diff --git a/net/wget/Makefile b/net/wget/Makefile
index f0f352344..1e784052e 100644
--- a/net/wget/Makefile
+++ b/net/wget/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=wget
 PKG_VERSION:=1.19.1
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
diff --git a/net/wget/patches/100-revert-removal-of-libunistring-check-clear.patch b/net/wget/patches/100-revert-removal-of-libunistring-check-clear.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c9373724
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/wget/patches/100-revert-removal-of-libunistring-check-clear.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -663,6 +663,11 @@ if test "X$iri" != "Xno"; then
+ #    ])
+   ])
+ fi
++if test "X$iri" = "Xno"; then
++  # we don't need libunistring - clear settings from gnulib module
++  LIBUNISTRING=""
++  LTLIBUNISTRING=""
++fi
+ 
+ dnl
+ dnl Check for UUID