diff --git a/net-misc/axel/axel-2.16.1.recipe b/net-misc/axel/axel-2.17.11.recipe
similarity index 86%
rename from net-misc/axel/axel-2.16.1.recipe
rename to net-misc/axel/axel-2.17.11.recipe
index 81db48141..11be464e6 100644
--- a/net-misc/axel/axel-2.16.1.recipe
+++ b/net-misc/axel/axel-2.17.11.recipe
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ COPYRIGHT="2001-2007 Wilmer van der Gaast,
 	2017 Ismael Luceno,
 	2017 Antonio Quartulli, and others."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
-REVISION="3"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/axel-download-accelerator/axel/archive/v$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="64529add74df3db828f704b42d4ec3fcdacb8142c84f051f9213637c337e706c"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="584ab6eed53315ff817eabd73bed0468ce27a0582d076ab2d169d6430a13b252"
 SOURCE_FILENAME="axel-$portVersion.tar.gz"
 PATCHES="axel-$portVersion.patchset"
 
@@ -43,11 +43,12 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
 	devel:libcrypto$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libgettextlib$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libintl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libssl$secondaryArchSuffix
 
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	autoconf_archive
 	cmd:aclocal
 	cmd:autoconf
 	cmd:awk
@@ -56,14 +57,14 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:gettext$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:make
 	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:txt2man
 	"
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	touch man/axel.1
-	autoreconf -i
-	runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir ./configure --bindir="$commandBinDir"
-
+	autoreconf -fi
+	CFLAGS=-Wno-error runConfigure --omit-dirs binDir \
+		./configure --bindir="$commandBinDir"
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
diff --git a/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.16.1.patchset b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.16.1.patchset
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d7f56671..000000000
--- a/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.16.1.patchset
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-From c59fbaf00a62fdf8c9a16cb84d3ec7b9575c01f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:44:33 +0200
-Subject: Fix for Haiku
-
-
-diff --git a/src/tcp.c b/src/tcp.c
-index 6be557b..1c3f4b4 100644
---- a/src/tcp.c
-+++ b/src/tcp.c
-@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@
- #include <netdb.h>
- #include <sys/ioctl.h>
- 
-+#ifdef __HAIKU__
-+#include <sys/sockio.h>
-+#endif
- 
- static void
- tcp_error(char *buffer, char *hostname, int port, const char *reason)
--- 
-2.14.2
-
-
-From c43511cc739554eed9b2146547614b6ca77aa557 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
-Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:54:03 +0200
-Subject: Haiku specific lib
-
-
-diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
-index 9a311db..5c1cdad 100644
---- a/configure.ac
-+++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@ HP-UX )
-     fi
-     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $AXEL_EXTRA_FLAGS -lpthread"
- ;;
-+Haiku )
-+    LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lnetwork"
-+;;
- * )
-     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -pthread"
- ;;
--- 
-2.14.2
-
diff --git a/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.17.11.patchset b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.17.11.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..abcc4a1a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/axel/patches/axel-2.17.11.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From ae0f1d7bd30ab226e6cc7b43f0b32d075e9c6d5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
+Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:54:03 +0200
+Subject: Haiku specific lib
+
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index e05f95b..dd0a9db 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ AS_CASE(["$host_os"],
+       LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -L/usr/local/lib/hpux32"
+     ])
+   ],
++  [haiku*], [
++    LIBS="$LIBS -lnetwork"
++  ],
+   [*mingw32], [
+     AC_DEFINE([_WIN32_WINNT], [0x0600],
+               [Request NT 6 API to expose AI_ADDRCONFIG in WinSock2])
+-- 
+2.37.3
+
+
+From 5f3c6f08aacae84742287bb10d49c698abc3e639 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
+Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2017 19:44:33 +0200
+Subject: Fix for Haik
+
+
+diff --git a/src/tcp.c b/src/tcp.c
+index edc1fb3..79d5e36 100644
+--- a/src/tcp.c
++++ b/src/tcp.c
+@@ -52,6 +52,10 @@
+ #include <netinet/tcp.h>
+ #include "axel.h"
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++#include <sys/sockio.h>
++#endif
++
+ #ifndef TCP_FASTOPEN_CONNECT
+ #ifdef __linux__
+ #define TCP_FASTOPEN_CONNECT 30
+-- 
+2.37.3
+