diff --git a/package/lttng-libust/0001-lttng-ust-elf.c-define-NT_GNU_BUILD_ID-if-not-define.patch b/package/lttng-libust/0001-lttng-ust-elf.c-define-NT_GNU_BUILD_ID-if-not-define.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2e0c8b1da0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/lttng-libust/0001-lttng-ust-elf.c-define-NT_GNU_BUILD_ID-if-not-define.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+From d400314757a8d5d52bd5722d263bfd5886bb6595 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop@gmail.com>
+Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2016 13:32:57 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] lttng-ust-elf.c: define NT_GNU_BUILD_ID if not defined
+
+On uClibc, NT_GNU_BUILD_ID is not defined, so we define it
+manually in this case.
+
+Signed-off-by: Philippe Proulx <eeppeliteloop@gmail.com>
+[Philippe: grabbed from this pull request:
+    https://github.com/lttng/lttng-ust/pull/39
+]
+---
+ liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-elf.c | 4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-elf.c b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-elf.c
+index 5f27920..beaa7f3 100644
+--- a/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-elf.c
++++ b/liblttng-ust/lttng-ust-elf.c
+@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
+
+ #define BUF_LEN	4096
+
++#ifndef NT_GNU_BUILD_ID
++# define NT_GNU_BUILD_ID	3
++#endif
++
+ /*
+  * Retrieve the nth (where n is the `index` argument) phdr (program
+  * header) from the given elf instance.
+--
+2.9.3
+
diff --git a/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.hash b/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.hash
index 1494acf64c..a4a2907477 100644
--- a/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.hash
+++ b/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.hash
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# http://www.lttng.org/files/lttng-ust/lttng-ust-2.7.1.tar.bz2.sha1
-sha1  597ebecb885debb58c263de57f30b1096d4eefc6  lttng-ust-2.7.1.tar.bz2
+# From http://lttng.org/files/lttng-ust/lttng-ust-2.8.1.tar.bz2.{md5,sha1}
+md5     be505077245dc05f93370a565eec15f4  lttng-ust-2.8.1.tar.bz2
+sha1    8bebdcbcb453d2643fb226dbe92de61764f1ee3b  lttng-ust-2.8.1.tar.bz2
 
-# Locally computed
-sha1  2e79c98e458b2e052930fb81441e6ca8377a2ed7 787364e8bac9a146f9d65c763633c2b75eb76463.patch
-sha1  cf77ec415111f77573be7917d9b62d8e49dc6304 30307a67b48641875b122d8f832bbfb454e95d92.patch
+# Locally generated
+sha256  6e41349107e83e7b43c69ed358e48788ca2fd095bad61737b850e3f3d2c0508a  lttng-ust-2.8.1.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.mk b/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.mk
index 61ffed4287..feeeb4325d 100644
--- a/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.mk
+++ b/package/lttng-libust/lttng-libust.mk
@@ -5,17 +5,13 @@
 ################################################################################
 
 LTTNG_LIBUST_SITE = http://lttng.org/files/lttng-ust
-LTTNG_LIBUST_VERSION = 2.7.1
+LTTNG_LIBUST_VERSION = 2.8.1
 LTTNG_LIBUST_SOURCE = lttng-ust-$(LTTNG_LIBUST_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LTTNG_LIBUST_LICENSE = LGPLv2.1, MIT (system headers), GPLv2 (liblttng-ust-ctl/ustctl.c used by lttng-sessiond)
 LTTNG_LIBUST_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
-
-LTTNG_LIBUST_PATCH = \
-	https://github.com/lttng/lttng-ust/commit/787364e8bac9a146f9d65c763633c2b75eb76463.patch \
-	https://github.com/lttng/lttng-ust/commit/30307a67b48641875b122d8f832bbfb454e95d92.patch
-
 LTTNG_LIBUST_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LTTNG_LIBUST_DEPENDENCIES = liburcu util-linux
+LTTNG_LIBUST_CONF_OPTS += --disable-man-pages
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PYTHON),y)
 LTTNG_LIBUST_DEPENDENCIES += python