+  esac
+fi
+
+CWD=$(pwd)
+TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
+PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
+OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
+
+if [ "$ARCH" = "i586" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i586 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "i686" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
+else
+  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
+fi
+
 # from the official online documenatation:
 #
 # --enable-camelcase will enable splitting camelCase words. This is not enabled
@@ -44,33 +71,6 @@ else
   CAMEL_CASE_CONFIG=""
 fi
 
-if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
-  case "$( uname -m )" in
-    i?86) ARCH=i486 ;;
-    arm*) ARCH=arm ;;
-       *) ARCH=$( uname -m ) ;;
-  esac
-fi
-
-CWD=$(pwd)
-TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
-PKG=$TMP/package-$PRGNAM
-OUTPUT=${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"
-else
-  SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
-  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
-fi
-
 set -e
 
 rm -rf $PKG
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ find -L . \
  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
+sed -i '1,1i#include <QAbstractItemView>' qtgui/ssearch_w.cpp || exit 1
+
+# Ugly hack, but it seems to work...
+sed -i "s|recoll\.pro)|recoll.pro ; sed -i 's, -fno-exceptions,,' Makefile)|" Makefile.in
+
+QMAKE=qmake-qt5 \
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure $CAMEL_CASE_CONFIG \
@@ -94,6 +100,7 @@ CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --localstatedir=/var \
+  --enable-recollq \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
diff --git a/desktop/recoll/recoll.info b/desktop/recoll/recoll.info
index fed0ea5259..22ccffc137 100644
--- a/desktop/recoll/recoll.info
+++ b/desktop/recoll/recoll.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="recoll"
-VERSION="1.22.3"
+VERSION="1.31.0"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.lesbonscomptes.com/recoll/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/recoll-1.22.3.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="afb5dc53b9d2ac0c6bdaeb9cbd399c78"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/recoll-1.31.0.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="f87e0137d6393f498e77693d4e7060f8"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="antiword unrtf exiftool untex"
+REQUIRES="antiword exiftool lxml mutagen unrtf untex"
 MAINTAINER="titopoquito"
 EMAIL="titopoquito@gmail.com"