diff --git a/utils/rtty/Makefile b/utils/rtty/Makefile
index f1443dca5..c471ff56b 100644
--- a/utils/rtty/Makefile
+++ b/utils/rtty/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=rtty
-PKG_VERSION:=7.4.1
+PKG_VERSION:=8.0.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=https://github.com/zhaojh329/rtty/releases/download/v$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=997e5a3f0b1ce5e06d8505691ea0a9a3fd8af972f6d1b4b04f42dd03f392649f
+PKG_HASH:=b9c555005b76c1ad0f5af891964375bbdf50ee22b9a9f53ddd48d2cdb4e53b49
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jianhui Zhao <zhaojh329@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=MIT
diff --git a/utils/rtty/files/rtty.config b/utils/rtty/files/rtty.config
index b9952ce1d..d7b83bd42 100644
--- a/utils/rtty/files/rtty.config
+++ b/utils/rtty/files/rtty.config
@@ -10,5 +10,7 @@
 #   option  host        'your-server-host'  # Server host
 #   option  port        '5912'              # Server Port
 #   option  ssl         1                   # Whether to use ssl
+#   option  insecure    '1'                 # Allow insecure server connections when using SSL
 #   option  token       'your-token'        # generated by rttys
+#   option  username    'root'              # Skip a second login authentication. See man login(1) about the details
 #   option  verbose     '1'                 # verbose log
diff --git a/utils/rtty/files/rtty.init b/utils/rtty/files/rtty.init
index 94b4c364b..4725cc158 100644
--- a/utils/rtty/files/rtty.init
+++ b/utils/rtty/files/rtty.init
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ validate_rtty_section() {
 		'host:host' \
 		'port:port' \
 		'ssl:bool:0' \
+		'insecure:bool:0' \
 		'token:maxlength(32)' \
+		'username:string' \
 		'verbose:bool:0'
 }
 
@@ -48,7 +50,9 @@ start_rtty() {
 	[ -n "$port" ] && procd_append_param command -p "$port"
 	[ -n "$description" ] && procd_append_param command -d "$description"
 	[ "$ssl" = "1" ] && procd_append_param command -s
+	[ "$insecure" = "1" ] && procd_append_param command -x
 	[ -n "$token" ] && procd_append_param command -t "$token"
+	[ -n "$username" ] && procd_append_param command -f "$username"
 	[ "$verbose" = "1" ] && procd_append_param command -v
 	procd_set_param respawn
 	procd_close_instance