diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index e4f9f8afeb..71249a38a4 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 <!-- $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "18">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "19">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "11">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2017">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
 <!ENTITY copyholder   "The BLFS Development Team">
 <!ENTITY version      "&year;-&month;-&day;">
-<!ENTITY releasedate  "November 18th, &year;">
+<!ENTITY releasedate  "November 19th, &year;">
 <!ENTITY pubdate      "&year;-&month;-&day;"> <!-- metadata req. by TLDP -->
 <!ENTITY blfs-version "svn">                  <!-- svn|[release #] -->
 <!ENTITY lfs-version  "development">          <!-- x.y|development -->
diff --git a/general/graphlib/libtiff.xml b/general/graphlib/libtiff.xml
index efe46200e4..b7c7de7a09 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/libtiff.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/libtiff.xml
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 <!--  <!ENTITY libtiff-download-ftp
            "ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/libtiff/tiff-&libtiff-version;.tar.gz">-->
   <!ENTITY libtiff-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY libtiff-md5sum        "2a7d1c1318416ddf36d5f6fa4600069b">
-  <!ENTITY libtiff-size          "2.0 MB">
-  <!ENTITY libtiff-buildsize     "24 MB (with tests)">
-  <!ENTITY libtiff-time          "0.3 SBU (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libtiff-md5sum        "54bad211279cc93eb4fca31ba9bfdc79">
+  <!ENTITY libtiff-size          "2.2 MB">
+  <!ENTITY libtiff-buildsize     "18 MB (with tests)">
+  <!ENTITY libtiff-time          "less than 0.1 SBU (with tests)">
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="libtiff" xreflabel="LibTIFF-&libtiff-version;">
@@ -85,6 +85,11 @@
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">LibTIFF Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
+    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
+    <para role="recommended">
+      <xref linkend="cmake"/>
+    </para>
+
     <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
     <para role="optional">
       <xref linkend="freeglut"/> (required for <command>tiffgt</command>),
@@ -105,11 +110,15 @@
       commands:
     </para>
 
-<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-static &amp;&amp;
-make</userinput></screen>
+<screen><userinput>mkdir -p build &amp;&amp;
+cd build       &amp;&amp;
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/libtiff-4.0.9 \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -G Ninja .. &amp;&amp;
+ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
-      To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
+      To test the results, issue: <command>ninja test</command>.
     </para>
 
     <para>
@@ -117,14 +126,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       user:
     </para>
 
-<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
-  </sect2>
-
-  <sect2 role="commands">
-    <title>Command Explanations</title>
-
-    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
-      href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
+<screen role="root"><userinput>ninja install</userinput></screen>
 
   </sect2>
 
@@ -138,8 +140,8 @@ make</userinput></screen>
 
       <seglistitem>
         <seg>
-          bmp2tiff, fax2ps, fax2tiff, gif2tiff, pal2rgb, ppm2tiff, ras2tiff,
-          raw2tiff, rgb2ycbcr, thumbnail, tiff2bw, tiff2pdf, tiff2ps,
+          fax2ps, fax2tiff, pal2rgb, ppm2tiff,
+          raw2tiff, tiff2bw, tiff2pdf, tiff2ps,
           tiff2rgba, tiffcmp, tiffcp, tiffcrop, tiffdither, tiffdump, tiffgt,
           tiffinfo, tiffmedian, tiffset and tiffsplit
         </seg>
@@ -157,7 +159,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
       <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
       <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
 
-      <varlistentry id="bmp2tiff">
+<!--      <varlistentry id="bmp2tiff">
         <term><command>bmp2tiff</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -168,7 +170,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
             <primary sortas="b-bmp2tiff">bmp2tiff</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+      </varlistentry> -->
 
       <varlistentry id="fax2ps">
         <term><command>fax2ps</command></term>
@@ -194,7 +196,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="gif2tiff">
+<!--      <varlistentry id="gif2tiff">
         <term><command>gif2tiff</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
             <primary sortas="b-gif2tiff">gif2tiff</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+      </varlistentry> -->
 
       <varlistentry id="pal2rgb">
         <term><command>pal2rgb</command></term>
@@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="ras2tiff">
+<!--      <varlistentry id="ras2tiff">
         <term><command>ras2tiff</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
             <primary sortas="b-ras2tiff">ras2tiff</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+      </varlistentry> -->
 
       <varlistentry id="raw2tiff">
         <term><command>raw2tiff</command></term>
@@ -255,7 +257,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
         </listitem>
       </varlistentry>
 
-      <varlistentry id="rgb2ycbcr">
+<!--      <varlistentry id="rgb2ycbcr">
         <term><command>rgb2ycbcr</command></term>
         <listitem>
           <para>
@@ -277,7 +279,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
             <primary sortas="b-thumbnail">thumbnail</primary>
           </indexterm>
         </listitem>
-      </varlistentry>
+      </varlistentry> -->
 
       <varlistentry id="tiff2bw">
         <term><command>tiff2bw</command></term>
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 75aa484990..58ac05bd57 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,16 @@
       </itemizedlist>
     </listitem>
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>November 19th, 2017</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[dj] -  Update to tiff-4.0.9. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;10045">#10045</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>November 18th, 2017</para>
       <itemizedlist>
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 62f09e6097..2a0c654c37 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
 <!ENTITY libpng-version               "1.6.32">
 <!ENTITY librsvg-version              "2.40.19">   <!-- Normally even minors -->
 <!ENTITY libraw-version               "0.18.5">
-<!ENTITY libtiff-version              "4.0.8">
+<!ENTITY libtiff-version              "4.0.9">
 <!ENTITY libwebp-version              "0.6.0">
 <!ENTITY newt-version                 "0.52.20">
 <!ENTITY opencv-version               "3.3.1">