diff --git a/srcpkgs/qemu/template b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
index 030942196e..fe0ee14fad 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qemu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qemu/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'qemu'
 pkgname=qemu
-version=2.2.1
-revision=3
+version=2.3.0
+revision=1
 short_desc="Open Source Processor Emulator"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://qemu.org"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://wiki.qemu.org/download/qemu-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=4617154c6ef744b83e10b744e392ad111dd351d435d6563ce24d8da75b1335a0
+checksum=b6bab7f763d5be73e7cb5ee7d4c8365b7a8df2972c52fa5ded18893bd8281588
 
 nostrip=yes
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config perl python automake libtool flex"
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		--enable-vhost-net --enable-vnc-png --enable-vnc-tls --enable-virtfs \
 		--enable-libusb --disable-glusterfs --enable-snappy --enable-usb-redir \
 		--enable-pie --localstatedir=/var $(vopt_enable spice) \
-		$(vopt_if sdl "--with-sdlabi=1.0") \
+		$(vopt_if sdl "--with-sdlabi=1.2") \
 		$(vopt_if sdl2 "--with-sdlabi=2.0") \
 		$(vopt_enable gtk) ${args}
 }