diff --git a/irc/xchat-devel/Makefile b/irc/xchat-devel/Makefile
index 53226796179d..5f4830eb6719 100644
--- a/irc/xchat-devel/Makefile
+++ b/irc/xchat-devel/Makefile
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
 #
 
 PORTNAME=		xchat
-PORTVERSION=		1.5.11
+PORTVERSION=		1.7.0
 CATEGORIES=		irc gnome
-MASTER_SITES=		http://xchat.org/files/source/1.5/ \
-			http://xchat.linuxpower.org/files/source/1.5/
+MASTER_SITES=		http://xchat.org/files/source/1.7/ \
+			http://xchat.linuxpower.org/files/source/1.7/
 
 MAINTAINER=		jim@FreeBSD.org
 
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ WANT_GNOME=		yes
 GNU_CONFIGURE=		yes
 CONFIGURE_ARGS=		--disable-python
 
+CONFIGURE_ENV=		CPPFLAGS="-I${LOCALBASE}/include" \
+			LIBS="-L${LOCALBASE}/lib -lintl"
+
 .include <bsd.port.pre.mk>
 
 .if defined(WITH_SOCKS)
diff --git a/irc/xchat-devel/distinfo b/irc/xchat-devel/distinfo
index 2618887779d7..f4bb4debad97 100644
--- a/irc/xchat-devel/distinfo
+++ b/irc/xchat-devel/distinfo
@@ -1 +1 @@
-MD5 (xchat-1.5.11.tar.bz2) = a2ca360fca4da6452816900c08e78039
+MD5 (xchat-1.7.0.tar.bz2) = 56eb67f27a53c24b8da969bd3eead998