diff --git a/packages/audio/espeak-ng/package.mk b/packages/audio/espeak-ng/package.mk
index 85de6f222b..82b5193bd7 100644
--- a/packages/audio/espeak-ng/package.mk
+++ b/packages/audio/espeak-ng/package.mk
@@ -2,24 +2,22 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2021-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="espeak-ng"
-PKG_VERSION="1.51"
-PKG_SHA256="027fa5dfa8616d5cc13f883209ff5f735eee6559f7689a019d5b2d01d290cd39"
+PKG_VERSION="1.51.1"
+PKG_SHA256="0823df5648659dcb67915baaf99118dcc8853639f47cadaa029c174bdd768d20"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/releases/download/${PKG_VERSION}/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="gcc:host "
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/espeak-ng/espeak-ng/archive/refs/tags/${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_HOST="gcc:host"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain espeak-ng:host"
 PKG_LONGDESC="eSpeak NG is an open source speech synthesizer that supports more than a hundred languages and accents"
-PKG_TOOLCHAIN="configure"
-
-pre_configure() {
-  cd ..
-  make distclean
-  ./autogen.sh
-}
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 
 make_host() {
-  make -j1
+  mkdir phsource dictsource
+  (cd dictsource; ln -s ../../dictsource/* .)
+  (cd phsource; ln -s ../../phsource/* .)
+  cp -aP ../espeak-ng-data .
+  make DESTDIR=`pwd` -j1
 }
 
 make_target() {
@@ -32,4 +30,3 @@ makeinstall_target() {
   mkdir -p ${INSTALL}/usr/share/espeak-ng-data
   cp -prf ${TOOLCHAIN}/share/espeak-ng-data ${INSTALL}/usr/share
 }
-
diff --git a/packages/audio/espeak-ng/patches/PR1858-fix-compiling-in-build-directory.patch b/packages/audio/espeak-ng/patches/PR1858-fix-compiling-in-build-directory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..47bc8972f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/audio/espeak-ng/patches/PR1858-fix-compiling-in-build-directory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+From 9e6083c12a41334b2817b443d430637f01ee5fb9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Rudi Heitbaum <rudi@heitbaum.com>
+Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2024 11:33:08 +1100
+Subject: [PATCH] fix compiling in build directory
+
+$(srcdir) was missing on includes for src/include/espeak-ng/espeak-ng.h
+---
+ Makefile.am | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 595546899..d8671efa3 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ SHARED_VERSION=2:51:1 # = *.so.1.1.51
+ MKDIR=mkdir -p
+ 
+ AM_CFLAGS = \
+-	-Isrc/include -Isrc/include/compat -I$(srcdir)/src/speechPlayer/include -I$(srcdir)/src/ucd-tools/src/include \
++	-I$(srcdir)/src/include -Isrc/include/compat -I$(srcdir)/src/speechPlayer/include -I$(srcdir)/src/ucd-tools/src/include \
+ 	-D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=200112L
+ AM_CXXFLAGS =
+