diff --git a/package/libesmtp/Config.in b/package/libesmtp/Config.in
index db2dc8ec9c..5c6a412134 100644
--- a/package/libesmtp/Config.in
+++ b/package/libesmtp/Config.in
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBESMTP
 	bool "libesmtp"
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL_ENABLE_MD4 if BR2_PACKAGE_LIBOPENSSL
 	help
 	  Library for sending emails through SMTP.
 
diff --git a/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.hash b/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.hash
index 9e1ca22b5b..596ed4eaca 100644
--- a/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.hash
+++ b/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	d0a61a5c52d99fa7ce7d00ed0a07e341dbda67101dbed1ab0cdae3f37db4eb0b	libesmtp-1.0.6.tar.bz2
-sha256	32b1062f7da84967e7019d01ab805935caa7ab7321a7ced0e30ebe75e5df1670	COPYING
-sha256	f18a0811fa0e220ccbc42f661545e77f0388631e209585ed582a1c693029c6aa	COPYING.LIB
+sha256  32bc3614ca12d21c7d933f32d43410e8744b6f91fdca7732da9877a385e4e6c3  libesmtp-1.1.0.tar.gz
+sha256  204d8eff92f95aac4df6c8122bc1505f468f3a901e5a4cc08940e0ede1938994  COPYING.GPL
+sha256  20c17d8b8c48a600800dfd14f95d5cb9ff47066a9641ddeab48dc54aec96e331  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.mk b/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.mk
index 1f5cdec191..10fe7bf324 100644
--- a/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.mk
+++ b/package/libesmtp/libesmtp.mk
@@ -4,14 +4,24 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBESMTP_VERSION = 1.0.6
-LIBESMTP_SOURCE = libesmtp-$(LIBESMTP_VERSION).tar.bz2
-LIBESMTP_SITE = http://sources.buildroot.net/libesmtp
+LIBESMTP_VERSION = 1.1.0
+LIBESMTP_SITE = $(call github,libesmtp,libESMTP,v$(LIBESMTP_VERSION))
 LIBESMTP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
-LIBESMTP_CONFIG_SCRIPTS = libesmtp-config
-LIBESMTP_DEPENDENCIES = $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),openssl)
 LIBESMTP_LICENSE = GPL-2.0+ (examples), LGPL-2.1+ (library)
-LIBESMTP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
+LIBESMTP_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING.GPL LICENSE
 LIBESMTP_CPE_ID_VENDOR = libesmtp_project
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_OPENSSL),y)
+LIBESMTP_CONF_OPTS += -Dtls=enabled
+LIBESMTP_DEPENDENCIES += openssl
+else
+LIBESMTP_CONF_OPTS += -Dtls=disabled
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+LIBESMTP_CONF_OPTS += -Dpthreads=enabled
+else
+LIBESMTP_CONF_OPTS += -Dpthreads=disabled
+endif
+
+$(eval $(meson-package))