diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs b/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs
index 5a94a4e044..5677973928 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/i3status.rshlibs
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ libconfuse.so.0
 libiw.so.29
 libasound.so.2
 libc.so.6
+libyajl.so.2
diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3status/template b/srcpkgs/i3status/template
index addadea0bc..19fd0fbc64 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3status/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3status/template
@@ -1,30 +1,23 @@
 # Template file for 'i3status'
 pkgname=i3status
-version=2.3
-homepage="http://i3wm.org/i3status"
-distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-depends="libcap-progs"
-makedepends="asciidoc confuse-devel wireless_tools-devel alsa-lib-devel"
+version=2.5.1
 revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+depends="libcap-progs"
+makedepends="asciidoc yajl-devel confuse-devel wireless_tools-devel alsa-lib-devel"
+conf_files="/etc/i3status.conf"
 short_desc="Generates status bar to use with dzen2 or xmobar."
 maintainer="davehome <davehome@redthumb.info.tm>"
 license="BSD"
-checksum=552dac4649f4e142c88ad3c42faace1fc372515c1b9dd979ebca58d36fa4bb1a
+homepage="http://i3wm.org/i3status"
+distfiles="${homepage}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum=7734efdf79a77617023f1e6d80080251eab3a05defb67313283568511d3e58f2
 long_desc="
  i3 is a tiling window manager, completely written from scratch. The target
  platforms are GNU/Linux and BSD operating systems, our code is Free and Open
  Source Software (FOSS) under the BSD license. i3 is primarily targeted at
  advanced users and developers."
 
-conf_files="/etc/i3status.conf"
-
-
-
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs}
-}
-
-do_install() {
-	make ${makejobs} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install
+post_install() {
 	vinstall LICENSE 644 usr/share/licenses/${pkgname}
 }