diff --git a/packages/emulation/libretro-mgba/package.mk b/packages/emulation/libretro-mgba/package.mk
index 2f7c0a31ca..419fa2cfec 100644
--- a/packages/emulation/libretro-mgba/package.mk
+++ b/packages/emulation/libretro-mgba/package.mk
@@ -2,26 +2,38 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2016-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libretro-mgba"
-PKG_VERSION="c32d83154010453409bf7b1f56e10404972ad127"
-PKG_SHA256="1c756b1f1950ddec9ca73e424ee92a09c57634153997e4e59a47df5d9cbd7968"
+PKG_VERSION="38bad71e119aa71f9c89d066fdfe589d3cdfd2e6"
+PKG_SHA256="851ef73c10e28caa5d3569c50cdd8cfe4a5ce304ea0c5e0699259669ae3bebd5"
 PKG_LICENSE="MPL 2.0"
-PKG_SITE="https://github.com/libretro/mgba"
-PKG_URL="https://github.com/libretro/mgba/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform libepoxy libzip SDL2"
+PKG_SITE="https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/archive/$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain kodi-platform zlib"
 PKG_LONGDESC="game.libretro.mgba: mGBA for Kodi"
 
 PKG_LIBNAME="mgba_libretro.so"
 PKG_LIBPATH="$PKG_LIBNAME"
 PKG_LIBVAR="MGBA_LIB"
 
-pre_configure_target() {
-  # fails to build in subdirs
-  cd $PKG_BUILD
-  rm -rf .$TARGET_NAME
-}
+PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET="-DUSE_DEBUGGERS=OFF \
+                       -DBUILD_QT=OFF \
+                       -DBUILD_SDL=OFF \
+                       -DBUILD_LIBRETRO=ON \
+                       -DSKIP_LIBRARY=ON \
+                       -DUSE_FFMPEG=OFF \
+                       -DUSE_ZLIB=ON \
+                       -DUSE_MINIZIP=OFF \
+                       -DUSE_LIBZIP=OFF \
+                       -DUSE_MAGICK=OFF \
+                       -DUSE_ELF=OFF"
 
-make_target() {
-  make -f Makefile.libretro
+if [ "${OPENGL_SUPPORT}" = "yes" -a "${PROJECT}" = "Generic" ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET+=" libepoxy"
+elif [ "${OPENGLES_SUPPORT}" = "yes" ]; then
+  PKG_CMAKE_OPTS_TARGET+=" -DBUILD_GLES2=ON"
+fi
+
+pre_make_target() {
+  sed -e "s/set(VERSION_STRING \${GIT_BRANCH}-\${GIT_REV}-\${GIT_COMMIT_SHORT})/set(VERSION_STRING master-${PKG_VERSION:0:7})/" -i ${PKG_BUILD}/version.cmake
 }
 
 makeinstall_target() {