diff --git a/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.conf b/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..883a7328b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# This copyright note is auto-generated by ./scripts/Create-CopyPatch.
+# 
+# Filename: package/.../libtorrent/libtorrent.conf
+# Copyright (C) 2007 The OpenSDE Project
+# 
+# More information can be found in the files COPYING and README.
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 of the License. A copy of the
+# GNU General Public License can be found in the file COPYING.
+# --- SDE-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-END ---
+
+# libtorerent is unable to find boodt threads on its own :-/
+var_append confopt ' ' '--with-boost-thread=mt'
diff --git a/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.desc b/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.desc
index 5e1a7aa6d..86ecdfcc5 100644
--- a/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.desc
+++ b/network/libtorrent/libtorrent.desc
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 0.10.1
+[V] 0.12
 [P] X -----5---9 800.000 
 
-[D] 2158183775 libtorrent-0.10.1.tar.gz http://libtorrent.rakshasa.no/downloads/
+[D] 3111868053 libtorrent-0.12.tar.gz http://dl.sourceforge.net/libtorrent/