diff --git a/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template b/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template
index 7e64ee0ccd..26a48e6922 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template
@@ -1,22 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'cabal-install'
 pkgname=cabal-install
-version=1.24.0.0
+version=1.24.0.1
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="ghc curl"
 makedepends="gmp-devel libffi-devel zlib-devel"
 depends="ghc"
 short_desc="Command-line interface for Cabal and Hackage"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
-license="custom"
+license="3-clause-BSD"
 homepage="http://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install"
-distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/$pkgname/$version/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=d840ecfd0a95a96e956b57fb2f3e9c81d9fc160e1fd0ea350b0d37d169d9e87e
+distfiles="http://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=09f5fd8a2aa7f9565800a711a133f8142d36d59b38f59da09c25045b83ee9ecc
 nopie=yes  # network-2.6.0.2 build fails with a relocation
 
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i '/CABAL_VER_REGEXP=/s/0-9/1-9/' bootstrap.sh  # upstream 2627edf1
+}
 do_build() {
 	PREFIX=$PWD/build sh bootstrap.sh --user --no-doc
 }
-
 do_install() {
 	vbin build/bin/cabal
 	vlicense LICENSE
diff --git a/srcpkgs/cabal-install/update b/srcpkgs/cabal-install/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f338202560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/cabal-install/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site='http://www.stackage.org/lts'
+pattern='cabal-install-\K[\d.]+'