diff --git a/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild b/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild
index d38f47aeb6..81724be618 100644
--- a/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/sphinx/sphinx.SlackBuild
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ VERSION=0.9.7
 ARCH=${ARCH:-i486}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
+
 CWD=$(pwd)
 TMP=${TMP:-/tmp/SBo}
 PKG=$TMP/package-sphinx
@@ -16,10 +17,12 @@ OUTPUT=${OUTPUT:-/tmp}
 
 if [ "$ARCH" = "i486" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -march=i486 -mtune=i686"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX=""
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "s390" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2"
 elif [ "$ARCH" = "x86_64" ]; then
   SLKCFLAGS="-O2 -fPIC"
+  LIBDIRSUFFIX="64"
 fi
 
 rm -rf $PKG
@@ -35,15 +38,19 @@ CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 ./configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
+  --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --sysconfdir=/etc/sphinx \
+  --build=$ARCH-slackware-linux \
   || exit 1
 
 make || exit 1
 make install DESTDIR=$PKG || exit 1
 
 ( cd $PKG
-  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
-  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "executable" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
+  find . | xargs file | grep "shared object" | grep ELF | cut -f 1 -d : | \
+    xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null
 )
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
@@ -54,4 +61,4 @@ mkdir -p $PKG/install
 cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 
 cd $PKG
-/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.tgz
+/sbin/makepkg -l y -c n $OUTPUT/$PRGNAM-$VERSION-$ARCH-$BUILD$TAG.${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
diff --git a/network/sphinx/sphinx.info b/network/sphinx/sphinx.info
index e9bf37efcf..a75d953689 100644
--- a/network/sphinx/sphinx.info
+++ b/network/sphinx/sphinx.info
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ PRGNAM="sphinx"
 VERSION="0.9.7"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.sphinxsearch.com/"
 DOWNLOAD="http://www.sphinxsearch.com/downloads/sphinx-0.9.7.tar.gz"
+DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM="32f2b7e98d8485c86108851d52c5cef4"
+MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 MAINTAINER="Michael Johnson"
 EMAIL="youngmug@animeneko.net"
 APPROVED="rworkman"