diff --git a/package/util-linux/Config.in b/package/util-linux/Config.in
index b5d8cad15b..be87494b35 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/Config.in
+++ b/package/util-linux/Config.in
@@ -436,6 +436,17 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_VIPW
 	help
 	  Edit the password, group, shadow-password or shadow-group file
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WAITPID
+	bool "waitpid"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_3 # pidfd_open
+	help
+	  Utility to wait for arbitrary processes
+
+comment "waitpid needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 5.3"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_5_3
+
 config BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WALL
 	bool "wall"
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash b/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash
index ab1807a287..7ecd165459 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.hash
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # From https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.39/sha256sums.asc
-sha256  32b30a336cda903182ed61feb3e9b908b762a5e66fe14e43efb88d37162075cb  util-linux-2.39.tar.xz
+sha256  890ae8ff810247bd19e274df76e8371d202cda01ad277681b0ea88eeaa00286b  util-linux-2.39.1.tar.xz
 # License files, locally calculated
 sha256  64dfeae1519bf0e27563d905a71264310fb6a8fa74e5cf99bb36e4d30d7ef455  README.licensing
 sha256  9b718a9460fed5952466421235bc79eb49d4e9eacc920d7a9dd6285ab8fd6c6d  Documentation/licenses/COPYING.BSD-3-Clause
diff --git a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
index 621e43ba79..bdb4fd6b90 100644
--- a/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
+++ b/package/util-linux/util-linux.mk
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 # util-linux-libs/util-linux-libs.mk needs to be updated accordingly as well.
 
 UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.39
-UTIL_LINUX_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR)
+UTIL_LINUX_VERSION = $(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR).1
 UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE = util-linux-$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION).tar.xz
 UTIL_LINUX_SITE = $(BR2_KERNEL_MIRROR)/linux/utils/util-linux/v$(UTIL_LINUX_VERSION_MAJOR)
 
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ UTIL_LINUX_CONF_OPTS += \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UTMPDUMP),--enable-utmpdump,--disable-utmpdump) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_UUIDD),--enable-uuidd,--disable-uuidd) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_VIPW),--enable-vipw,--disable-vipw) \
+	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WAITPID),--enable-waitpid,--disable-waitpid) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WALL),--enable-wall,--disable-wall) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WDCTL),--enable-wdctl,--disable-wdctl) \
 	$(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_UTIL_LINUX_WIPEFS),--enable-wipefs,--disable-wipefs) \