diff --git a/package/iptraf-ng/Config.in b/package/iptraf-ng/Config.in
index 5c3b4848b9..f240daf93d 100644
--- a/package/iptraf-ng/Config.in
+++ b/package/iptraf-ng/Config.in
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_IPTRAF_NG
 	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # fork()
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	help
-	  IPTraf-ng is a ncurses-based network monitoring utility. It
-	  gathers data like TCP connection packet and byte counts,
-	  interface statistics and activity indicators.
+	  IPTraf-ng is a console-based network monitoring program for
+	  Linux that gathers displays information about IP traffic.
 
-	  https://fedorahosted.org/iptraf-ng/
+	  https://github.com/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng
 
 	  IPTraf-ng is a fork of original IPTraf v3.0.0
 	  (http://iptraf.seul.org).
diff --git a/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.hash b/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.hash
index 0a257ec2fd..314d5cee29 100644
--- a/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.hash
+++ b/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-# From https://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/p/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng-1.1.4.tar.gz.sum
-sha1	a2e51b0dd6b8c80583fc25d055850c96b3d2f544	iptraf-ng-1.1.4.tar.gz
 # Locally computed
+sha256  9f5cef584065420dea1ba32c86126aede1fa9bd25b0f8362b0f9fd9754f00870  iptraf-ng-1.2.1.tar.gz
 sha256  4e49bef38f621aac4a870da4b30011c7b7abc7256b218daec1c425b08448ae1e  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.mk b/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.mk
index ac572b9eef..044630be41 100644
--- a/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.mk
+++ b/package/iptraf-ng/iptraf-ng.mk
@@ -4,16 +4,21 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-IPTRAF_NG_VERSION = 1.1.4
-IPTRAF_NG_SITE = https://fedorahosted.org/releases/i/p/iptraf-ng
+IPTRAF_NG_VERSION = 1.2.1
+IPTRAF_NG_SITE = $(call github,iptraf-ng,iptraf-ng,v$(IPTRAF_NG_VERSION))
 IPTRAF_NG_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+
 IPTRAF_NG_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 IPTRAF_NG_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
 
-IPTRAF_NG_MAKE_ENV = \
-	NCURSES_LDFLAGS="-lpanel -lncurses"
+define IPTRAF_NG_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		NCURSES_LDFLAGS="-lpanel -lncurses" \
+		-C $(@D)
+endef
 
-IPTRAF_NG_CONF_ENV = \
-	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE"
+define IPTRAF_NG_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
+		prefix=/usr DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) install
+endef
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+$(eval $(generic-package))