diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile b/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
index 1a4f48c29116..e577d0adda4d 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/Makefile
@@ -2,12 +2,9 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	litecoin
-PORTVERSION=	0.6.9.2
-PORTREVISION=	1
+PORTVERSION=	0.8.3.7
 CATEGORIES=	net-p2p finance
-
-MASTER_SITES=	${MASTER_SITE_LOCAL} \
-		http://people.freebsd.org/~swills/ \
+MASTER_SITES=	LOCAL/swills \
 		GH
 
 MAINTAINER=	swills@FreeBSD.org
@@ -17,7 +14,7 @@ LIB_DEPENDS=	boost_date_time:${PORTSDIR}/devel/boost-libs
 
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 GH_ACCOUNT=	litecoin-project
-GH_COMMIT=	0d6bbe6
+GH_COMMIT=	2884342
 GH_TAGNAME=	v${PORTVERSION}
 
 USE_OPENSSL=	yes
@@ -83,7 +80,7 @@ do-configure:
 		USE_UPNP=${QMAKE_USE_UPNP} \
 		USE_QRCODE=${QMAKE_USE_QRCODE} \
 		USE_DBUS=${QMAKE_USE_DBUS} \
-		litecoin-qt.pro
+		bitcoin-qt.pro
 .endif
 
 do-install:
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo b/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
index 23a91aaeb30f..6c8874db7e52 100644
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/distinfo
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-SHA256 (litecoin-0.6.9.2.tar.gz) = 59c6842e17d573134dabcf0d60943e17bd4be4ae99acbef1627033ffbbe40a2b
-SIZE (litecoin-0.6.9.2.tar.gz) = 1479485
+SHA256 (litecoin-0.8.3.7.tar.gz) = d80753ffb734f99376af1c361b3330fcc761675bda3821f95933bbd362642209
+SIZE (litecoin-0.8.3.7.tar.gz) = 4781956
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/patch-bitcoin-qt.pro b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/patch-bitcoin-qt.pro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..125cbfe16156
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/patch-bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- bitcoin-qt.pro.orig	2013-07-21 17:42:52.047209171 +0000
++++ bitcoin-qt.pro	2013-07-21 17:43:11.879205795 +0000
+@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@
+ LIBS += -lssl -lcrypto -ldb_cxx$$BDB_LIB_SUFFIX
+ # -lgdi32 has to happen after -lcrypto (see  #681)
+ win32:LIBS += -lws2_32 -lshlwapi -lmswsock -lole32 -loleaut32 -luuid -lgdi32
+-LIBS += -lboost_system$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_filesystem$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_program_options$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_thread$$BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX
++LIBS += -lboost_system$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_filesystem$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_program_options$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_thread$$BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX -lboost_chrono$$BOOST_THREAD_LIB_SUFFIX
+ win32:LIBS += -lboost_chrono$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX
+ macx:LIBS += -lboost_chrono$$BOOST_LIB_SUFFIX
+ 
diff --git a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/patch-qtipserver_cpp b/net-p2p/litecoin/files/patch-qtipserver_cpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 293df3d1d404..000000000000
--- a/net-p2p/litecoin/files/patch-qtipserver_cpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
---- src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp.orig	2013-06-25 15:29:02.000000000 +0000
-+++ src/qt/qtipcserver.cpp	2013-07-23 02:01:16.143191646 +0000
-@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
- 
- static void ipcThread2(void* pArg);
- 
--#ifdef MAC_OSX
-+// TODO: Fix it for FreeBSD too - ipcinit causes a spinlock
-+#if defined MAC_OSX || defined __FreeBSD__
- // URI handling not implemented on OSX yet
- 
- void ipcInit() { }