diff --git a/package/libass/libass.hash b/package/libass/libass.hash
index b8952a4730..beb7639b1f 100644
--- a/package/libass/libass.hash
+++ b/package/libass/libass.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha256  5dbde9e22339119cf8eed59eea6c623a0746ef5a90b689e68a090109078e3c08  libass-0.16.0.tar.xz
+sha256  971e2e1db59d440f88516dcd1187108419a370e64863f70687da599fdf66cc1a  libass-0.17.0.tar.xz
 sha256  f7e30699d02798351e7f839e3d3bfeb29ce65e44efa7735c225464c4fd7dfe9c  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libass/libass.mk b/package/libass/libass.mk
index 4ba812e3fc..1cc8310312 100644
--- a/package/libass/libass.mk
+++ b/package/libass/libass.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBASS_VERSION = 0.16.0
+LIBASS_VERSION = 0.17.0
 LIBASS_SOURCE = libass-$(LIBASS_VERSION).tar.xz
 # Do not use the github helper here, the generated tarball is *NOT*
 # the same as the one uploaded by upstream for the release.
@@ -33,4 +33,11 @@ else
 LIBASS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-fontconfig --disable-require-system-font-provider
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUNIBREAK),y)
+LIBASS_DEPENDENCIES += libunibreak
+LIBASS_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libunibreak
+else
+LIBASS_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libunibreak
+endif
+
 $(eval $(autotools-package))