diff --git a/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.conf b/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1f0cf7b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+srcdir="$builddir/hplip-$ver"
+autoextract=0
+runpysetup=0
+hook_add preconf 5 "bash $archdir/hplip-$ver.run --target $srcdir --noexec ; cd $srcdir"
+
+var_append extraconfopt " " "--enable-hpijs-only-build"
diff --git a/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.desc b/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.desc
index fa14575a2..d72fe0bbd 100644
--- a/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.desc
+++ b/package/base/hpijs/hpijs.desc
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@
 
 [L] BSD
 [S] Stable
-[V] 2.1.4
+[V] 2.8.9
 [P] X --?--5---9 153.900
 
-[D] 3095101866 hpijs-2.1.4.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/hpinkjet/
+[D] 3692301734 hplip-2.8.9.run http://dl.sourceforge.net/hplip/