diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/build b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/build
index d32f117f87..165315c527 100755
--- a/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/build
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/build
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ cd $BUILD/$1*
 # forcing it
 sed -i -e 's/ac_cv_linux_vers=unknown/ac_cv_linux_vers=2/' configure
 
+LIBS="-lpthread" \
 ./configure \
        --host=$TARGET_NAME \
        --build=$HOST_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/meta b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/meta
index 88551a24bf..0b15a43470 100644
--- a/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/meta
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/meta
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKG_NAME="libpcap"
-PKG_VERSION="1.1.1"
+PKG_VERSION="1.3.0"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.tcpdump.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_REV=1