diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash b/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
index c02fa0aedc..fc7bd1b9af 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	ac9f8c88bfffa3a7e85c0edd04f7d3d54e6a30c214e79f2c6ecc6fbf57cb229d	v4l-utils-1.12.2.tar.bz2
+sha256 0618162ddb0b57fe7c45407d4d66ed79e3a134cdbc9e72598d34e61d3359e20d  v4l-utils-1.12.5.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
index 465f6ccb6c..b139fa2fa5 100644
--- a/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
+++ b/package/libv4l/libv4l.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBV4L_VERSION = 1.12.2
+LIBV4L_VERSION = 1.12.5
 LIBV4L_SOURCE = v4l-utils-$(LIBV4L_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBV4L_SITE = http://linuxtv.org/downloads/v4l-utils
 LIBV4L_INSTALL_STAGING = YES