diff --git a/srcpkgs/blender/template b/srcpkgs/blender/template
index 79a455532b2..f83685b32c8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/blender/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/blender/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'blender'
 pkgname=blender
-version=2.72b
+version=2.73
 revision=1
 hostmakedepends="cmake"
 # XXX missing deps: openimageio, opencolorio
@@ -8,19 +8,18 @@ makedepends="
  libgomp-devel libpng-devel tiff-devel python3.4-devel glu-devel
  glew-devel freetype-devel jack-devel libopenal-devel libsndfile-devel
  libsamplerate-devel ffmpeg-devel fftw-devel boost-devel pcre-devel llvm
- libopenexr-devel>=2.2"
+ libopenexr-devel>=2.2 libopenjpeg-devel libXi-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 build_style="cmake"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <eb@s01.de>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://blender.org"
 distfiles="http://mirror.cs.umn.edu/blender.org/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=4436c704afa28e2e5e7b28b2c06981806ddedab70565d40972e422c00644bf47
+checksum=bb4735aacdc18a3eaabb90c62d7fbde105af3a6a2c11e21248130670809cfc57
 short_desc="3D graphics creation suite"
 configure_args="
 -DWITH_INSTALL_PORTABLE=OFF
 -DWITH_PYTHON_INSTALL=OFF
--DFREETYPE_INCLUDE_DIRS=/usr/include/freetype2
 -DWITH_GAMEENGINE=ON
 -DWITH_JACK=ON
 -DWITH_PLAYER=ON
@@ -31,6 +30,7 @@ configure_args="
 -DWITH_MOD_OCEANSIM=ON
 -DWITH_CYCLES=OFF
 -DWITH_IMAGE_OPENEXR=ON
+-DWITH_IMAGE_OPENJPEG=ON
 -DPYTHON_VERSION=3.4
 -DPYTHON_LIBPATH=/usr/lib
 -DPYTHON_LIBRARY=python3.4m