diff --git a/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild b/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild
index 5265814a64..3cb0e52b94 100644
--- a/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild
+++ b/libraries/opencv/opencv.SlackBuild
@@ -35,8 +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
 
 rm -rf $PKG
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --localstatedir=/var \
   --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
@@ -74,4 +80,4 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -c n -l y -p $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -c n -l y -p $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/libraries/opencv/opencv.info b/libraries/opencv/opencv.info
index ee0034e5d0..04dc2e60a1 100644
--- a/libraries/opencv/opencv.info
+++ b/libraries/opencv/opencv.info
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="opencv"
 VERSION="1.1.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://opencv.willowgarage.com"
-DOWNLOAD="http://nchc.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/opencvlibrary/opencv-1.1pre1.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/opencvlibrary/opencv-1.1pre1.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM="b147b7cd3c059831c415c5a2bcecdf95"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Ricardson Williams"
 EMAIL="ricardsonwilliams@yahoo.com.br"
 APPROVED="michiel"