diff --git a/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile b/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile
index 28444b0cd323..5b2d70096358 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile
+++ b/math/R-cran-SparseM/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # $FreeBSD$
 
 PORTNAME=	SparseM
-PORTVERSION=	1.72
+PORTVERSION=	1.74
 CATEGORIES=	math
 DISTNAME=	${PORTNAME}_${PORTVERSION}
 
@@ -11,6 +11,6 @@ COMMENT=	Sparse Linear Algebra
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv2+
 
-USES=	cran:auto-plist
+USES=	cran:auto-plist,compiles
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo b/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo
index ea958065b96a..a776fcc4d3d4 100644
--- a/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo
+++ b/math/R-cran-SparseM/distinfo
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-TIMESTAMP = 1473406993
-SHA256 (SparseM_1.72.tar.gz) = 6ada465976a92e8c035bd39a51d38f0eefe35c8f20f8a9855853f664b90eeb7e
-SIZE (SparseM_1.72.tar.gz) = 755954
+TIMESTAMP = 1480840702
+SHA256 (SparseM_1.74.tar.gz) = 4712f0c80e9f3cb204497f146ba60b15e75976cdb7798996a7c51f841a85eeba
+SIZE (SparseM_1.74.tar.gz) = 737540