diff --git a/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.4.recipe b/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.recipe
similarity index 70%
rename from app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.4.recipe
rename to app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.recipe
index 0c03a3aa1..ea97bf73c 100644
--- a/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.4.recipe
+++ b/app-arch/snappy/snappy-1.1.7.recipe
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@ for most inputs, but the resulting compressed files are anywhere from 20% to \
 HOMEPAGE="https://google.github.io/snappy/"
 COPYRIGHT="2005-2017 Google Inc"
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/google/snappy/releases/download/$portVersion/snappy-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="134bfe122fd25599bb807bb8130e7ba6d9bdb851e0b16efcb83ac4f5d0b70057"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="3dfa02e873ff51a11ee02b9ca391807f0c8ea0529a4924afa645fbf97163f9d4"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	snappy$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1
-	lib:libsnappy$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.3.1 compat >= 1
+	lib:libsnappy$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	snappy${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 1
-	devel:libsnappy$secondaryArchSuffix = 1.3.1 compat >= 1
+	devel:libsnappy$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 1
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	snappy$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
@@ -35,34 +35,31 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	cmd:aclocal
-	cmd:autoconf
-	cmd:autoheader
-	cmd:automake
+	cmd:cmake
 	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
-	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
 	"
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	runConfigure ./configure
+	mkdir -p build && cd build
+	cmake .. $cmakeDirArgs -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
+	cd build
 	make install
 
-	rm $libDir/libsnappy.la
-
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib libsnappy
 	packageEntries devel \
-		$developDir
+		$developDir \
+		$libDir/cmake
 }
 
 TEST()
 {
-	make check
+	build/snappy_unittest
 }