diff --git a/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/actions.py b/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/actions.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 05ea7493f3..a3c3518bc9
--- a/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/actions.py
+++ b/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/actions.py
@@ -6,10 +6,18 @@
 
 from pisi.actionsapi import autotools
 from pisi.actionsapi import pisitools
+from pisi.actionsapi import shelltools
+from pisi.actionsapi import libtools
 from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def setup():
+    shelltools.system("sed -i 's:RUN-VERSION-SCRIPT-IN-GIT-REPOSITORY-ONLY:v2.9:' scripts/version")
+    shelltools.system("./autogen.sh")
+    
     autotools.configure()
+    
+       
+    pisitools.dosed("libtool", " -shared ", " -Wl,-O1,--as-needed -shared ")
 
 def build():
     autotools.make()
diff --git a/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/files/powertop-2.7-always-create-params.patch b/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/files/powertop-2.7-always-create-params.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..87ddf7db61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/files/powertop-2.7-always-create-params.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff --git a/src/parameters/persistent.cpp b/src/parameters/persistent.cpp
+index 9a5688a..6a232cd 100644
+--- a/src/parameters/persistent.cpp
++++ b/src/parameters/persistent.cpp
+@@ -145,9 +145,6 @@ void save_parameters(const char *filename)
+ 
+ //	printf("result size is %i, #parameters is %i \n", (int)past_results.size(), (int)all_parameters.parameters.size());
+ 
+-	if (!global_power_valid())
+-		return;
+-
+ 	pathname = get_param_directory(filename);
+ 
+ 	file.open(pathname, ios::out);
+@@ -156,12 +153,15 @@ void save_parameters(const char *filename)
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ 
+-	map<string, int>::iterator it;
++	if (global_power_valid())
++	{
++		map<string, int>::iterator it;
+ 
+-	for (it = param_index.begin(); it != param_index.end(); it++) {
+-		int index;
+-		index = it->second;
+-		file << it->first << "\t" << setprecision(9) << all_parameters.parameters[index] << "\n";
++		for (it = param_index.begin(); it != param_index.end(); it++) {
++			int index;
++			index = it->second;
++			file << it->first << "\t" << setprecision(9) << all_parameters.parameters[index] << "\n";
++		}
+ 	}
+ 	file.close();
+ }
diff --git a/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/pspec.xml b/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/pspec.xml
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index f5a39b2312..b9d7ff54e1
--- a/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/pspec.xml
+++ b/hardware/powermanagement/powertop/pspec.xml
@@ -12,12 +12,15 @@
         <IsA>app:console</IsA>
         <Summary>Power consumption monitor</Summary>
         <Description>PowerTOP is a Linux tool that finds the software component(s) that make your computer use more power than necessary while it is idle.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="60da464a0c5d39c64b5d4a0e854bc6c480f8927a" type="targz">https://01.org/sites/default/files/downloads/powertop/powertop-2.8.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="12f5fc5f5cb776a08d11fac75114637b1c215fc6" type="targz">https://github.com/fenrus75/powertop/archive/v2.9.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>libnl-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>ncurses-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>pciutils-devel</Dependency>
         </BuildDependencies>
+        <Patches>
+            <Patch>powertop-2.7-always-create-params.patch</Patch>
+        </Patches>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>
@@ -39,6 +42,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="3">
+            <Date>2018-02-25</Date>
+            <Version>2.9</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Pisi Linux Community</Name>
+            <Email>admin@pisilinux.org</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="2">
             <Date>2017-04-05</Date>
             <Version>2.8</Version>