diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash
index e0face9ddb..806792faee 100644
--- a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  d6c3e2b64510e5ed6fcd3323febf2cc2a8e5fda5a6588c7671f2d77f9f189356  pcsc-lite-2.0.0.tar.bz2
+sha256  85cab61cc744c81e2bc432656863293b8428d0136f079e3b12a84b335b5b35aa  pcsc-lite-2.1.0.tar.bz2
 sha256  40d4358bb8dc8d30f5365ae6d999b6f820bbc051b292912482f2e4d0ebd837e1  COPYING
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  GPL-3.0.txt
diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
index 2b2114835e..8418d6a32a 100644
--- a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PCSC_LITE_VERSION = 2.0.0
+PCSC_LITE_VERSION = 2.1.0
 PCSC_LITE_SOURCE = pcsc-lite-$(PCSC_LITE_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PCSC_LITE_SITE = https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/files
 PCSC_LITE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE_EMBEDDED),y)
 PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-embedded
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POLKIT),y)
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-polkit
+PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES += polkit
+else
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-polkit
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
 PCSC_LITE_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-latomic
 endif