diff --git a/media-libs/pdflib/pdflib-5.0.3.recipe b/media-libs/pdflib/pdflib-5.0.3.recipe
index f4e41e51d..c0f8300ee 100644
--- a/media-libs/pdflib/pdflib-5.0.3.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/pdflib/pdflib-5.0.3.recipe
@@ -15,24 +15,24 @@ REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="http://download.polytechnic.edu.na/pub2/openpkg1/sources/DST/pdflib/PDFlib-Lite-5.0.3-Unix-src.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="4908d84c7836cd11677c48df8d9a0bdf0021a358853804621663458fc0c94077"
 SOURCE_DIR="PDFlib-Lite-$portVersion-Unix-src"
-#PATCHES="projectx-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
-	pdflib$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
-	lib:libpdf$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	pdflib = $portVersion
+	lib:libpdf = $portVersion
 	"
 REQUIRES="
-	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	haiku
 	"
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
-	pdflib${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
-	devel:libpdf$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	pdflib_devel = $portVersion
+	cmd:pdflib_config = $portVersion
+	devel:libpdf = $portVersion
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
-	pdflib$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	pdflib == $portVersion base
 	"
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
@@ -41,34 +41,40 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:libtool
 	cmd:libtoolize
-	cmd:aclocal
-	cmd:autoconf
-	cmd:automake
 	cmd:make
-	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:ld
 	"
 
 PATCH()
 {
-	cp /system/data/libtool/libltdl/aclocal.m4 config/aclocal.m4
+	if [ "$effectiveTargetArchitecture" == x86_gcc2 ]; then
+		sed -i "s/-lstdc++/-lstdc++.r4/g" configure
+	fi
 }
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	libtoolize -fci
-	aclocal
-	autoconf
+	/bin/libtoolize -fci
+	cp /bin/libtool config/ltmain.sh
 	runConfigure --omit-dirs "docDir dataRootDir" ./configure \
-		--enable-shared --with-libm=-lroot
+		--enable-shared --with-libm=-lroot --with-pic --without-PSP \
+		--without-perl --disable-debug
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	make install
+	mkdir -p $binDir
+	# libtool install rule is semi-busted
+	make install || true
+
+	mkdir -p $libDir
+	cp "./libs/pdflib/.libs/libpdf.so" $libDir/libpdf.so
 
 	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
-		libprojectx
+		libpdf
 	packageEntries devel \
+		$binDir \
 		$developDir
 }