diff --git a/general.ent b/general.ent
index acb240b96d..a7e2ec79ff 100644
--- a/general.ent
+++ b/general.ent
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ $LastChangedBy$
 $Date$
 -->
 
-<!ENTITY day          "27">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
+<!ENTITY day          "28">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY month        "11">                   <!-- Always 2 digits -->
 <!ENTITY year         "2008">
 <!ENTITY copyrightdate "2001-&year;">
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ $Date$
 <!ENTITY libpng-version               "1.2.33">
 <!ENTITY libtiff-version              "3.8.2">
 <!ENTITY giflib-version               "4.1.4">
-<!ENTITY lcms-version                 "1.16">
+<!ENTITY lcms-version                 "1.17">
 <!ENTITY libmng-version               "1.0.9">
 <!ENTITY freetype2-version            "2.3.7">
 <!ENTITY fontconfig-version           "2.4.2">
diff --git a/general/graphlib/lcms.xml b/general/graphlib/lcms.xml
index a0f2a106eb..580de780bc 100644
--- a/general/graphlib/lcms.xml
+++ b/general/graphlib/lcms.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY lcms-download-http "http://www.littlecms.com/lcms-&lcms-version;.tar.gz">
   <!ENTITY lcms-download-ftp  "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/lcms-&lcms-version;.tar.gz">
-  <!ENTITY lcms-md5sum        "b07b623f3e712373ff713fb32cf23651">
-  <!ENTITY lcms-size          "911 KB">
-  <!ENTITY lcms-buildsize     "25 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lcms-md5sum        "07bdbb4cfb05d21caa58fe3d1c84ddc1">
+  <!ENTITY lcms-size          "878 KB">
+  <!ENTITY lcms-buildsize     "21 MB">
   <!ENTITY lcms-time          "0.5 SBU (includes building the Python module)">
 ]>
 
@@ -54,13 +54,14 @@
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
 
+    <!-- patch appears to have been applied upstream
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
       <listitem>
         <para>Required patch: <ulink
         url="&patch-root;/lcms-&lcms-version;-swig_fixes-1.patch"/></para>
       </listitem>
-    </itemizedlist>
+    </itemizedlist> -->
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">little cms Dependencies</bridgehead>
 
@@ -81,8 +82,7 @@
     <para>Install <application>little cms</application> by running the
     following commands:</para>
 
-<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../lcms-&lcms-version;-swig_fixes-1.patch &amp;&amp;
-./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
+<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --with-python &amp;&amp;
 make</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
@@ -95,6 +95,17 @@ install -v -m644 README.1ST doc/* /usr/share/doc/lcms-&lcms-version;</userinput>
 
   </sect2>
 
+  <sect2 role="commands">
+    <title>Command Explanations</title>
+
+    <para><parameter>--with-python</parameter>: Omit this if you did not install
+    Python and SWIG.</para>
+
+    <para><parameter>--disable-static</parameter>: Prevent static libraries
+    being built and installed.</para>
+
+  </sect2>
+
   <sect2 role="content">
     <title>Contents</title>
 
diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index e750208ec6..b4f22ecfad 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@
     </listitem>
 
 -->
+    <listitem>
+      <para>November 28th, 2008</para>
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[ken] - Update to lcms-1.17.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+    </listitem>
+
     <listitem>
       <para>November 27th, 2008</para>
       <itemizedlist>