diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash b/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
index 1395eda999..d79ccbc9ff 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256 50c7be033636d878e902dad0a207fc9f6d831bec27f1b410f1102acddaa5565e  v4l-utils-1.8.0.tar.bz2
+sha256 2f6219b03f19ea07c100e860238d5cdbfcbcfe440a14477e75137cc073431b33  v4l-utils-1.8.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
index 89d1d00f2c..ceb1666773 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBV4L_VERSION = 1.8.0
+LIBV4L_VERSION = 1.8.1
 LIBV4L_SOURCE = v4l-utils-$(LIBV4L_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBV4L_SITE = http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils
 LIBV4L_INSTALL_STAGING = YES