diff --git a/srcpkgs/ed/template b/srcpkgs/ed/template
index 0cbbbb67012..90f568c66bf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ed/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ed/template
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'ed'
 pkgname=ed
-version=1.8
-revision=2
+version=1.10
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="lzip"
 short_desc="GNU Line-oriented text editor"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/ed/ed.html"
-distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=64c138d33b1ea4b9daa88e045da0619e2a43cb99a9d378417d20163f410a7273
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ed/ed-$version.tar.lz"
+checksum=9540092c12309b2f4a294fdb8f5bd25f1ad5906a627518486e7733576a637e9a
 
 do_build() {
 	make CC=$CC