diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/slang/slang_2.2.4.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/slang/slang_2.2.4.bb
index 7082611fbe..b624af8c9c 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-extended/slang/slang_2.2.4.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/slang/slang_2.2.4.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ to recode S-Lang procedures in C if you need to."
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.jedsoft.org/slang/"
 SECTION = "libs"
 DEPENDS = "pcre"
-PR = "r10"
+PR = "r11"
 
 LICENSE = "GPLv2"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a52a18a472d4f7e45479b06563717c02"
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=a52a18a472d4f7e45479b06563717c02"
 SRC_URI = "ftp://space.mit.edu/pub/davis/slang/v2.2/slang-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
            file://rpathfix.patch \
            file://fix-check-pcre.patch \
+           file://change-char-type-to-signed-char-in-macros.patch \
           "
-SRC_URI_append_arm = " file://change-char-type-to-signed-char-in-macros.patch"
 
 inherit autotools