diff --git a/network/pdns/README b/network/pdns/README
index 58c57af488..e3e92326a9 100644
--- a/network/pdns/README
+++ b/network/pdns/README
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ supports a large number of backends.
 Docs are available at:
 	https://doc.powerdns.com/authoritative/index.html
 
-By default, PowerDNS includes support for BIND backend only.
-To use other backends, set the modules variable before calling the
-build:
+By default, this PowerDNS SlackBuild includes support for BIND and
+SQLite3 backends only. To use other backends, set the modules
+variable before calling the build:
 	# MODULES="bind gpgsql" ./pdns.SlackBuild
diff --git a/network/pdns/pdns.SlackBuild b/network/pdns/pdns.SlackBuild
index 0df8712ce0..64fab02d78 100644
--- a/network/pdns/pdns.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/pdns/pdns.SlackBuild
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=pdns
-VERSION=${VERSION:-4.1.5}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-4.1.8}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ find -L . \
 
 
 # Build without database support by default
-DEFAULT_MODULES="bind"
+DEFAULT_MODULES="bind gsqlite3"
 MODULES=${MODULES:-$DEFAULT_MODULES}
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/network/pdns/pdns.info b/network/pdns/pdns.info
index d1aa80628e..72a025f55c 100644
--- a/network/pdns/pdns.info
+++ b/network/pdns/pdns.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="pdns"
-VERSION="4.1.5"
+VERSION="4.1.8"
 HOMEPAGE="https://www.powerdns.com/auth.html"
-DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-4.1.5.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="ec8b8b42c4ebbaf34763b56aa81a645a"
+DOWNLOAD="https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-4.1.8.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="27ae77c691e79a7eeef1ee54875fe3f7"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""