diff --git a/libs/libspectre/libspectre.py b/libs/libspectre/libspectre.py
index 4251091e..3ff1ca25 100644
--- a/libs/libspectre/libspectre.py
+++ b/libs/libspectre/libspectre.py
@@ -1,29 +1,41 @@
 import info
+from Package.AutoToolsPackageBase import AutoToolsPackageBase
 
 
 class subinfo(info.infoclass):
     def setTargets(self):
         """ """
-        for ver in ['0.2.1', '0.2.6', '0.2.7']:
+        for ver in ['0.2.1', '0.2.6', '0.2.7', '0.2.8']:
             self.targets[ver] = "http://libspectre.freedesktop.org/releases/libspectre-" + ver + ".tar.gz"
             self.targetInstSrc[ver] = "libspectre-" + ver
         self.patchToApply["0.2.1"] = ("spectre-0.2.1-cmake.diff", 1)
         self.patchToApply["0.2.6"] = ("libspectre-0.2.6-20101117.diff", 1)
-        self.patchToApply["0.2.7"] = [("libspectre-0.2.7-20131003.diff", 1), ("libspectre-new-ghostscript.diff", 1)]
+        if CraftCore.compiler.isWindows:
+            self.patchToApply["0.2.7"] = [("libspectre-0.2.7-20131003.diff", 1), ("libspectre-new-ghostscript.diff", 1)]
+            self.patchToApply["0.2.8"] = [("libspectre-0.2.7-20131003.diff", 1), ("libspectre-new-ghostscript.diff", 1)]
         self.targetDigests['0.2.6'] = '819475c7e34a1e9bc2e876110fee530b42aecabd'
         self.targetDigests['0.2.7'] = 'a7efd97b82b84ff1bb7a0d88c7e35ad10cc84ea8'
+        self.targetDigests["0.2.8"] = (['65256af389823bbc4ee4d25bfd1cc19023ffc29ae9f9677f2d200fa6e98bc7a8'], CraftHash.HashAlgorithm.SHA256)
 
         self.description = "a wrapper library for libgs"
-        self.defaultTarget = '0.2.7'
+        self.defaultTarget = '0.2.8'
 
     def setDependencies(self):
         self.runtimeDependencies["libs/ghostscript"] = None
         self.runtimeDependencies["virtual/base"] = None
 
 
 from Package.CMakePackageBase import *
 
 
-class Package(CMakePackageBase):
-    def __init__(self, **args):
-        CMakePackageBase.__init__(self)
+if CraftCore.compiler.isWindows:
+    class Package(CMakePackageBase):
+        def __init__(self, **args):
+            CMakePackageBase.__init__(self)
+
+else:
+    class Package(AutoToolsPackageBase):
+        def __init__(self, **args):
+            AutoToolsPackageBase.__init__(self)
+            self.subinfo.options.useShadowBuild = False
+            self.subinfo.options.configure.args = " --disable-static --enable-shared"