diff --git a/devel/sope2/Makefile b/devel/sope2/Makefile
index 00a5f4553d74..46aaf68f5c09 100644
--- a/devel/sope2/Makefile
+++ b/devel/sope2/Makefile
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=		sope2
-PORTVERSION=		2.3.13
-PORTREVISION=		1
+PORTVERSION=		2.3.17
 CATEGORIES=		devel gnustep
 MASTER_SITES=		http://www.sogo.nu/files/downloads/SOGo/Sources/
 DISTNAME=		SOPE-${PORTVERSION}
@@ -41,6 +40,9 @@ PGSQL_USES=		pgsql
 MYSQL_USE=		MYSQL=client
 MEMCACHED_RUN_DEPENDS=	${LOCALBASE}/bin/memcached:databases/memcached
 
+post-patch:
+	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e 's|%%LOCALBASE%%|${LOCALBASE}|g' ${WRKSRC}/configure
+
 post-patch-LDAP-off:
 	@${REINPLACE_CMD} -e '/checkLinking "ldap"/d' ${WRKSRC}/configure
 
diff --git a/devel/sope2/distinfo b/devel/sope2/distinfo
index 32bb3835005b..a67749f8fd1d 100644
--- a/devel/sope2/distinfo
+++ b/devel/sope2/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1468338940
-SHA256 (SOPE-2.3.13.tar.gz) = 6b1f3492af1e33a9d1eea818a297408deadc6559713eda71c08e54e62c3f376d
-SIZE (SOPE-2.3.13.tar.gz) = 2278988
+TIMESTAMP = 1478673266
+SHA256 (SOPE-2.3.17.tar.gz) = 3547a37f44c1bac2484999828c766005f86335ff2249317b085d191882bde8c4
+SIZE (SOPE-2.3.17.tar.gz) = 2279816
diff --git a/devel/sope2/files/patch-configure b/devel/sope2/files/patch-configure
index 15d81a8bee7d..a4f90ab36e20 100644
--- a/devel/sope2/files/patch-configure
+++ b/devel/sope2/files/patch-configure
@@ -1,25 +1,11 @@
---- configure.orig	2015-09-16 18:26:48 UTC
-+++ configure
-@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
--#!/bin/bash
-+#!/bin/sh
- 
- #
- # Note: When adding make options to this script, ensure that the source still
-@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ else
+--- configure	2016-11-09 01:44:58.178493000 -0500
++++ configure	2016-11-09 01:45:25.386129000 -0500
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
  fi
  
  # TODO: add pg_config, mysql_config etc!
 -LINK_SYSLIBDIRS="-L/usr/local/pgsql/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib"
-+LINK_SYSLIBDIRS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib/postgresql -L${LOCALBASE}/lib/mysql -L${LOCALBASE}/lib -L/usr/lib"
++LINK_SYSLIBDIRS="-L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib/postgresql -L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib/mysql -L%%LOCALBASE%%/lib -L/usr/lib"
  
  # ******************** usage ********************
  
-@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ genConfigMake() {
-     cfgwrite "debug:=no"
-   fi
-   cfgwrite ""
-+  cfgwrite "NEEDS_GUI=no"
-   
-   if test $ARG_WITH_STRIP = 1; then
-     cfgwrite "# configured to produce stripped code";