diff --git a/srcpkgs/jack/depends b/srcpkgs/jack/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f3365cd359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/jack/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+abi_depends=">=1.9.7"
+api_depends="${abi_depends}"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/jack/jack-devel.template b/srcpkgs/jack/jack-devel.template
index 5cedde90a4a..245a624652e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jack/jack-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jack/jack-devel.template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ long_desc="${long_desc}
 
  This package contains files for development, headers, static libs, etc."
 
-revision=1
+revision=2
 
 Add_dependency run libsamplerate-devel
 Add_dependency run alsa-lib-devel
diff --git a/srcpkgs/jack/template b/srcpkgs/jack/template
index 70834cb5dea..50292d30b07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jack/template
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'jack'
 pkgname=jack
 version=1.9.7
+revision=1
 homepage="http://jackaudio.org/"
 distfiles="http://www.grame.fr/~letz/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 build_style=custom-install