diff --git a/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk b/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
index 444c0c8755..156e2ab7d6 100644
--- a/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/libirman/package.mk
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libirman"
-PKG_VERSION="0.5.0"
+PKG_VERSION="0.5.2"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/lirc"
-PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/lirc/libirman/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain systemd"
+PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/libirman/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain systemd lirc"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="libirman library for lircd"
@@ -32,9 +32,7 @@ PKG_LONGDESC="libirman library for lircd"
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-shared \
-                           --enable-static \
-                           --disable-swtest"
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-swtest"
 
 pre_configure_target() {
   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
diff --git a/packages/virtual/remote/package.mk b/packages/virtual/remote/package.mk
index d1f9ec0a1c..225b1c4b5d 100644
--- a/packages/virtual/remote/package.mk
+++ b/packages/virtual/remote/package.mk
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain eventlircd v4l-utils"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain eventlircd libirman v4l-utils"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="virtual"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="remote: Meta package for installing various tools needed for remote support"