diff --git a/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk b/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
index 790131dffd..a54f72cb9f 100644
--- a/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
+++ b/packages/debug/libunwind/package.mk
@@ -2,16 +2,20 @@
 # Copyright (C) 2018-present Team LibreELEC (https://libreelec.tv)
 
 PKG_NAME="libunwind"
-PKG_VERSION="1.2.1"
-PKG_SHA256="3f3ecb90e28cbe53fba7a4a27ccce7aad188d3210bb1964a923a731a27a75acb"
+PKG_VERSION="1.3.1"
+PKG_SHA256="43997a3939b6ccdf2f669b50fdb8a4d3205374728c2923ddc2354c65260214f8"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.nongnu.org/libunwind/"
 PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.nongnu.org/releases/libunwind/libunwind-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
 PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
 PKG_LONGDESC="library to determine the call-chain of a program"
+PKG_BUILD_FLAGS="+pic"
 
 PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static \
-			   --disable-shared"
+                           --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-minidebuginfo \
+                           --disable-documentation \
+                           --disable-tests"
 
 makeinstall_target() {
   make DESTDIR=$SYSROOT_PREFIX install
diff --git a/packages/debug/libunwind/patches/libunwind-0001-fix-multiple-definition.patch b/packages/debug/libunwind/patches/libunwind-0001-fix-multiple-definition.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..68eb5f70a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/libunwind/patches/libunwind-0001-fix-multiple-definition.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From f40db1e2562934fd21485ba7f62e4521945f17e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: MilhouseVH <milhouseVH.github@nmacleod.com>
+Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 05:52:10 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] fix multiple definition
+
+https://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/libunwind-devel/2017-08/msg00039.html
+https://github.com/libunwind/libunwind/commit/0e74e583ae18d6852835f327921ee130a5fa3e6f
+---
+ include/tdep-arm/ex_tables.h | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/include/tdep-arm/ex_tables.h b/include/tdep-arm/ex_tables.h
+index 9df5e0a..0b5388a 100644
+--- a/include/tdep-arm/ex_tables.h
++++ b/include/tdep-arm/ex_tables.h
+@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ struct arm_exbuf_data
+ #define arm_exidx_extract       UNW_OBJ(arm_exidx_extract)
+ #define arm_exidx_decode        UNW_OBJ(arm_exidx_decode)
+ #define arm_exidx_apply_cmd     UNW_OBJ(arm_exidx_apply_cmd)
++#define arm_search_unwind_table UNW_OBJ(arm_search_unwind_table)
+ 
+ int arm_exidx_extract (struct dwarf_cursor *c, uint8_t *buf);
+ int arm_exidx_decode (const uint8_t *buf, uint8_t len, struct dwarf_cursor *c);
+-- 
+2.7.4
+