diff --git a/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.conf b/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.conf
index 60043884d..a03201c14 100644
--- a/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.conf
+++ b/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.conf
@@ -20,20 +20,11 @@
 # 
 # --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
 
-makeopt="$makeopt SRCDICTS=\$datadir/dict/words \
-         DICTPATH=\$datadir/dict/cracklib_dict"
+makeopt="$makeopt DICTPATH=\$datadir/\$xpkg/pw_dict"
+makeinstopt="$makeinstopt DICTPATH=\$datadir/\$xpkg/pw_dict"
 
-makeinstopt="$makeinstopt SRCDICTS=\$datadir/dict/words \
-             DICTPATH=\$datadir/dict/cracklib_dict"
-
-cl_pm(){
-	cp -f cracklib/libcrack.a $libdir
-	chmod +r $libdir/libcrack.a
-	cp -f cracklib/packer.h $includedir
-	chmod +r $includedir/packer.h
-	cp -f cracklib/crack.h $includedir
-	chmod +r $includedir/crack.h
+cracklib_pm() {
+	$MAKE DICTPATH=$datadir/$xpkg/pw_dict dict
 }
 
-hook_add postmake 3 cl_pm
-
+hook_add postmake 5 cracklib_pm
diff --git a/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.desc b/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.desc
index dddeb5df4..7c72be60b 100644
--- a/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.desc
+++ b/package/base/cracklib/cracklib.desc
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 [T] really, but you only need to use one of them) which may be used in a
 [T] "passwd"-like program.
 
-[U] http://www.crypticide.com/users/alecm/
+[U] http://sourceforge.net/projects/cracklib
 
 [A] Alec Muffett <alecm@crypto.dircon.co.uk>
 [M] Chris Hamilton <chris@ambigc.com>
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@
 [F] CORE
 [L] OpenSource
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.7
+[V] 2.8.6
 [P] X -?-3-----9 178.500
 
-[D] 3458244068 cracklib,2.7.tar.gz http://www.crypticide.com/users/alecm/security/
+[D] 4165831858 cracklib-2.8.6.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/cracklib/