diff --git a/package/midori/0001-disable-libnotify.patch b/package/midori/0001-disable-libnotify.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..830ecff5e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/midori/0001-disable-libnotify.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+Disable libnotify support, we've got no package and it's not very useful
+in embedded targets anyway.
+The webmedia extension requires libnotify as well.
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+
+diff -Nura midori-0.5.9.orig/CMakeLists.txt midori-0.5.9/CMakeLists.txt
+--- midori-0.5.9.orig/CMakeLists.txt	2015-03-30 15:57:29.554632932 -0300
++++ midori-0.5.9/CMakeLists.txt	2015-03-30 15:57:35.299830192 -0300
+@@ -143,16 +143,7 @@
+     endif ()
+ endif ()
+ 
+-if (WIN32)
+-    add_definitions("-DLIBNOTIFY_VERSION=\"No\"")
+-else ()
+-    pkg_check_modules(NOTIFY REQUIRED libnotify)
+-    add_definitions("-DLIBNOTIFY_VERSION=\"${NOTIFY_VERSION}\"")
+-    add_definitions("-DHAVE_LIBNOTIFY")
+-    set(OPTS_INCLUDE_DIRS "${OPTS_INCLUDE_DIRS};${NOTIFY_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
+-    set(OPTS_LIBRARIES "${OPTS_LIBRARIES};${NOTIFY_LIBRARIES}")
+-    set(PKGS ${PKGS} libnotify)
+-endif ()
++add_definitions("-DLIBNOTIFY_VERSION=\"No\"")
+ 
+ option(USE_GTK3 "Use GTK+3" OFF)
+ option(HALF_BRO_INCOM_WEBKIT2 "Serve as a guniea pig" OFF)
+diff -Nura midori-0.5.9.orig/extensions/CMakeLists.txt midori-0.5.9/extensions/CMakeLists.txt
+--- midori-0.5.9.orig/extensions/CMakeLists.txt	2015-03-30 15:57:29.544632589 -0300
++++ midori-0.5.9/extensions/CMakeLists.txt	2015-03-30 15:57:51.777395949 -0300
+@@ -24,11 +24,7 @@
+          )
+ endif ()
+ 
+-# FIXME: re-enable webmedia extension
+-# once we have working notifications on win
+-if (WIN32)
+-    list(REMOVE_ITEM EXTENSIONS "webmedia-now-playing.vala")
+-endif()
++list(REMOVE_ITEM EXTENSIONS "webmedia-now-playing.vala")
+ 
+ foreach(UNIT_SRC ${EXTENSIONS})
+     string(FIND ${UNIT_SRC} ".c" UNIT_EXTENSION)
diff --git a/package/midori/0002-new-vala.patch b/package/midori/0002-new-vala.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..600ff49524
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/midori/0002-new-vala.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+Fix build with newer (0.28+) vala versions, from:
+http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/slackware-14/midori-compile-fail-ambiguous-reference-between-glib-and-gtk-4175542325/
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zacarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+
+diff -Nura midori-0.5.9.orig/extensions/history-list.vala midori-0.5.9/extensions/history-list.vala
+--- midori-0.5.9.orig/extensions/history-list.vala	2015-07-03 21:05:01.183360199 -0300
++++ midori-0.5.9/extensions/history-list.vala	2015-07-03 21:05:48.959900926 -0300
+@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@
+         }
+ 
+         private void create_widgets () {
+-            ListStore model;
++            Gtk.ListStore model;
+             TreeIter iter;
+             TreeIter? active_iter = null;
+ 
+@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
+ 
+             var tab_closing_behavior = this.hl_manager.get_integer ("TabClosingBehavior");
+ 
+-            model = new ListStore (2, typeof (string), typeof (int));
++            model = new Gtk.ListStore (2, typeof (string), typeof (int));
+ 
+             model.append (out iter);
+             model.set (iter, TabClosingBehaviorModel.TEXT, _("Do nothing"),
diff --git a/package/midori/Config.in b/package/midori/Config.in
index c3b5a1bd27..b3ab8a9e3a 100644
--- a/package/midori/Config.in
+++ b/package/midori/Config.in
@@ -1,20 +1,35 @@
+comment "midori needs libgtk2 and a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, NPTL"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK24_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
+		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL || !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MIDORI
 	bool "midori"
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKIT
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSEXY
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSOUP_GNOME
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBXML2
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_SQLITE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK24
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
-	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # webkit
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS # webkit -> enchant -> libglib2
-	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR	 # webkit
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
+	depends on (BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2 && BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7)
+	depends on BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP # webkitgtk24
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS_NPTL # webkitgtk24
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # webkitgtk24
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKITGTK24_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	help
 	  Midori is a lightweight web browser based on WebKit
 
