diff --git a/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/meta b/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/meta
index bab20f2382..31bb480266 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/remote/lirc/meta
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 PKG_NAME="lirc"
-PKG_VERSION="20100731"
+PKG_VERSION="0.8.7-pre3"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.lirc.org"
-PKG_URL="http://sources.openelec.tv/svn/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_URL="http://lirc.org/software/snapshots/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
 PKG_DEPENDS=""
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"