diff --git a/net/transmission/Makefile b/net/transmission/Makefile
index f6cb8b99c..c762f05df 100644
--- a/net/transmission/Makefile
+++ b/net/transmission/Makefile
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=transmission
 PKG_VERSION:=2.92+git
-PKG_RELEASE:=4
+PKG_RELEASE:=5
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/transmission/transmission.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=35fea28d1a37875ef7480ac061754df617805b19
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5b29fe15561d40c40cbee635446df6b33e18d2c2
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=aeeb8dfd918bd2cf4fb6fbdf58bd822e9b509df1ba5ec408888edd161123ef8e
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=f99982ae68564da9bf6ad4407285aff2e29508e4fd801ff56f86a8b3dae01819
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ define Package/transmission/template
   CATEGORY:=Network
   TITLE:=BitTorrent client
   URL:=http://www.transmissionbt.com
-  MAINTAINER:=Cezary Jackiewicz <cezary@eko.one.pl>
+  MAINTAINER:=Rosen Penev <rosenp@gmail.com>
 endef
 
 define Package/transmission-daemon/Default
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ define Package/transmission-daemon-openssl/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) files/transmission.init $(1)/etc/init.d/transmission
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
 	$(INSTALL_CONF) files/transmission.config $(1)/etc/config/transmission
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/sysctl.d/
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) files/transmission.sysctl $(1)/etc/sysctl.d/20-transmission.conf
 endef
 Package/transmission-daemon-mbedtls/install = $(Package/transmission-daemon-openssl/install)
 
diff --git a/net/transmission/files/transmission.sysctl b/net/transmission/files/transmission.sysctl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bdf0de206
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/transmission/files/transmission.sysctl
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+net.core.rmem_max = 4194304
+net.core.wmem_max = 1048576
diff --git a/net/transmission/patches/030-fix-musl-build.patch b/net/transmission/patches/030-fix-musl-build.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index f03aebc18..000000000
--- a/net/transmission/patches/030-fix-musl-build.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
---- a/libtransmission/bitfield.c
-+++ b/libtransmission/bitfield.c
-@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
-  *
-  */
- 
-+#define __NEED_ssize_t
-+
- #include <assert.h>
- #include <string.h> /* memset */
- 
-@@ -13,6 +15,7 @@
- #include "bitfield.h"
- #include "utils.h" /* tr_new0 () */
- 
-+
- const tr_bitfield TR_BITFIELD_INIT = { NULL, 0, 0, 0, false, false };
- 
- /****
---- a/libtransmission/fdlimit.h
-+++ b/libtransmission/fdlimit.h
-@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
-  #error only libtransmission should #include this header.
- #endif
- 
-+#define __NEED_off_t
-+
- #include "transmission.h"
- #include "file.h"
- #include "net.h"
diff --git a/net/transmission/patches/060-fix-foreground-syslog.patch b/net/transmission/patches/060-fix-foreground-syslog.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0334ca595
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/transmission/patches/060-fix-foreground-syslog.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/daemon/daemon.c b/daemon/daemon.c
+index 7b2a3b425..5b19d105a 100644
+--- a/daemon/daemon.c
++++ b/daemon/daemon.c
+@@ -715,12 +715,7 @@ static int daemon_start(void* raw_arg, bool foreground)
+     }
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+-
+-    if (!foreground)
+-    {
+-        openlog(MY_NAME, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+-    }
+-
++    openlog(MY_NAME, LOG_CONS | LOG_PID, LOG_DAEMON);
+ #endif
+ 
+     /* Create new timer event to report daemon status */
+@@ -772,11 +767,8 @@ cleanup:
+     /* shutdown */
+ #ifdef HAVE_SYSLOG
+ 
+-    if (!foreground)
+-    {
+         syslog(LOG_INFO, "%s", "Closing session");
+         closelog();
+-    }
+ 
+ #endif
+