diff --git a/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.8.recipe b/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.9.recipe
similarity index 90%
rename from games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.8.recipe
rename to games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.9.recipe
index eab860147..398c6218c 100644
--- a/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.8.recipe
+++ b/games-strategy/freeciv/freeciv-2.5.9.recipe
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@ adjustable parameters to make customizing games possible.
 Freeciv has been implemented completely independently of Civilization; \
 you do not need to own Civilization to play Freeciv."
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.freeciv.org"
-COPYRIGHT="1996-2016 The Freeciv Team"
+COPYRIGHT="1996-2017 The Freeciv Team"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/freeciv/Freeciv%202.5/$portVersion/freeciv-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="6781e655c514d0a86975c87235de24f740cbdf81f33711d68a910b360963bd30"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="b83c73585ae80898b27379984f936591b51422c9caccb94880fa16030c975928"
 ADDITIONAL_FILES="freeciv.rdef.in"
 PATCHES="freeciv-$portVersion.patchset"
 
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ PROVIDES="
 	cmd:freeciv_manual$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:freeciv_sdl$secondaryArchSuffix
 	cmd:freeciv_server$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libfreeciv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libfreeciv_srv$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
 REQUIRES="
@@ -85,7 +87,8 @@ BUILD()
 {
 	autoreconf -fi
 	runConfigure ./configure --datarootdir=$dataRootDir --datadir=$dataDir \
-		--enable-client=sdl --enable-fcmp=no --enable-sys-lua
+		--enable-client=sdl --enable-fcmp=no --enable-sys-lua --enable-shared \
+		--enable-aimodules
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -112,7 +115,6 @@ INSTALL()
 
 	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/Freeciv
 	mv $prefix/share/* $dataRootDir
-	rm -rf $prefix/share
-
-	rm -rf $prefix/lib
+	rmdir $prefix/share
+	rm -f $libDir/*.a $libDir/*.la
 }
diff --git a/games-strategy/freeciv/patches/freeciv-2.5.8.patchset b/games-strategy/freeciv/patches/freeciv-2.5.9.patchset
similarity index 100%
rename from games-strategy/freeciv/patches/freeciv-2.5.8.patchset
rename to games-strategy/freeciv/patches/freeciv-2.5.9.patchset