diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f60bd5..cb0398e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ scummvm-tools-1.1.1.tar.bz2
 /scummvm-tools-1.4.0.tar.bz2
 /scummvm-tools-1.6.0.tar.bz2
 /scummvm-tools-1.7.0.tar.bz2
+/scummvm-tools-1.8.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/scummvm-tools-1.8.0-fPIC.patch b/scummvm-tools-1.8.0-fPIC.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..763fb6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scummvm-tools-1.8.0-fPIC.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -Naur scummvm-tools-1.8.0/configure scummvm-tools-1.8.0-mod/configure
+--- scummvm-tools-1.8.0/configure	2016-02-27 10:09:38.000000000 +0100
++++ scummvm-tools-1.8.0-mod/configure	2016-03-13 00:58:56.095966071 +0100
+@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@
+     return true;
+ }
+ EOF
+-	cc_check $_wxincludes $_wxlibs && has_wx_gui_dev=yes
++	cc_check $_wxincludes $_wxlibs -fPIC && has_wx_gui_dev=yes
+ 
+ 	if test "$has_wx_gui_dev" = no ; then
+ 		_wxincludes=""
+diff -Naur scummvm-tools-1.8.0/Makefile scummvm-tools-1.8.0-mod/Makefile
+--- scummvm-tools-1.8.0/Makefile	2016-02-27 10:09:38.000000000 +0100
++++ scummvm-tools-1.8.0-mod/Makefile	2016-03-13 01:10:13.488556748 +0100
+@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
+ 	CXXFLAGS+= -Wno-conversion -Wno-shorten-64-to-32 -Wno-sign-compare -Wno-four-char-constants
+ endif
+ 
++	CXXFLAGS+= -fPIC
++
+ #######################################################################
+ # Default commands - put the necessary replacements in config.mk      #
+ #######################################################################
diff --git a/scummvm-tools.spec b/scummvm-tools.spec
index 2e0548f..9a5893b 100644
--- a/scummvm-tools.spec
+++ b/scummvm-tools.spec
@@ -1,13 +1,14 @@
 Name:		scummvm-tools
-Version:	1.7.0
-Release:	9%{?dist}
+Version:	1.8.0
+Release:	1%{?dist}
 Summary:	Tools for scummVM / S.C.U.M.M scripting language
 Group:		Development/Tools
 License:	GPLv2+
-URL:		http://scummvm.sourceforge.net
+URL:		http://www.scummvm.org
 
-Source0:	http://downloads.sourceforge.net/scummvm/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Source0:	http://www.scummvm.org/frs/%{name}/%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:	%{name}.desktop
+Patch0:		scummvm-tools-1.8.0-fPIC.patch
 BuildRequires:	wxGTK-devel, libvorbis-devel, flac-devel, desktop-file-utils
 BuildRequires:	zlib-devel bzip2-devel
 BuildRequires:	libpng-devel freetype-devel boost-devel
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ These tools are most useful to developers.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1 -b .fpic
 
 %build
 # Update the various config.guess to upstream release for aarch64/ppc64le support
@@ -61,6 +63,11 @@ desktop-file-install \
 
 
 %changelog
+* Sat Mar 12 2016 Lucian Langa <lucilanga@gnome.eu.org> - 1.8.0-1
+- add patch to pass -fPIC to compile flags - fixes wxwidgets
+- update url/download links
+- update to latest upstream
+
 * Thu Feb 04 2016 Fedora Release Engineering <releng@fedoraproject.org> - 1.7.0-9
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_24_Mass_Rebuild
 
@@ -152,13 +159,13 @@ desktop-file-install \
 * Wed Feb 25 2009 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 0.12.0-6
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_11_Mass_Rebuild
 
-* Fri Oct 30 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-5
+* Thu Oct 30 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-5
 - add desktop file
 
-* Fri Oct 30 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-4
+* Thu Oct 30 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-4
 - use bz2 source
 
-* Fri Oct 29 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-3
+* Wed Oct 29 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-3
 - prevent fedora optflags being overwritten
 
 * Fri Oct 17 2008 Lucian Langa <cooly@gnome.eu.org> - 0.12.0-2
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index be1ceb4..83afdb6 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-436a878bca3e9bbc2d33cadff0dda08c  scummvm-tools-1.7.0.tar.bz2
+eb68b4f4c66b1b93d6b2797a60d1f471  scummvm-tools-1.8.0.tar.bz2