diff --git a/srcpkgs/jq/template b/srcpkgs/jq/template
index a7d30426363..17c2379406a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/jq/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/jq/template
@@ -1,20 +1,24 @@
 # Template file for 'jq'
 pkgname=jq
-version=1.4
-revision=2
+version=1.5
+revision=1
+wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool"
 short_desc="Command-line JSON processor"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
-license="custom"
+license="MIT"
 homepage="http://stedolan.github.io/jq/"
-distfiles="http://stedolan.github.io/jq/download/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=998c41babeb57b4304e65b4eb73094279b3ab1e63801b6b4bddd487ce009b39d
+distfiles="https://github.com/stedolan/${pkgname}/archive/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=d644aded536167e0cb7e3547d13decf0000312b5ed8e75be8f053b0ecdf39d83
 
+post_extract() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 post_install() {
 	rm -r ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/doc/$pkgname
 	vlicense COPYING
 }
-
 jq-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" -- development files"