diff --git a/package/libbsd/Config.in b/package/libbsd/Config.in
index 845a22162b..093a2e646c 100644
--- a/package/libbsd/Config.in
+++ b/package/libbsd/Config.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBSD
 	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
 	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS
 	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBMD
 	help
 	  This library provides useful functions commonly found on BSD
 	  systems, and lacking on others like GNU systems, thus making
diff --git a/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash b/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash
index 95887bd607..17bb32e01c 100644
--- a/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash
+++ b/package/libbsd/libbsd.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2019-August/000229.html
-sha256	34b8adc726883d0e85b3118fa13605e179a62b31ba51f676136ecb2d0bc1a887	libbsd-0.10.0.tar.xz
-sha256	933d14a6bc89ee1fd7adbf5b6ec97f6ff0e002549d0b0c164f8a8895371d78f8	COPYING
+# From https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/libbsd/2021-February/000305.html
+sha512  a7015ea1ffa3766b1a4690526a25231898ad8275149b31fb6801082450172249997c36165626d101ffce53b59767a46676eebc0806426922fe4e773a0376c1f5  libbsd-0.11.3.tar.xz
+sha256  ff2fdeeb0fe8bcb9045fe91d69e8312a5b477c54db48dffe34dd1c0d730c5864  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk b/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk
index 256a75f15e..86df8a97a2 100644
--- a/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk
+++ b/package/libbsd/libbsd.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBBSD_VERSION = 0.10.0
+LIBBSD_VERSION = 0.11.3
 LIBBSD_SOURCE = libbsd-$(LIBBSD_VERSION).tar.xz
 LIBBSD_SITE = https://libbsd.freedesktop.org/releases
 LIBBSD_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, BSD-4-Clause, BSD-5-Clause, \
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ LIBBSD_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause, BSD-3-Clause, BSD-4-Clause, BSD-5-Clause, \
 LIBBSD_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBBSD_CPE_ID_VENDOR = freedesktop
 LIBBSD_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBBSD_DEPENDENCIES = libmd
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))