diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ad1802e6db..b5e0885a49 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -940,8 +940,8 @@ libsystemd-daemon.so.0 systemd-libs-43_1
 libsystemd-id128.so.0 systemd-libs-43_1
 libsystemd-journal.so.0 systemd-libs-43_1
 libsystemd-login.so.0 systemd-libs-43_1
-libplist.so.1 libplist-1.4_1
-libplist++.so.1 libplist++-1.4_1
+libplist.so.3 libplist-1.12_1
+libplist++.so.3 libplist++-1.12_1
 libnsbmp.so.0 libnsbmp-0.0.3_1
 libnsgif.so.0 libnsgif-0.0.3_1
 libparserutils.so.0 libparserutils-0.1.1_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libplist/template b/srcpkgs/libplist/template
index da513912ef..04242c704c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libplist/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libplist/template
@@ -1,41 +1,44 @@
 # Template file for 'libplist'
 pkgname=libplist
-version=1.8
-revision=5
-build_style=cmake
-configure_args="-DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON"
-hostmakedepends="cmake swig python-devel Cython"
+version=1.12
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+configure_args="--disable-static"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python-devel Cython"
 makedepends="python-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Apple Property List library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://libimobiledevice.org/"
 distfiles="http://www.libimobiledevice.org/downloads/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=a418da3880308199b74766deef2a760a9b169b81a868a6a9032f7614e20500ec
+checksum=0effdedcb3de128c4930d8c03a3854c74c426c16728b8ab5f0a5b6bdc0b644be
 
-disable_parallel_build=yes
-
-libplist++_package() {
-	short_desc+=" -- C++ runtime library"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/libplist++.so.*"
-	}
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -i 's,-L$(libdir),,g' cython/Makefile.am
+	export PYTHON_CPPFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"
+	export PYTHON_LDFLAGS="-L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib -lpython2.7"
+	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
+libplist++_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - C++ runtime library"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/libplist++.so.*
+	}
+}
 libplist-python_package() {
 	lib32disabled=yes
-	short_desc+=" -- Python bindings"
+	short_desc+=" - Python bindings"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/lib/python2.7
 	}
 }
-
 libplist-devel_package() {
 	depends="libplist++>=${version}_${revision} libplist>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 	}
 }