diff --git a/office/abook/README b/office/abook/README
index 0846714ff9..042d9a86bf 100644
--- a/office/abook/README
+++ b/office/abook/README
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-abook is a Unix ncurse-based addressbook. 
-It goes very well when used with the mutt MUA.
+Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt mail
+client.
diff --git a/office/abook/abook.SlackBuild b/office/abook/abook.SlackBuild
index 4097741c4e..45031e240b 100644
--- a/office/abook/abook.SlackBuild
+++ b/office/abook/abook.SlackBuild
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 # Slackware build script for abook
 
+# Copyright 2017 Frédéric Galusik, Lyon, France
 # Copyright 2006  Martin Lefebvre <dadexter@gmail.com>
 # Copyright 2007-2009  Michiel van Wessem, Manchester, United Kingdom
 
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=abook
-VERSION=${VERSION:-0.5.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-0.6.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -56,10 +57,8 @@ else
   LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 fi
 
-
 set -e
 
-
 rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
@@ -75,24 +74,32 @@ find -L . \
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+aclocal && automake --add-missing && autoconf
+sed 's/0.18/0.19/g' -i po/Makefile.in.in
+# thanks to the archers for this patch ;)
+patch -p1 -i $CWD/gcc5.patch
+
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --localstatedir=/var \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux
 
 make
-make install-strip DESTDIR=$PKG
+make install DESTDIR=$PKG
 
-( cd $PKG/usr/man
-  find . -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
-  for i in $( find . -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
-)
+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
+
+find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
+for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz ; rm $i ; done
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cp -a ABOUT-NLS ANNOUNCE AUTHORS BUGS COPYING ChangeLog FAQ INSTALL NEWS \
-  README THANKS TODO  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
+  README RELEASE_NOTES THANKS TODO doc/HOWTO.translating_abook \
+  $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
 cat $CWD/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild > $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION/$PRGNAM.SlackBuild
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/install
diff --git a/office/abook/abook.info b/office/abook/abook.info
index bf5d8c75fa..b269398448 100644
--- a/office/abook/abook.info
+++ b/office/abook/abook.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="abook"
-VERSION="0.5.6"
+VERSION="0.6.1"
 HOMEPAGE="http://abook.sourceforge.net"
-DOWNLOAD="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/abook/abook-0.5.6.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="87d25df96864a7c507a4965e6d1da49d"
+DOWNLOAD="http://abook.sourceforge.net/devel/abook-0.6.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="4bffd4c47ac41b688abd58f65bfe0bfb"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""
-MAINTAINER="Michiel van Wessem"
-EMAIL="michiel@slackbuilds.org"
+MAINTAINER="Frédéric Galusik"
+EMAIL="slack+SBo@galusik.xyz"
diff --git a/office/abook/gcc5.patch b/office/abook/gcc5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7422187e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/office/abook/gcc5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -up abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.c.gcc5 abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.c
+--- abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.c.gcc5	2014-11-28 16:29:52.000000000 +0100
++++ abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.c	2015-02-11 16:02:15.837789303 +0100
+@@ -859,7 +859,7 @@ item_merge(list_item dest, list_item src
+  */
+ 
+ /* quick lookup by "standard" field number */
+-inline int
++extern inline int
+ field_id(int i)
+ {
+ 	assert((i >= 0) && (i < ITEM_FIELDS));
+diff -up abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.h.gcc5 abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.h
+--- abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.h.gcc5	2014-11-28 16:29:52.000000000 +0100
++++ abook-git-6e550af8a907a680dc845c22a7d6c36d89e900c1/database.h	2015-02-11 16:02:23.465818915 +0100
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ struct db_enumerator {
+ /*
+  * Field operations
+  */
+-inline int field_id(int i);
++extern inline int field_id(int i);
+ abook_field *find_standard_field(char *key, int do_declare);
+ abook_field *real_find_field(char *key, abook_field_list *list, int *nb);
+ #define find_field(key, list)		real_find_field(key, list, NULL)
diff --git a/office/abook/slack-desc b/office/abook/slack-desc
index 5f15fb5df0..deb555aebe 100644
--- a/office/abook/slack-desc
+++ b/office/abook/slack-desc
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
      |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
 abook: abook (Unix ncurse-based addressbook)
 abook:
-abook: abook is a Unix ncurse-based addressbook.
-abook: It goes very well when used with the mutt MUA.
+abook: Abook is a text-based addressbook program designed to use with mutt
+abook: mail client.
 abook:
 abook:
 abook: