diff --git a/srcpkgs/devil-examples b/srcpkgs/devil-examples
deleted file mode 120000
index 5c8a37d3482..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/devil-examples
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-devil
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/devil/patches/fix-solib-versions.patch b/srcpkgs/devil/patches/fix-solib-versions.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7fba1d218e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/devil/patches/fix-solib-versions.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- DevIL/src-IL/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-02 01:03:56.000000000 +0100
++++ DevIL/src-IL/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-02 15:48:51.400299099 +0100
+@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
+ 
+ if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+     add_library(IL SHARED ${DevIL_SRCS} ${DevIL_INC} ${DevIL_RSRC} ${DevIL_TXT})
++    set_target_properties(IL PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
+ else(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+     add_library(IL ${DevIL_SRCS} ${DevIL_INC} ${DevIL_RSRC} ${DevIL_TXT})
+ endif(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+--- DevIL/src-ILU/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-02 01:03:56.000000000 +0100
++++ DevIL/src-ILU/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-02 15:53:22.944560222 +0100
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
+ 
+ # Remove SHARED to create a static library
+ add_library(ILU SHARED ${ILU_SRCS} ${ILU_INC} ${ILU_RSRC})
++set_target_properties(ILU PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
+ 
+ 
+ ## ILU requires IL
+--- DevIL/src-ILUT/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-02 01:03:56.000000000 +0100
++++ DevIL/src-ILUT/CMakeLists.txt	2017-01-02 15:54:12.176607698 +0100
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
+ 
+ # Remove SHARED to create a static library
+ add_library(ILUT SHARED ${ILUT_SRCS} ${ILUT_INC} ${ILUT_RSRC})
++set_target_properties(ILUT PROPERTIES SOVERSION 1)
+ 
+ ## add link sub library info
+ target_link_libraries(ILUT
diff --git a/srcpkgs/devil/patches/jasper-1.900.27.patch b/srcpkgs/devil/patches/jasper-1.900.27.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 09c34dacc91..00000000000
--- a/srcpkgs/devil/patches/jasper-1.900.27.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- src-IL/src/il_jp2.c.orig	2016-11-13 09:08:41.000000000 +0000
-+++ src-IL/src/il_jp2.c	2016-11-13 09:09:13.198423105 +0000
-@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@
- 			/* The buffer must be large enough to accommodate maximum
- 			  putback. */
- 			assert(bufsize > JAS_STREAM_MAXPUTBACK);
--			stream->bufbase_ = JAS_CAST(uchar *, buf);
-+			stream->bufbase_ = JAS_CAST(jas_uchar *, buf);
- 			stream->bufsize_ = bufsize - JAS_STREAM_MAXPUTBACK;
- 		}
- 	} else {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/devil/template b/srcpkgs/devil/template
index 537248d00a1..ed816f51d67 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/devil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/devil/template
@@ -1,57 +1,31 @@
 # Template file for 'devil'
 pkgname=devil
-version=1.7.8
-revision=4
-build_style=gnu-configure
+version=1.8.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc="DevIL"
+build_wrksrc="DevIL"
+build_style=cmake
 configure_args="--enable-ILU --enable-ILUT --with-examples"
-hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="lcms-devel libpng-devel libmng-devel jasper-devel
- glew-devel libfreeglut-devel SDL_image-devel"
+ glew-devel libfreeglut-devel libopenexr-devel SDL_image-devel"
 short_desc="Developer's Image Library"
 maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://openil.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/openil/DevIL-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=682ffa3fc894686156337b8ce473c954bf3f4fb0f3ecac159c73db632d28a8fd
-
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	makedepends+=" libopenexr-devel"
-fi
-
-pre_configure() {
-	autoreconf -if
-	# Replace obsolete libpng function names
-	sed -e "s;png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8;png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8;" \
-		-i ${wrksrc}/src-IL/src/il_png.c
-	sed -e "s;png_set_gray_1_2_4_to_8;png_set_expand_gray_1_2_4_to_8;" \
-		-i ${wrksrc}/src-IL/src/il_icon.c
-}
-
-post_configure() {
-	# Disable RESTRICT_KEYWORD for gcc5 and newer
-	if [ ${XBPS_GCC_VERSION_MAJOR} -gt 4 ]; then
-		sed -i include/IL/config.h \
-			-e's;#define RESTRICT_KEYWORD.*;#undef RESTRICT_KEYWORD;'
-	fi
-}
+checksum=0075973ee7dd89f0507873e2580ac78336452d29d34a07134b208f44e2feb709
+# The examples subpkg is gone
+replaces="devil-examples<1.8.0"
 
 devil-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmkdir usr/share/doc/devil
-		cp -aR docs/html docs/images ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/devil
+		cp -aR ${wrksrc}/DevIL-docs/*pdf ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/devil
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 	}
 }
-devil-examples_package() {
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" - examples"
-	pkg_install() {
-		vmove usr/share/devil/examples
-		cp -aR ${wrksrc}/examples/* ${PKGDESTDIR}/usr/share/devil/examples
-	}
-}