diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtest/template b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
index db3c9de5add..55cbf96eb2c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtest/template
@@ -1,23 +1,24 @@
 # Template build file for 'gtest'
 pkgname=gtest
-version=1.7.0
+version=1.8.0
 revision=1
+wrksrc="googletest-release-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 short_desc="Google's framework for writing C++ tests"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 hostmakedepends="unzip cmake"
-homepage="https://code.google.com/p/googletest"
-distfiles="https://googletest.googlecode.com/files/${pkgname}-${version}.zip"
-checksum=247ca18dd83f53deb1328be17e4b1be31514cedfc1e3424f672bf11fd7e0d60d
+homepage="https://github.com/google/googletest"
+distfiles="https://github.com/google/googletest/archive/release-${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=58a6f4277ca2bc8565222b3bbd58a177609e9c488e8a72649359ba51450db7d8
 configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DCMAKE_SKIP_RPATH=ON"
 
 do_install() {
-	vinstall build/libgtest.so 644 usr/lib libgtest.so
-	vinstall build/libgtest_main.so 644 usr/lib libgtest_main.so
+	vinstall build/googlemock/gtest/libgtest.so 644 usr/lib libgtest.so
+	vinstall build/googlemock/gtest/libgtest_main.so 644 usr/lib libgtest_main.so
 	vmkdir usr/include/gtest/internal
-	vcopy include/gtest/*.h usr/include/gtest
-	vcopy include/gtest/internal/*.h usr/include/gtest/internal
+	vcopy googletest/include/gtest/*.h usr/include/gtest
+	vcopy googletest/include/gtest/internal/*.h usr/include/gtest/internal
 }
 
 gtest-devel_package() {