diff --git a/packages/security/libressl/package.mk b/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
index 3302caa1c0..3e98f44a7b 100644
--- a/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
+++ b/packages/security/libressl/package.mk
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="libressl"
-PKG_VERSION="2.0.5"
+PKG_VERSION="2.1.1"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
diff --git a/packages/security/libressl/patches/libressl-2.1.1_version.patch b/packages/security/libressl/patches/libressl-2.1.1_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e915f93c42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/security/libressl/patches/libressl-2.1.1_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -Naur libressl-2.1.1/configure.ac libressl-2.1.1.patch/configure.ac
+--- libressl-2.1.1/configure.ac	2014-10-16 04:36:04.000000000 +0200
++++ libressl-2.1.1.patch/configure.ac	2014-11-01 11:42:32.797637394 +0100
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-+AC_INIT([libressl], m4_esyscmd([tr -d '\n' < VERSION]))
++AC_INIT([libressl], m4_esyscmd([tr -d '\n' < VERSION]))
+ AC_CANONICAL_HOST
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([subdir-objects])
+ AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+diff -Naur libressl-2.1.1/VERSION libressl-2.1.1.patch/VERSION
+--- libressl-2.1.1/VERSION	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ libressl-2.1.1.patch/VERSION	2014-11-01 11:42:23.969645930 +0100
+@@ -0,0 +1 @@
++2.1.1
+\ Kein Zeilenumbruch am Dateiende.