diff --git a/audio/ardour/ardour.SlackBuild b/audio/ardour/ardour.SlackBuild
index 94e80e5cc9..05afd738ad 100644
--- a/audio/ardour/ardour.SlackBuild
+++ b/audio/ardour/ardour.SlackBuild
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Slackware build script for ardour
 
 # Copyright 2008-2016 Heinz Wiesinger, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
-# Copyright 2018 Matteo Bernardini, Pisa, Italy
+# Copyright 2018-2020 Matteo Bernardini, Pisa, Italy
 # All rights reserved.
 #
 # Redistribution and use of this script, with or without modification, is
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 # ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=ardour
-VERSION=${VERSION:-5.12.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-6.0}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ rm -rf $PKG
 mkdir -p $TMP $PKG $OUTPUT
 cd $TMP
 rm -rf Ardour-$VERSION
-tar xvf $CWD/Ardour-$VERSION.tar.bz2
+tar xvf $CWD/Ardour-$VERSION.tar.?z*
 cd Ardour-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
 find -L . \
@@ -75,18 +75,21 @@ find -L . \
   -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
-CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
+CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS -std=c++11" \
 ./waf configure \
   --prefix=/usr \
   --libdir=/usr/lib${LIBDIRSUFFIX} \
   --configdir=/etc \
   --mandir=/usr/man \
   --docdir=/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION \
-  --with-backends="jack,alsa" \
+  --with-backends="dummy,alsa,jack,pulseaudio" \
   --libjack=weak \
   --optimize \
   --freedesktop \
   --no-phone-home \
+  --nls \
+  --ptformat \
+  --lxvst \
   --cxx11
 
 ./waf build
@@ -97,12 +100,12 @@ find $PKG -print0 | xargs -0 file | grep -e "executable" -e "shared object" | gr
   | cut -f 1 -d : | xargs strip --strip-unneeded 2> /dev/null || true
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/{appdata,applications,icons}
-cp build/gtk2_ardour/ardour5.appdata.xml $PKG/usr/share/appdata/
-cp build/gtk2_ardour/ardour5.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/
+cp build/gtk2_ardour/ardour6.appdata.xml $PKG/usr/share/appdata/
+cp build/gtk2_ardour/ardour6.desktop $PKG/usr/share/applications/
 for isize in 16 22 32 48 ; do
   mkdir -p $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${isize}x${isize}/apps
   cp gtk2_ardour/icons/application-x-ardour_${isize}px.png \
-    $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${isize}x${isize}/apps/ardour5.png
+    $PKG/usr/share/icons/hicolor/${isize}x${isize}/apps/ardour6.png
 done
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/usr/doc/$PRGNAM-$VERSION
@@ -115,10 +118,10 @@ cat $CWD/slack-desc > $PKG/install/slack-desc
 cat $CWD/doinst.sh > $PKG/install/doinst.sh
 
 # Let's not clobber config files
-cd $PKG/etc/ardour5
+cd $PKG/etc/ardour6
   for i in $(find . -type f) ; do
     mv $i $i.new
-    echo "config etc/ardour5/$i.new" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
+    echo "config etc/ardour6/$i.new" >> $PKG/install/doinst.sh
   done
 cd -
 
diff --git a/audio/ardour/ardour.info b/audio/ardour/ardour.info
index 480f145a9a..623e9feee4 100644
--- a/audio/ardour/ardour.info
+++ b/audio/ardour/ardour.info
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PRGNAM="ardour"
-VERSION="5.12.0"
+VERSION="6.0"
 HOMEPAGE="http://ardour.org"
-DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/Ardour-5.12.0.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="cb45f31a59dd5a0da07422e4ac1c44fd"
+DOWNLOAD="http://ponce.cc/slackware/sources/repo/Ardour-6.0.tar.xz"
+MD5SUM="431990c6de9b87bb8a19d8228e55dc4c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
-REQUIRES="aubio jack liblo liblrdf vamp-plugin-sdk rubberband lv2 cwiid lilv"
+REQUIRES="aubio jack liblo liblrdf vamp-plugin-sdk rubberband cwiid lilv"
 MAINTAINER="Matteo Bernardini"
 EMAIL="ponce@slackbuilds.org"