diff --git a/srcpkgs/daemonize/template b/srcpkgs/daemonize/template
index 090ac0fe462..70dd249d23d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/daemonize/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/daemonize/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'daemonize'
 pkgname=daemonize
-version=1.7.7
-revision=2
+version=1.7.8
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 make_install_args="INSTALL_SBIN=/usr/bin"
 short_desc="Run a program as a Unix daemon"
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ maintainer="Andrea Brancaleoni <abc@pompel.me>"
 license="BSD, MIT, Public Domain"
 homepage="http://software.clapper.org/daemonize/daemonize.html"
 distfiles="https://github.com/bmc/$pkgname/archive/release-$version.tar.gz"
-checksum=b3cafea3244ed5015a3691456644386fc438102adbdc305af553928a185bea05
+checksum=20c4fc9925371d1ddf1b57947f8fb93e2036eb9ccc3b43a1e3678ea8471c4c60
 wrksrc="$pkgname-release-$version"
 
 post_extract() {