diff --git a/system/sbotools/README b/system/sbotools/README
index e2f3b7081bb..925c91616a1 100644
--- a/system/sbotools/README
+++ b/system/sbotools/README
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ are compatible, but some of the options are new. It may be convenient
 to examine the new file for added options and annotation when upgrading
 from version 2.7.
 
+To blacklist scripts and notify sbotools of optional dependencies, see
+/etc/sbotools/sbotools.hints.
+
 Please note that sbotools-3.x is based on an actively-maintained fork
 of the repository used for versions 1.9 through 2.7. A debt of gratitude
 is owed to the original author, Jacob Pipkin, longtime maintainer
diff --git a/system/sbotools/doinst.sh b/system/sbotools/doinst.sh
index 0df078988a6..03e84b9ba6e 100644
--- a/system/sbotools/doinst.sh
+++ b/system/sbotools/doinst.sh
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ config() {
 }
 
 config etc/sbotools/sbotools.conf.new
+config etc/sbotools/sbotools.hints.new
diff --git a/system/sbotools/sbotools.SlackBuild b/system/sbotools/sbotools.SlackBuild
index b3ae18a3440..15aeb3a5cd5 100644
--- a/system/sbotools/sbotools.SlackBuild
+++ b/system/sbotools/sbotools.SlackBuild
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 cd $(dirname $0) ; CWD=$(pwd)
 
 PRGNAM=sbotools
-VERSION=${VERSION:-3.0}
+VERSION=${VERSION:-3.1}
 BUILD=${BUILD:-1}
 TAG=${TAG:-_SBo}
 PKGTYPE=${PKGTYPE:-tgz}
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ for i in $MANS; do
 done
 
 mkdir -p $PKG/etc/sbotools
-cp sbotools.conf $PKG/etc/sbotools/sbotools.conf.new
+cp etc/sbotools.conf $PKG/etc/sbotools/sbotools.conf.new
+cp etc/sbotools.hints $PKG/etc/sbotools/sbotools.hints.new
 
 find $PKG/usr/man -type f -exec gzip -9 {} \;
 for i in $( find $PKG/usr/man -type l ) ; do ln -s $( readlink $i ).gz $i.gz; rm $i ; done
diff --git a/system/sbotools/sbotools.info b/system/sbotools/sbotools.info
index e2ade14777a..1b652dc9ad5 100644
--- a/system/sbotools/sbotools.info
+++ b/system/sbotools/sbotools.info
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 PRGNAM="sbotools"
-VERSION="3.0"
+VERSION="3.1"
 HOMEPAGE="https://pghvlaans.github.io/sbotools/"
-DOWNLOAD="https://pghvlaans.github.io/sbotools/downloads/sbotools-3.0.tar.gz"
-MD5SUM="11a00ee87396bcd993c3cd1be8299f87"
+DOWNLOAD="https://pghvlaans.github.io/sbotools/downloads/sbotools-3.1.tar.gz"
+MD5SUM="2c3cced701e12dad89b70b01e6b934af"
 DOWNLOAD_x86_64=""
 MD5SUM_x86_64=""
 REQUIRES=""