diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/template b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
index da3cc6cc5e..92f9a5631e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libuv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template build file for 'libuv'
 pkgname=libuv
-version=1.6.1
+version=1.9.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-v${version}"
 short_desc="Multi-platform support library with a focus on asynchronous I/O"
@@ -10,12 +10,16 @@ build_style="gnu-configure"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 homepage="http://libuv.org/"
 distfiles="http://dist.libuv.org/dist/v${version}/libuv-v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=1a0b8030bc45a2c7b7cf44a89837bb43cf9e4484d8eb94652877f6dfdffc2a5f
+checksum=d595b2725abcce851c76239aab038adc126c58714cfb572b2ebb2d21b3593842
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }
 
+post_install() {
+	vlicense LICENSE
+}
+
 libuv-devel_package() {
 	depends="libuv>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libuv/update b/srcpkgs/libuv/update
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9cd16581a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libuv/update
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+site=http://dist.libuv.org/dist/
+pattern='v\K[\d.]+(?=\/)'
+