diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk
index 540380be2b..42032a2f45 100644
--- a/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/rsyslog-depends/librelp/package.mk
@@ -2,19 +2,19 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="librelp"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.12"
-PKG_SHA256="0355730524f7b20bed1b85697296b6ce57ac593ddc8dddcdca263da71dee7bd7"
+PKG_VERSION="1.2.17"
+PKG_SHA256="1bf88b9decdbcaf06454ea1362455aa5ceccbcce282f07a4dc95e6911da4cbf0"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
-PKG_SITE="http://www.librelp.com/"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.librelp.com"
 PKG_URL="http://download.rsyslog.com/librelp/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
-PKG_SECTION="rsyslog"
-PKG_SHORTDESC="librelp"
-PKG_LONGDESC="librelp"
+PKG_LONGDESC="provides reliable event logging over the network"
+PKG_TOOLCHAIN="autotools"
 PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
-PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-tls \
-                           --enable-static --disable-shared \
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static \
+                           --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-tls \
                            ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=yes \
                            ac_cv_func_realloc_0_nonnull=yes"