diff --git a/build/pkgs/sirocco/checksums.ini b/build/pkgs/sirocco/checksums.ini
index 19cbe71816c..66c87fe855a 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sirocco/checksums.ini
+++ b/build/pkgs/sirocco/checksums.ini
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 tarball=libsirocco-VERSION.tar.gz
-sha1=23311c0944f0c128b493589c1575476cf88177b6
-sha256=e86c9fe3b1f2cf0d3a7381d21c1fc4670f14b538c60c7cc6410ccb0f5b1fbaf8
+sha1=e3272f4a86a73854fe69b26c17f01525d8171378
+sha256=83d1dd5622120eda42c475696235dd67be8072a76baad0a70693d9743a659a61
 upstream_url=https://github.com/miguelmarco/SIROCCO2/releases/download/VERSION/libsirocco-VERSION.tar.gz
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sirocco/package-version.txt b/build/pkgs/sirocco/package-version.txt
index 7ec1d6db408..3e3c2f1e5ed 100644
--- a/build/pkgs/sirocco/package-version.txt
+++ b/build/pkgs/sirocco/package-version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2.1.0
+2.1.1
diff --git a/build/pkgs/sirocco/spkg-configure.m4 b/build/pkgs/sirocco/spkg-configure.m4
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..82b49d8e970
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/pkgs/sirocco/spkg-configure.m4
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+SAGE_SPKG_CONFIGURE([sirocco], [
+ SAGE_SPKG_DEPCHECK([mpfr], [
+  PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libsirocco], [libsirocco >= 2.1.0], [
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([found libsirocco >= 2.1.0, will use installed version])
+  ],[
+    AC_MSG_RESULT([couldn't find libsirocco >= 2.1.0. Trying to find an instance without pkg-config])
+    AC_CHECK_HEADER([sirocco.h], [
+         BACKUP_LIBS=${LIBS}
+	 LIBS="${LIBS} -lmpfr -lsirocco"
+         AC_LINK_IFELSE([
+            AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
+            [[#include <sirocco.h>
+            ]], [[
+	      double tcoefs[]={-2.,2.};
+	      homotopyPath(2, tcoefs, 1., 0.);
+            ]])], [
+                AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+            ], [
+                AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
+                sage_spkg_install_sirocco=yes
+            ], [
+                dnl assume that the person running cross-compiling
+                dnl knows what they are doing
+                AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])
+            ]) 
+	 LIBS=${BACKUP_LIBS}
+  ], [sage_spkg_install_sirocco=yes])
+  ])
+ ])
+])