diff --git a/libs/poco/Makefile b/libs/poco/Makefile
index 54041a449..b74845a3c 100644
--- a/libs/poco/Makefile
+++ b/libs/poco/Makefile
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=poco
-PKG_VERSION:=1.8.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.9.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://pocoproject.org/releases/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=2e4c07ac73174ee06c7e2c7cf2b7642a5b3aea81d0203e1c069b32ac4a8ecfbc
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://pocoproject.org/releases/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_HASH:=a0a5a03d87c585f1a43def33bfc52c0c34a528e43a7b13bc83841a7c00adde39
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSL-1.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE
 
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@ define Package/poco
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
   TITLE:=Poco C++ libraries
-  URL:=http://www.pocoproject.org/
+  URL:=https://www.pocoproject.org/
   DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp +libpthread +librt
   MAINTAINER:=Jean-Michel Julien <jean-michel.julien@trilliantinc.com>
 endef
diff --git a/libs/poco/patches/100-configure.patch b/libs/poco/patches/100-configure.patch
index 1051dfc7a..01ceb6767 100644
--- a/libs/poco/patches/100-configure.patch
+++ b/libs/poco/patches/100-configure.patch
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -231,9 +231,9 @@
-		;;
-
-	*)
+@@ -237,9 +237,9 @@ while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
+ 		;;
+ 
+ 	*)
 -		showhelp
 -		exit 1
 -		;;
 +#		showhelp
 +#		exit 1
 +#		;;
-	esac
-
- 	shift
+ 	esac
+ 
+  	shift
diff --git a/libs/poco/patches/200-strerror.patch b/libs/poco/patches/200-strerror.patch
index bd6075497..0ff0ce5ed 100644
--- a/libs/poco/patches/200-strerror.patch
+++ b/libs/poco/patches/200-strerror.patch
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 --- a/Foundation/src/Error.cpp
 +++ b/Foundation/src/Error.cpp
 @@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ namespace Poco {
-
- #if (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600) || POCO_ANDROID || __APPLE__
+ 
+ #if (_XOPEN_SOURCE >= 600) || POCO_OS == POCO_OS_ANDROID || __APPLE__
  			setMessage(strerror_r(err, _buffer, sizeof(_buffer)));
 -#elif _GNU_SOURCE
 +#elif (_GNU_SOURCE && (defined __GLIBC__ || defined __UCLIBC__))