diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/build b/packages/devel/glib/build
index dee27b4291..3f407e3bf9 100755
--- a/packages/devel/glib/build
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/build
@@ -29,33 +29,38 @@
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
 
+ac_cv_func_mmap_fixed_mapped='yes' \
 ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r='yes' \
 ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r='yes' \
-glib_cv_uscore='no' \
+ac_cv_func_printf_unix98='yes' \
+ac_cv_func_snprintf_c99='yes' \
+ac_cv_func_vsnprintf_c99='yes' \
 glib_cv_stack_grows='no' \
+glib_cv_uscore='no' \
+glib_cv_va_val_copy='no' \
 ../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
              --build=$HOST_NAME \
              --prefix=/usr \
              --sysconfdir=/etc \
              --localstatedir=/var \
-             --enable-shared \
-             --disable-static \
-             --disable-debug \
              --disable-silent-rules \
+             --disable-debug \
+             --disable-static \
+             --enable-shared \
              --disable-selinux \
              --disable-fam \
              --enable-xattr \
              --enable-regex \
-             --with-gnu-ld \
-             --with-threads=posix \
+             --disable-gtk-doc \
              --disable-man \
              --disable-dtrace \
              --disable-systemtap \
              --disable-gcov \
-             --with-libiconv \
              --enable-Bsymbolic \
-             --disable-rebuilds \
-             --disable-gtk-doc \
+             --with-gnu-ld \
+             --with-threads=posix \
+             --with-pcre=system \
+             --with-libiconv \
 
 make
 
diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/meta b/packages/devel/glib/meta
index bf2bf5e815..c069832ebb 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/meta
@@ -19,14 +19,14 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 PKG_NAME="glib"
-PKG_VERSION="2.28.7"
+PKG_VERSION="2.28.8"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.gtk.org/"
 PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.28/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib libiconv"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib libiconv gtk-doc glib-host"
+PKG_DEPENDS="zlib libiconv pcre"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib libiconv pcre gtk-doc glib-host"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="glib: C support library"