diff --git a/network/dropbear/dropbear.SlackBuild b/network/dropbear/dropbear.SlackBuild
index e9bd3d6105..c1d58897ad 100644
--- a/network/dropbear/dropbear.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/dropbear/dropbear.SlackBuild
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 # Copyright 2007-2008, Piter Punk, São Paulo, Brazil
-# Copyright 2017-2019, Andrew Clemons, Wellington New Zealand
+# Copyright 2017-2020, Andrew Clemons, Wellington New Zealand
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -22,7 +22,8 @@
 #  ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=dropbear
-VERSION=${VERSION:-2019.78}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-2020.79}
+SRCVERSION="DROPBEAR_$VERSION"
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -58,9 +59,9 @@ set -e
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
-rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
-cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
+rm -rf $PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION
+tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION.tar.gz
+cd $PRGNAM-$SRCVERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 750 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 \
@@ -68,6 +69,8 @@ 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 {} \;
 
+autoreconf -if
+
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
diff --git a/network/dropbear/dropbear.info b/network/dropbear/dropbear.info
index 0ad1eaba52..d8fbd9d51c 100644
--- a/network/dropbear/dropbear.info
+++ b/network/dropbear/dropbear.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="dropbear"
-VERSION="2019.78"
-HOMEPAGE="https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/dropbear.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/releases/dropbear-2019.78.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="a972c85ed678ad0fdcb7844e1294fb54"
+VERSION="2020.79"
+HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/mkj/dropbear"
+DOWNLOAD="https://github.com/mkj/dropbear/archive/DROPBEAR_2020.79/dropbear-DROPBEAR_2020.79.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="9dd9df1ca16701744daf5c672696de8b"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
diff --git a/network/dropbear/slack-desc b/network/dropbear/slack-desc
index 837032b6bc..f2e888a128 100644
--- a/network/dropbear/slack-desc
+++ b/network/dropbear/slack-desc
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ dropbear: distributed under a MIT-style license. Dropbear is particularly
 dropbear: useful for "embedded"-type Linux (or other Unix) systems, such as
 dropbear: wireless routers.
 dropbear:
-dropbear:
+dropbear: https://github.com/mkj/dropbear
 dropbear:
 dropbear: