diff --git a/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.conf b/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..083c18829
--- /dev/null
+++ b/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+#
+# Filename: package/.../ghostscript/ghostscript.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2010 The OpenSDE Project
+#
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+#enable shared libraries instalation
+var_append makeinstopt ' ' 'soinstall'
diff --git a/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.desc b/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.desc
index 58f06bb48..5e88d4049 100644
--- a/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.desc
+++ b/graphic/ghostscript/ghostscript.desc
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 8.71
+[V] 8.71.1
 [P] X -----5---9 142.700
 
-[D] 2805087669 ghostscript-8.71.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ghostscript/
+[D] 3846483336 gnu-ghostscript-8.71.1.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ghostscript/
 [D] 2159331958 pdf_sec.ps http://foam.wonderslug.com/~geoffk/pdfencrypt/