diff --git a/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch
index 92a67a34dd..c118d94b55 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/ferm/patches/mod_makefile.patch
@@ -1,32 +1,30 @@
---- Makefile.orig	2016-10-16 22:36:18.259994713 +0200
-+++ Makefile	2016-10-16 22:44:28.558985932 +0200
+--- Makefile.orig	2017-08-12 17:55:29.265988875 +0200
++++ Makefile	2017-08-12 17:56:17.492988011 +0200
 @@ -122,7 +122,6 @@
  	rm -rf $(DISTDIR)
  	install -d -m 755 $(DISTDIR) $(DISTDIR)/src $(DISTDIR)/doc $(DISTDIR)/examples
  	install -m 755 src/ferm src/import-ferm $(DISTDIR)/src
 -	install -m 644 ferm.service $(DISTDIR)
  	install -m 644 doc/ferm.pod doc/ferm.txt doc/ferm.html doc/ferm.1 doc/import-ferm.1 $(DISTDIR)/doc
- 	install -m 644 config.mk Makefile AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README TODO $(DISTDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 config.mk Makefile AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README.rst TODO $(DISTDIR)
  	install -m 644 $(wildcard examples/*.ferm) $(DISTDIR)/examples
-@@ -137,11 +136,10 @@
+@@ -137,10 +136,10 @@
  .PHONY: install uninstall
  
  install: all
 -	install -d -m 755 $(DOCDIR)/examples $(PREFIX)/sbin $(SERVICEDIR)
 +	install -d -m 755 $(DOCDIR)/examples $(PREFIX)/bin $(SERVICEDIR)
- 	install -m 644 AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README TODO $(DOCDIR)
+ 	install -m 644 AUTHORS COPYING NEWS README.rst TODO $(DOCDIR)
  	install -m 644 examples/*.ferm $(DOCDIR)/examples
 -	install -m 755 src/ferm src/import-ferm $(PREFIX)/sbin/
--	install -m 644 ferm.service $(SERVICEDIR)
 +	install -m 755 src/ferm src/import-ferm $(PREFIX)/bin/
+ 	install -m 644 ferm.service $(SERVICEDIR)
  
  	install -d -m 755 $(DOCDIR) $(MANDIR)
- 	install -m 644 doc/ferm.txt doc/ferm.html $(DOCDIR)
-@@ -151,8 +149,7 @@
- uninstall:
+@@ -152,7 +151,7 @@
  	rm -rf $(DOCDIR)
  	rm -f $(MANDIR)/ferm.1 $(MANDIR)/import-ferm.1
--	rm -f $(SERVICEDIR)/ferm.service
+ 	rm -f $(SERVICEDIR)/ferm.service
 -	rm -f $(PREFIX)/sbin/ferm $(PREFIX)/sbin/import-ferm
 +	rm -f $(PREFIX)/bin/ferm $(PREFIX)/bin/import-ferm
  
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ferm/template b/srcpkgs/ferm/template
index 262bff90d1..a4f7c96c16 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ferm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ferm/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'ferm'
 pkgname=ferm
-version=2.4
+version=2.4.1
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 depends="perl iptables"
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ short_desc="Frontend for iptables"
 maintainer="johannes <johannes.brechtmann@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/"
-distfiles="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/download/2.4/ferm-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1293d56d6e9d3e3a389c54919fee5a4323ce81fc8b25eee8f3296a858410d470
+distfiles="http://ferm.foo-projects.org/download/2.4/ferm-${version}.tar.xz"
+checksum=8a6f7d5beeac07c574bef7a6f938ef543c08aaa0b9980830b9dafb11cae468bb
 
 do_install() {
 	make install PREFIX=${DESTDIR}/usr