diff --git a/libs/hidapi/Makefile b/libs/hidapi/Makefile
index 87249a296..9a7518f38 100644
--- a/libs/hidapi/Makefile
+++ b/libs/hidapi/Makefile
@@ -8,19 +8,21 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=hidapi
-PKG_VERSION:=0.8.0-rc1
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.9.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/signal11/hidapi.git
-PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=hidapi-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=95b39035f94c35b0c360ec2e02a01fe25e971490135d7137f163974d4a88471f
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/libusb/hidapi/tar.gz/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)?
+PKG_HASH:=630ee1834bdd5c5761ab079fd04f463a89585df8fcae51a7bfe4229b1e02a652
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE-bsd.txt
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Paul Fertser <fercerpav@gmail.com>
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
@@ -28,9 +30,9 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 define Package/hidapi
   SECTION:=libs
   CATEGORY:=Libraries
-  DEPENDS:=+libusb-1.0 +librt $(ICONV_DEPENDS)
+  DEPENDS:=+libusb-1.0 +librt +libudev-fbsd $(ICONV_DEPENDS)
   TITLE:=Library to talk to HID devices
-  URL:=http://www.signal11.us/oss/hidapi/
+  URL:=https://github.com/libusb/hidapi
 endef
 
 define Package/hidapi/description
@@ -41,38 +43,25 @@ can be embedded directly into a target application by adding a single source
 file (per platform) and a single header.
 endef
 
-define Build/Configure
-endef
-
-MAKE_PATH=libusb
-MAKE_FLAGS+=-f Makefile.linux
-TARGET_CFLAGS+=$(FPIC)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-static
 
-define Build/Compile
-	$(call Build/Compile/Default, libhidapi-libusb.so)
-	mv $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libusb/libhidapi-libusb.so \
-		$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libusb/libhidapi-libusb.so.0
-	ln -s libhidapi-libusb.so.0 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libusb/libhidapi-libusb.so
-	sed    's^@prefix@^/usr^; \
-		s^@exec_prefix@^/usr^; \
-		s^@libdir@^$$$${exec_prefix}/lib^; \
-		s^@includedir@^$$$${prefix}/include^' \
-		< $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/pc/hidapi-libusb.pc.in \
-		> $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/pc/hidapi-libusb.pc
-endef
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -liconv
 
 define Build/InstallDev
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/hidapi
-	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/hidapi/hidapi.h $(1)/usr/include/hidapi/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/hidapi/hidapi.h $(1)/usr/include/hidapi/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libusb/libhidapi-libusb.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib//libhidapi-libusb.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
-	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/pc/hidapi-libusb.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hidapi-libusb.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 endef
 
 define Package/hidapi/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
-	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libusb/libhidapi-libusb.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libhidapi-hidraw.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libhidapi-libusb.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,hidapi))
diff --git a/libs/hidapi/patches/010-add-iconv-linkage.patch b/libs/hidapi/patches/010-add-iconv-linkage.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d942d5061..000000000
--- a/libs/hidapi/patches/010-add-iconv-linkage.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-Index: hidapi-0.8.0-rc1/libusb/Makefile.linux
-===================================================================
---- hidapi-0.8.0-rc1.orig/libusb/Makefile.linux
-+++ hidapi-0.8.0-rc1/libusb/Makefile.linux
-@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ COBJS_LIBUSB = hid.o
- COBJS = $(COBJS_LIBUSB)
- CPPOBJS   = ../hidtest/hidtest.o
- OBJS      = $(COBJS) $(CPPOBJS)
--LIBS_USB  = `pkg-config libusb-1.0 --libs` -lrt -lpthread
-+LIBS_USB  = `pkg-config libusb-1.0 --libs` -lrt -lpthread -liconv
- LIBS      = $(LIBS_USB)
- INCLUDES ?= -I../hidapi `pkg-config libusb-1.0 --cflags`
- 
-@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ hidtest-libusb: $(COBJS_LIBUSB) $(CPPOBJ
- 
- # Shared Libs
- libhidapi-libusb.so: $(COBJS_LIBUSB)
--	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS_USB) -shared -fpic -Wl,-soname,$@.0 $^ -o $@
-+	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $^ $(LIBS_USB) -shared -fpic -Wl,-soname,$@.0 -o $@
- 
- # Objects
- $(COBJS): %.o: %.c