diff --git a/srcpkgs/eggdrop/template b/srcpkgs/eggdrop/template
index 7790a5d6daf..ebe5eee57fe 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/eggdrop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/eggdrop/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'eggdrop'
 pkgname=eggdrop
-version=1.8.4
-revision=3
+version=1.9.0
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="tcl-devel"
 makedepends="tcl-devel openssl-devel zlib-devel"
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.eggheads.org/"
 distfiles="https://ftp.eggheads.org/pub/eggdrop/source/${version%.*}/eggdrop-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=79644eb27a5568934422fa194ce3ec21cfb9a71f02069d39813e85d99cdebf9e
+checksum=281bd6fb913db2ea9609e2b20315e242cbd7c582598c7b0d2854ad5afc54777b
+conf_files="/etc/eggdrop/text/banner /etc/eggdrop/text/motd"
 
 pre_build() {
 	make config