-	  http://software.twotoasts.de/?page=midori
+	  http://www.midori-browser.org/
 
-comment "midori needs libgtk2 and a toolchain w/ C++, wchar, threads"
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_WEBKIT_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_INSTALL_LIBSTDCPP || !BR2_USE_WCHAR || \
-		!BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS || !BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK2
+if BR2_PACKAGE_MIDORI
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MIDORI_HTTPS
+	bool "HTTPS support"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_CA_CERTIFICATES # runtime
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GLIB_NETWORKING
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNUTLS # for glib-networking
+	help
+	  Enable HTTPS protocol support
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/midori/midori.hash b/package/midori/midori.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7aae4c172d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/midori/midori.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From download link @ http://midori-browser.org/download/source/
+sha1	475614dcc89a214a3c2fdc2aaefc817a5fa0ca03	midori_0.5.9_all_.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/midori/midori.mk b/package/midori/midori.mk
index a8b0b37ea0..ed2cdd86cc 100644
--- a/package/midori/midori.mk
+++ b/package/midori/midori.mk
@@ -4,45 +4,45 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-MIDORI_VERSION_MAJOR = 0.4
-MIDORI_VERSION = $(MIDORI_VERSION_MAJOR).6
-MIDORI_SOURCE = midori-$(MIDORI_VERSION).tar.bz2
-MIDORI_SITE = http://archive.xfce.org/src/apps/midori/$(MIDORI_VERSION_MAJOR)
+MIDORI_VERSION = 0.5.9
+MIDORI_SOURCE = midori_$(MIDORI_VERSION)_all_.tar.bz2
+MIDORI_SITE = https://launchpad.net/midori/trunk/$(MIDORI_VERSION)/+download
 MIDORI_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1+
 MIDORI_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 MIDORI_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-intltool \
+	host-librsvg \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	host-vala \
 	host-python \
-	libgtk2 \
-	libsexy \
-	webkit \
+	libsoup \
+	libxml2 \
+	sqlite \
+	webkitgtk24 \
 	$(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT_IF_LOCALE),gettext) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV),libiconv)
 
-ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_XORG7),y)
-define MIDORI_WITHOUT_X11
-	$(SED) "s/check_pkg ('x11')/#check_pkg ('x11')/" $(@D)/wscript
+MIDORI_CONF_OPTS = \
+	-DUSE_ZEITGEIST=OFF
+
+# Requires uClibc backtrace support, normally not enabled
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_UCLIBC),y)
+define MIDORI_REMOVE_DEVPET
+	rm -f $(@D)/extensions/devpet.vala
 endef
+MIDORI_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += MIDORI_REMOVE_DEVPET
 endif
 
-define MIDORI_CONFIGURE_CMDS
-	$(MIDORI_WITHOUT_X11)
-	(cd $(@D); \
-		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS)	\
-		$(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf configure \
-		--prefix=/usr			\
-		--disable-libnotify		\
-	)
-endef
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_MIDORI_HTTPS),y)
+MIDORI_DEPENDENCIES += glib-networking
+endif
 
-define MIDORI_BUILD_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf build -j $(PARALLEL_JOBS))
-endef
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGTK3),y)
+MIDORI_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_GTK3=ON -DHALF_BRO_INCOM_WEBKIT2=ON
+MIDORI_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk3
+else
+MIDORI_CONF_OPTS += -DUSE_GTK3=OFF
+MIDORI_DEPENDENCIES += libgtk2
+endif
 
-define MIDORI_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	(cd $(@D); $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/python2 ./waf --destdir=$(TARGET_DIR) install)
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(cmake-package))