diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index ee8180c0824..76488f92f40 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -3373,6 +3373,7 @@ libzck.so.1 zchunk-1.0.2_2
 librec.so.1 librec1-1.8_1
 libfixposix.so.3 libfixposix-0.4.3_1
 libgerv.so.1 gerbv-2.6.2_1
+libtexpdf.so.0 libtexpdf-0.9.5_1
 libupstart.so.1 libupstart-1.13.3_1
 librtas.so.2 librtas-2.0.2_1
 librtasevent.so.2 librtas-2.0.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtexpdf b/srcpkgs/libtexpdf
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..be798c4933e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtexpdf
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtexpdf-devel b/srcpkgs/libtexpdf-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..be798c4933e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtexpdf-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+sile
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch b/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch
index fabc9e1c50e..3ce28fc6b9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/sile/patches/lua.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
---- sile.in	2016-06-09 10:57:37.000000000 +0000
-+++ -	2018-06-21 20:22:13.514804438 +0000
+--- sile.in	2019-01-07 09:48:08.943943000 +0100
++++ -	2019-01-07 23:26:28.635815999 +0100
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!@LUA@
 +#!@LUA@@LUA_VERSION@
- package.path = (os.getenv("SILE_PATH") and
- os.getenv("SILE_PATH").."/?.lua" or "") .. ';?.lua;@SILE_PATH@/?.lua;@SILE_PATH@/lua-libraries/?.lua;@SILE_PATH@/lua-libraries/?/init.lua;lua-libraries/?.lua;lua-libraries/?/init.lua;' .. package.path
- package.cpath = package.cpath .. ";core/?.@SHARED_LIB_EXT@;@SILE_LIB_PATH@/?.@SHARED_LIB_EXT@;"
+ SYSTEM_SILE_PATH = "@SILE_PATH@"
+ SYSTEM_SILE_LIB_PATH = "@SILE_LIB_PATH@"
+ SHARED_LIB_EXT = "@SHARED_LIB_EXT@"
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sile/template b/srcpkgs/sile/template
index 3a730e62ff7..40f6d232d21 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sile/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sile/template
@@ -1,27 +1,54 @@
 # Template file for 'sile'
 pkgname=sile
-version=0.9.4
-revision=3
+version=0.9.5
+revision=1
+_libtexpdf_commit=1c9c3722d08e4e44695bdea41cd5a5118c8a120a
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config libtool automake"
 makedepends="harfbuzz-devel lua51-devel lua51-lpeg luaexpat
- lua51-zlib luafilesystem"
-depends="lua51-lpeg luaexpat lua51-zlib luafilesystem"
+ lua51-zlib luafilesystem luasocket lua51-luasec"
+depends="lua51-lpeg luaexpat lua51-zlib luafilesystem luasocket
+ lua51-luasec"
 short_desc="Modern typesetting system inspired by TeX"
 maintainer="John <johnz@posteo.net>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.sile-typesetter.org/"
-distfiles="https://github.com/simoncozens/sile/releases/download/v${version}/sile-${version}.tar.bz2"
-checksum=1c696679e5243d0448705db86227eec57a000846f02a964f882b7978c46954d5
+distfiles="https://github.com/simoncozens/sile/archive/v${version}.tar.gz
+ https://github.com/simoncozens/libtexpdf/archive/${_libtexpdf_commit}.tar.gz"
+checksum="89f28ee77a1eb928ca30060864b57007b4f447f08dc021dd0d013e363ccb9407
+ 01b650ed383b7c68869bfe7f45213c1fbb6a7892d770ce9716aba787f8b380ad"
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" lua51 lua51-lpeg luaexpat lua51-zlib luafilesystem"
+	hostmakedepends+=" lua51 lua51-lpeg luaexpat lua51-zlib luafilesystem
+	 luasocket lua51-luasec"
 fi
 
 post_extract() {
-	sed 's/rm -f core/rm -f/' -i configure
+	mv ${wrksrc}/../libtexpdf-${_libtexpdf_commit}/* ${wrksrc}/libtexpdf
+	rm -rf ${wrksrc}/../libtexpdf-${_libtexpdf_commit}
+}
+
+pre_configure() {
+	./bootstrap.sh
 }
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE
 }
+
+libtexpdf_package() {
+	short_desc="PDF library extracted from TeX's dvipdfmx"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove "usr/lib/libtexpdf.so.*"
+	}
+}
+
+libtexpdf-devel_package() {
+	short_desc="PDF library extracted from TeX's dvipdfmx - (development files)"
+	depends="libtexpdf-${version}_${revision}"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+	}
+}