diff --git a/package/atftp/atftp.hash b/package/atftp/atftp.hash
index b7860c7681..3e5e783cff 100644
--- a/package/atftp/atftp.hash
+++ b/package/atftp/atftp.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 # Locally computed
-sha1 fc9e9f821dfd2f257b4a5c32b948ed60b4e31fd1 atftp-0.7.1.tar.gz
+sha256 1ad080674e9f974217b3a703e7356c6c8446dc5e7b2014d0d06e1bfaa11b5041  atftp-0.7.2.tar.gz
+sha256 32b1062f7da84967e7019d01ab805935caa7ab7321a7ced0e30ebe75e5df1670  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/atftp/atftp.mk b/package/atftp/atftp.mk
index e1c257cb8e..cbe05ba7e0 100644
--- a/package/atftp/atftp.mk
+++ b/package/atftp/atftp.mk
@@ -4,19 +4,19 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-ATFTP_VERSION = 0.7.1
+ATFTP_VERSION = 0.7.2
 ATFTP_SITE = http://sourceforge.net/projects/atftp/files
 ATFTP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 ATFTP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
+# 0001-Makefile.am-link-against-libpthread-for-atftp.patch patches Makefile.am
+ATFTP_AUTORECONF = YES
 ATFTP_CONF_OPTS = --disable-libwrap --disable-mtftp
 # For static we need to explicitly link against libpthread
 ATFTP_LIBS = -lpthread
-# We use CPPFLAGS for -fgnu89-inline even though it's a compiler flag
-# because atftp discards configure environment CFLAGS. -fgnu89-inline
-# is needed to avoid multiple definition error with gcc 5. See
+# -fgnu89-inline is needed to avoid multiple definition error with gcc 5. See
 # https://gcc.gnu.org/gcc-5/porting_to.html.
 ATFTP_CONF_ENV = LIBS="$(ATFTP_LIBS)" \
-	CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -fgnu89-inline"
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -fgnu89-inline"
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_READLINE),y)
 ATFTP_DEPENDENCIES += readline