diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/patches/libgdiplus0-giflib5.patch b/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/patches/libgdiplus0-giflib5.patch
index 4ee37ff960..1ae37ff1c2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/patches/libgdiplus0-giflib5.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/patches/libgdiplus0-giflib5.patch
@@ -1,21 +1,5 @@
 --- src/gifcodec.c
 +++ src/gifcodec.c
-@@ -39,8 +39,15 @@ GUID gdip_gif_image_format_guid = {0xb96
- 
- #include "gifcodec.h"
- 
-+#if !defined(GIFLIB_MAJOR) || GIFLIB_MAJOR < 5
- /* giflib declares this incorrectly as EgifOpen */
- extern GifFileType *EGifOpen(void *userData, OutputFunc writeFunc);
-+#endif
-+#if !defined(GIFLIB_MAJOR) || !(GIFLIB_MAJOR > 5 || \
-+    (GIFLIB_MAJOR == 5 && GIFLIB_MINOR >= 1))
-+#	define DGifCloseFile(a, b) DGifCloseFile(a)
-+#	define EGifCloseFile(a, b) EGifCloseFile(a)
-+#endif
- 
- /* Data structure used for callback */
- typedef struct
 @@ -105,7 +112,7 @@ gdip_gif_inputfunc (GifFileType *gif, Gi
  */
  
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/template b/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/template
index 75a916ffb6..86b47fe2cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgdiplus/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'libgdiplus'
 pkgname=libgdiplus
-version=3.8
+version=3.12
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-cairo=system"
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.go-mono.org"
 license="LGPL-2, MPL"
 distfiles="http://download.mono-project.com/sources/${pkgname}/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=6a3cfb4a1b67dd09197c385bacb8654f8d7ff49499f39c57825e1a8f77e69b28
+checksum=e61c4dc1bc2ba993e4f79029472efcf5760eb9e60eb20d9cd31f0ebe9113bfc9
 
 libgdiplus-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"