diff --git a/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk b/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk
index b788e8ff37..7933449c56 100644
--- a/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk
+++ b/packages/tools/dtc/package.mk
@@ -17,27 +17,37 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="dtc"
-PKG_VERSION="1.4.4"
-PKG_SHA256="2d1226634d71655466ebbd090d2873068c4918fbd5c433b91ead8ad08b9a5843"
+PKG_VERSION="1.4.5"
+PKG_SHA256="cfb9394690ebec1e4f942ee0c3b863b660eb0c4ef85bab19429f30c3469a3415"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/"
 PKG_URL="https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/utils/dtc/dtc.git/snapshot/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR="$PKG_VERSION"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="Python2:host swig:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_SECTION="tools"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="The Device Tree Compiler"
 PKG_LONGDESC="The Device Tree Compiler"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
 
-PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="dtc"
+PKG_MAKE_OPTS_HOST="dtc libfdt"
+PKG_MAKE_OPTS_TARGET="dtc libfdt"
+
+makeinstall_host() {
+  mkdir -p $TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    cp -P $PKG_BUILD/dtc $TOOLCHAIN/bin
+    cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libfdt/libfdt.so $TOOLCHAIN/lib
+}
+
+post_makeinstall_host() {
+  python ./pylibfdt/setup.py build_ext --inplace
+  python ./pylibfdt/setup.py install --prefix=$TOOLCHAIN
+
+  touch $TOOLCHAIN/lib/$PKG_PYTHON_VERSION/site-packages/pylibfdt/__init__.py
+}
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
     cp -P $PKG_BUILD/dtc $INSTALL/usr/bin
 }
-
-makeinstall_host() {
-  mkdir -p $TOOLCHAIN/bin
-    cp -P $PKG_BUILD/dtc $TOOLCHAIN/bin
-}
diff --git a/packages/tools/dtc/patches/dtc-0001-libfdt-soname-version.patch b/packages/tools/dtc/patches/dtc-0001-libfdt-soname-version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e79f54b7a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/dtc/patches/dtc-0001-libfdt-soname-version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur a/Makefile b/Makefile
+--- a/Makefile	2017-03-09 16:17:23.000000000 -0800
++++ b/Makefile	2017-05-31 16:04:29.052439734 -0700
+@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@
+ LIBFDT_objdir = libfdt
+ LIBFDT_srcdir = libfdt
+ LIBFDT_archive = $(LIBFDT_objdir)/libfdt.a
+-LIBFDT_lib = $(LIBFDT_objdir)/libfdt-$(DTC_VERSION).$(SHAREDLIB_EXT)
++LIBFDT_lib = $(LIBFDT_objdir)/libfdt.$(SHAREDLIB_EXT)
+ LIBFDT_include = $(addprefix $(LIBFDT_srcdir)/,$(LIBFDT_INCLUDES))
+ LIBFDT_version = $(addprefix $(LIBFDT_srcdir)/,$(LIBFDT_VERSION))
+