diff --git a/net/openvswitch/Makefile b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
index 39897036d..7961c1b85 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/Makefile
+++ b/net/openvswitch/Makefile
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/kernel.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=openvswitch
 
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
-PKG_VERSION:=2.7.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7.1
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@ PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://openvswitch.org/releases/
-PKG_HASH:=e492cf08a929b4a2178b7f9b01dc4ff562f44138b547b4e942078187b2445d2e
+PKG_HASH:=b0458cb2a7206f8e5802a524297c9f0569c01ae4bf91037a4dff37dcd0e2a84a
 
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python/host python-six/host CONFIG_PACKAGE_openvswitch-python
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=python/host python-six/host
+PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS:=CONFIG_PACKAGE_openvswitch-python
 
 PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf