diff --git a/srcpkgs/nlopt/template b/srcpkgs/nlopt/template
index c0d062dc9b9..9d865573f57 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nlopt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nlopt/template
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'nlopt'
 pkgname=nlopt
-version=2.4.2
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-configure
+version=2.5.0
+revision=1
+build_style=cmake
 configure_args="--enable-shared"
 short_desc="Free/open-source library for nonlinear optimization"
 maintainer="Michael Gehring <mg@ebfe.org>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://ab-initio.mit.edu/wiki/index.php/NLopt"
-distfiles="http://ab-initio.mit.edu/nlopt/nlopt-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=8099633de9d71cbc06cd435da993eb424bbcdbded8f803cdaa9fb8c6e09c8e89
+distfiles="https://github.com/stevengj/nlopt/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=c6dd7a5701fff8ad5ebb45a3dc8e757e61d52658de3918e38bab233e7fd3b4ae
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ nlopt-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+		vmove usr/lib/cmake
 		vmove usr/share/man
 	}
 }