diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL b/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL
index 5680ddf187..0fc905273b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/INSTALL
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 case ${ACTION} in
 post)
+	# polkit rules must be owned by the polkit user
+	chown -R polkitd:polkitd usr/share/polkit-1/rules.d
+
 	cat <<_EOF
 ==========================================================================
 To make lightdm work a greeter package must be installed:
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lightdm/template b/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
index 311e18a6f3..9eaf3d9b32 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lightdm/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'lightdm'
 pkgname=lightdm
 version=1.8.5
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeter
  --with-greeter-user=lightdm --disable-static --disable-tests"
@@ -11,13 +11,6 @@ license="GPL-3, LGPL-3"
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/lightdm"
 distfiles="https://launchpad.net/lightdm/${version%.*}/$version/+download/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=c1a55800628c7a683a529e32646eae4be32295a09af049c9b15387acff0232a2
-long_desc="
- An X display manager that:
-  * Has a lightweight codebase
-  * Is standards compliant (PAM, ConsoleKit, etc)
-  * Has a well defined interface between the server and user interface
-  * Fully themeable (easiest with the webkit interface)
-  * Cross-desktop (greeters can be written in any toolkit)"
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool itstool gobject-introspection which"
 makedepends="dbus-glib-devel libxklavier-devel libxml2-devel
@@ -63,8 +56,8 @@ liblightdm-qt_package() {
 }
 
 lightdm-devel_package() {
-	depends="libglib-devel liblightdm-gobject-${version}_${revision}
-		liblightdm-qt-${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="libglib-devel liblightdm-gobject>=${version}_${revision}
+		liblightdm-qt>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include