diff --git a/libs/libmraa/Makefile b/libs/libmraa/Makefile
index 6d980b252..633dc9eff 100644
--- a/libs/libmraa/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmraa/Makefile
@@ -8,16 +8,16 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libmraa
-PKG_VERSION:=0.8.0
+PKG_VERSION:=0.9.0
 
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=70600dece4138b0c0dbaff42f57828f1559cd840
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=049ba5fa9f2d18ac0ec6729c46916b34998d3c5f
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=9cbda58e7c7790db3d62cee62f399975effcdc2d9688d3d6bb2b4a86748faff9
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=0c81cff6dcfe401ead0d8976c6f9a6a86b75ab38413a45a40b7eb20b639d78e4
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=node python/host swig/host node/host
 CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
 
diff --git a/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch b/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch
index 5094389f4..9b36ea3c6 100644
--- a/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch
+++ b/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,3 @@
-From 6fecad819376442d057bdd35a0909cfac9df02f5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
-From: John Crispin <blogic@openwrt.org>
-Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2015 12:18:39 +0200
-Subject: [PATCH 1/4] base
-
----
  CMakeLists.txt          |   10 ++++------
  api/mraa/types.h        |    1 +
  include/mraa_internal.h |    7 +++++++
@@ -21,11 +15,11 @@ Subject: [PATCH 1/4] base
  # Make a version file containing the current version from git.
 -include (GetGitRevisionDescription)
 -git_describe (VERSION "--tags")
--if ("x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_GIT-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND")
+-if ("x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_GIT-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_-128-NOTFOUND")
 -  message (WARNING " - Install git to compile a production libmraa!")
--  set (VERSION "v0.8.0-dirty")
+-  set (VERSION "v0.8.1-dirty")
 -endif ()
-+set (VERSION "v0.8.0")
++set (VERSION "v0.9.0")
  
  message (INFO " - libmraa Version ${VERSION}")