diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index e55535442e..fd3e8a7357 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>July 25th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to IceWM-1.4.0. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9524">#9524</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[ken] - Update to librsvg-2.40.18. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;9503">#9503</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index b84ac59353..dede621b33 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -576,7 +576,7 @@
 
 <!-- Chapter 27 -->
 <!ENTITY fluxbox-version              "1.3.7">
-<!ENTITY icewm-version                "1.3.12">
+<!ENTITY icewm-version                "1.4.0">
 <!ENTITY openbox-version              "3.6.1">
 <!ENTITY sawfish-version              "1.12.0">
 
diff --git a/x/wm/icewm.xml b/x/wm/icewm.xml
index 60f9aa3f7e..263cc55720 100644
--- a/x/wm/icewm.xml
+++ b/x/wm/icewm.xml
@@ -6,13 +6,10 @@
 
   <!ENTITY icewm-download-http "https://github.com/bbidulock/icewm/releases/download/&icewm-version;/icewm-&icewm-version;.tar.bz2">
   <!ENTITY icewm-download-ftp  " ">
-<!--
-  <!ENTITY icewm-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/icewm-&icewm-version;.tar.gz">
--->
-  <!ENTITY icewm-md5sum        "3e3b8904d53998c0f46414722d86457c">
-  <!ENTITY icewm-size          "1.2 MB">
-  <!ENTITY icewm-buildsize     "58 MB">
-  <!ENTITY icewm-time          "0.6 SBU">
+  <!ENTITY icewm-md5sum        "38d71c18c4dd86cc5eff7460cce71b68">
+  <!ENTITY icewm-size          "1.7 MB">
+  <!ENTITY icewm-buildsize     "57 MB">
+  <!ENTITY icewm-time          "0.4 SBU">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="icewm" xreflabel="IceWM-&icewm-version;">
@@ -69,6 +66,7 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
+      <xref linkend="fribidi"/> (for languages written right to left),
       <xref linkend="libsndfile"/> and
       <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/> (for the experimental icesound program)
     </para>
@@ -115,6 +113,13 @@ rm /usr/share/xsessions/icewm.desktop</userinput></screen>
       permit <command>icesound</command> to be compiled.
     </para>
 
+    <para>
+      <option>--enable-corefonts</option>: use this if you wish to able to use
+      the old X11 core fonts (instead of the fonts selected by
+      <application>fontconfig</application>) in your
+      <filename>preferences</filename> file.
+    </para>
+
   </sect2>
 
   <sect2 role="configuration">