diff --git a/srcpkgs/ardour/template b/srcpkgs/ardour/template
index 89bd8cbd4e7..6a0fe30f56e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ardour/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ardour/template
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'ardour'
 pkgname=ardour
-version=4.2
+version=4.7
 revision=1
 build_style=waf
 configure_args="--with-backends=jack,alsa --libjack=weak --optimize --docs"
-hostmakedepends="python git graphviz doxygen pkg-config clang"
+hostmakedepends="python git graphviz doxygen pkg-config clang perl"
 makedepends="boost-devel liblrdf-devel liblo-devel lilv-devel suil-devel taglib-devel aubio-devel rubberband-devel alsa-lib-devel libsndfile-devel vamp-plugin-sdk-devel fftw-devel jack-devel libsamplerate-devel lv2 sratom-devel gtkmm2-devel"
 short_desc="Professional-grade digital audio workstation"
 maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <miwaxe@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://ardour.org"
-broken=yes
 CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"
 
 do_fetch() {
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ardour/update b/srcpkgs/ardour/update
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..71f30c1c68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ardour/update
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+site=https://api.github.com/repos/Ardour/ardour/tags
+pattern='"name":\s*"\K[^\d]*([\d\.]+)(?=")'