diff --git a/package/libbsd/Config.in b/package/libbsd/Config.in
index d521f05444..dd2c19c183 100644
--- a/package/libbsd/Config.in
+++ b/package/libbsd/Config.in
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBSD_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	bool
-	# libbsd requires a.out.h, which is only available for those
-	# architectures: arm, x86 (and alpha, currently not supported in Buildroot;
-	# also m68k which is currently not enabled, so can't be tested.)
-	default y if BR2_arm || BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
+	# libbsd does not support the MicroBlaze ELF machine type (see local-elf.h)
+	default y if !BR2_microblaze
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBSD
 	bool "libbsd"
diff --git a/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash b/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash
index be4ba505cf..f77c0aa4d6 100644
--- a/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash
+++ b/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256	9e8f34ffa9c8579c87965a55a82d8ac37a1dc64858f717b7c49452ade277cc62	libbsd-0.6.0.tar.xz
+sha256	b2f644cae94a6e2fe109449c20ad79a0f6ee4faec2205b07eefa0020565e250a	libbsd-0.8.2.tar.xz
diff --git a/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk b/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk
index 99a95726ff..634a614c89 100644
--- a/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk
+++ b/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBBSD_VERSION = 0.6.0
+LIBBSD_VERSION = 0.8.2
 LIBBSD_SOURCE = libbsd-$(LIBBSD_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBBSD_SITE = http://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases
 LIBBSD_LICENSE = BSD-3c, MIT