diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
index 77a95de842..c541ef5fd7 100644
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="elfutils"
-PKG_VERSION="0.187"
-PKG_SHA256="e70b0dfbe610f90c4d1fe0d71af142a4e25c3c4ef9ebab8d2d72b65159d454c8"
+PKG_VERSION="0.188"
+PKG_SHA256="fb8b0e8d0802005b9a309c60c1d8de32dd2951b56f0c3a3cb56d21ce01595dff"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://sourceware.org/elfutils/"
 PKG_URL="https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/patches/elfutils-001-make-executables-optional.patch b/packages/devel/elfutils/patches/elfutils-001-make-executables-optional.patch
index 480217a323..d6f81e6892 100644
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/patches/elfutils-001-make-executables-optional.patch
+++ b/packages/devel/elfutils/patches/elfutils-001-make-executables-optional.patch
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
 index 5a2dc37..a1e856a 100644
 --- a/configure.ac
 +++ b/configure.ac
-@@ -87,6 +87,11 @@ AS_IF([test "$use_locks" = yes],
+@@ -88,6 +88,11 @@ AS_IF([test "$use_locks" = yes],
  
  AH_TEMPLATE([USE_LOCKS], [Defined if libraries should be thread-safe.])
  
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ index 5a2dc37..a1e856a 100644
 +               [build_programs=$enableval], [build_programs=no])
 +AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_PROGRAMS, test "$build_programs" = yes)
 +
- AC_PROG_CC_C99
+ m4_version_prereq([2.70], [AC_PROG_CC], [AC_PROG_CC_C99])
+ AC_PROG_CXX
  AC_PROG_RANLIB
- AC_PROG_YACC
 -- 
 2.7.4