diff --git a/system/daemonize/README b/system/daemonize/README
index 4c4c7ce7c9..da20e7467b 100644
--- a/system/daemonize/README
+++ b/system/daemonize/README
@@ -3,5 +3,15 @@ Daemonize allows you to run a command as a Unix daemon.
 See man page for usage after installation.
 
 Builds from hosted snapshot of git repo. See home page
-to from daemonize.info for latest version info.
+from daemonize.info for latest version information.
+
+To build a later version if available, clone it with:
+
+git clone git://github.com/bmc/daemonize.git
+
+Then read the CHANGES.md file to find the release version.
+Change the directory name from daemonize to daemonize-x.y.z
+and create a daemonize-x.y.z.tar.gz file from that folder.
+
+You may then build with: VERSION=x.y.z ./daemonize.SlackBuild
 
diff --git a/system/daemonize/daemonize.SlackBuild b/system/daemonize/daemonize.SlackBuild
index 2a94dfb9f4..81bad1dafa 100644
--- a/system/daemonize/daemonize.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/daemonize/daemonize.SlackBuild
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@
 # Copyright 2013 Robert Allen <slacker@slaphappygeeks.com>
 # All rights reserved, including Creator Endowed Unalienable Rights
 #
+# With acknowledgment to Duane Penzien for helpful suggestions.
+#
 # This script is placed into the public domain by the author
 
 PRGNAM=daemonize
-VERSION=1.7.4
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.7.5}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
diff --git a/system/daemonize/daemonize.info b/system/daemonize/daemonize.info
index 02122d403b..e436b9ce2f 100644
--- a/system/daemonize/daemonize.info
+++ b/system/daemonize/daemonize.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="daemonize"
-VERSION="1.7.4"
+VERSION="1.7.5"
 HOMEPAGE="http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://slaphappygeeks.com/dl/daemonize-1.7.4.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="9283c03cd0d6a53003b785e52fdb214c"
+DOWNLOAD="http://slaphappygeeks.com/dl/daemonize-1.7.5.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="ce19be6baabd8a18a1c3723d87b35027"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
 MAINTAINER="Robert Allen"
-EMAIL="slacker@slaphappygeeks.com"
+EMAIL="slacker-at-engineer-dot-com"