diff --git a/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.SlackBuild b/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.SlackBuild
index 17a70ae61c..9303d2d32e 100644
--- a/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.SlackBuild
+++ b/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.SlackBuild
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for herbstluftwm
 
-# Written by Ian D. Brunton <iandbrunton@gmail.com>
-
-# Copyright 2019  Johannes Schoepfer, Germany
+# Written by Ian D. Brunton
+# Copyright 2019 - 2022  Johannes Schoepfer, Germany
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
 # permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
@@ -26,7 +25,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=herbstluftwm
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.7.2}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.9.4}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -39,9 +38,6 @@ if [ -z "$ARCH" ]; then
   esac
 fi
 
-# If the variable PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME is set, then this script will report what
-# the name of the created package would be, and then exit. This information
-# could be useful to other scripts.
 if [ ! -z "${PRINT_PACKAGE_NAME}" ]; then
   echo "$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.$PKGTYPE"
   exit 0
@@ -80,8 +76,22 @@ 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 {} \;
 
-make PREFIX=/usr MANDIR=/usr/man DOCDIR=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION || exit 1
-make install DESTDIR=$PKG PREFIX=/usr MANDIR=/usr/man DOCDIR=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+# set man and doc location
+sed -i \
+  -e "s;\${DATADIR}/man;/usr/man;" \
+  -e "s;\${DATADIR}/doc/$PRGNAM;/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION;" \
+  CMakeLists.txt
+
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+  cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ..
+  make
+  make install/strip DESTDIR=$PKG
+cd ..
 
 find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | grep ELF \
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
diff --git a/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.info b/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.info
index 064c98458e..43283b331c 100644
--- a/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.info
+++ b/desktop/herbstluftwm/herbstluftwm.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="herbstluftwm"
-VERSION="0.7.2"
+VERSION="0.9.4"
 HOMEPAGE="https://herbstluftwm.org"
-DOWNLOAD="https://herbstluftwm.org/tarballs/herbstluftwm-0.7.2.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="eccbb5d0b1836071f0b24da851ac4d8e"
+DOWNLOAD="https://herbstluftwm.org/tarballs/herbstluftwm-0.9.4.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="41f5a543d1401953a4ed9900354c99d1"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""