diff --git a/package/libglib2/Config.in b/package/libglib2/Config.in
index 7cbfea5dce..84ee816a89 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/Config.in
+++ b/package/libglib2/Config.in
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGLIB2
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_GETTEXT if BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFFI
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UCP if BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE_UCP
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR # gettext
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash b/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
index 7bce911fe2..60d0352e24 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-# https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.46/glib-2.46.2.sha256sum
-sha256  5031722e37036719c1a09163cc6cf7c326e4c4f1f1e074b433c156862bd733db  glib-2.46.2.tar.xz
+# https://download.gnome.org/sources/glib/2.48/glib-2.48.0.sha256sum
+sha256  744be6931ca914c68af98dc38ff6b0cf8381d65e335060faddfbf04c17147c34  glib-2.48.0.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
index 09cdd87edd..fe303a7c8d 100644
--- a/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
+++ b/package/libglib2/libglib2.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.46
-LIBGLIB2_VERSION = $(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR).2
+LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR = 2.48
+LIBGLIB2_VERSION = $(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR).0
 LIBGLIB2_SOURCE = glib-$(LIBGLIB2_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBGLIB2_SITE = http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/$(LIBGLIB2_VERSION_MAJOR)
 LIBGLIB2_LICENSE = LGPLv2+
@@ -97,11 +97,18 @@ HOST_LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--disable-libelf \
 	--disable-selinux \
 	--disable-systemtap \
-	--disable-xattr
+	--disable-xattr \
+	--with-pcre=system
 
-LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libglib2 libffi zlib $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext) host-gettext
+LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-pkgconf host-libglib2 host-gettext \
+	libffi pcre zlib $(if $(BR2_NEEDS_GETTEXT),gettext)
 
-HOST_LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-libffi host-zlib host-gettext
+HOST_LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES = \
+	host-gettext host-libffi host-pcre host-pkgconf host-zlib
+
+LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS = \
+	--with-pcre=system
 
 ifneq ($(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),y)
 LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
@@ -119,13 +126,6 @@ LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS += --with-libiconv=gnu
 LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES += libiconv
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCRE),y)
-LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS += --with-pcre=system
-LIBGLIB2_DEPENDENCIES += pcre
-else
-LIBGLIB2_CONF_OPTS += --with-pcre=internal
-endif
-
 # Purge gdb-related files
 ifneq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_GDB),y)
 define LIBGLIB2_REMOVE_GDB_FILES