diff --git a/network/wireshark/README b/network/wireshark/README
index f2ee8364d7..df4dae5664 100644
--- a/network/wireshark/README
+++ b/network/wireshark/README
@@ -17,3 +17,8 @@ If you use a filesystem that supports posix capabilities, an easy way to
 start wireshark as a normal user, while still providing it with all of the 
 access permissions it requires, is by issuing the following command:
   $ setcap cap_net_raw,cap_net_admin=eip /usr/bin/dumpcap
+
+You will need to remove any already-installed wireshark package before 
+building this one or else the new one will not work (the new build will
+link libraries present in the old package, which will then be removed 
+when upgrading).
diff --git a/network/wireshark/wireshark.SlackBuild b/network/wireshark/wireshark.SlackBuild
index 250f66f79d..62a01972f2 100644
--- a/network/wireshark/wireshark.SlackBuild
+++ b/network/wireshark/wireshark.SlackBuild
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 # OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
 PRGNAM=wireshark
-VERSION=${VERSION:-1.8.6}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-1.10.3}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 
@@ -63,15 +63,15 @@ rm -rf $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 tar xvf $CWD/$PRGNAM-$VERSION.tar.bz2
 cd $PRGNAM-$VERSION
 chown -R root:root .
-find . \
-  \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
-  -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
-  \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) \
-  -exec chmod 644 {} \;
+find -L . \
+ \( -perm 777 -o -perm 775 -o -perm 711 -o -perm 555 -o -perm 511 \) \
+ -exec chmod 755 {} \; -o \
+ \( -perm 666 -o -perm 664 -o -perm 640 -o -perm 600 -o -perm 444 \
+ -o -perm 440 -o -perm 400 \) -exec chmod 644 {} \;
 
 # Ammend hardcoded paths to /usr/lib/ which will give a problem when compiling on
 # systems with 32bit compat libs install. Thanks to Heinz Wiesinger.
-sed -i "s|/lib)|/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX)|g" configure.in
+sed -i "s|/lib)|/lib$LIBDIRSUFFIX)|g" configure.ac
 
 CFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
 CXXFLAGS="$SLKCFLAGS" \
diff --git a/network/wireshark/wireshark.info b/network/wireshark/wireshark.info
index 683ab133bb..5a80ecd68f 100644
--- a/network/wireshark/wireshark.info
+++ b/network/wireshark/wireshark.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="wireshark"
-VERSION="1.8.6"
+VERSION="1.10.3"
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.wireshark.org/"
-DOWNLOAD="http://www.wireshark.org/download/src/all-versions/wireshark-1.8.6.tar.bz2"
-MD5SUM="317361e701936c72f7f18f857059b944"
+DOWNLOAD="http://wiresharkdownloads.riverbed.com/wireshark/src/wireshark-1.10.3.tar.bz2"
+MD5SUM="ceb4b2bac5607d948e00bd950461be1c"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""