diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/Makefile b/libs/xmlrpc-c/Makefile
index d9bc8ed0e..665c69720 100644
--- a/libs/xmlrpc-c/Makefile
+++ b/libs/xmlrpc-c/Makefile
@@ -8,22 +8,20 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=xmlrpc-c
-PKG_VERSION:=1.43.08
+PKG_VERSION:=1.51.03
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tgz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/xmlrpc-c/Xmlrpc-c%20Super%20Stable/$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_HASH:=c9f5b584a42493877ae0f09ed680d94e035ab389e8fa1873b1ec42118d5cfca3
+PKG_HASH:=82f9a4f6dee03f6a58921d75a65949dd4f0036a4c268bce6a4343338932ec065
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Ted Hess <thess@kitschensync.net>
 PKG_LICENSE:=VARIOUS
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=doc/COPYING
 
-PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
-PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=0
-
-PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/001-config.mk.in.patch b/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/001-config.mk.in.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 165c3eed8..000000000
--- a/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/001-config.mk.in.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
---- a/config.mk.in
-+++ b/config.mk.in
-@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ ifeq ($(patsubst linux-gnu%,linux-gnu,$(
-   shlibfn = $(1:%=%.$(SHLIB_SUFFIX).$(MAJ).$(MIN))
-   shliblefn = $(1:%=%.$(SHLIB_SUFFIX))
- #  SHLIB_CLIB = -lc
--  LDFLAGS_SHLIB = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME) $(SHLIB_CLIB)
-+  LDFLAGS_SHLIB = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(SONAME) $(SHLIB_CLIB) $(LDFLAGS)
-   CFLAGS_SHLIB=-fPIC
- endif
- 
diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/002-automake-compat.patch b/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/002-automake-compat.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index d5a25750e..000000000
--- a/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/002-automake-compat.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -223,9 +223,7 @@ dnl Checks for programs.
- dnl =======================================================================
- 
- AC_PROG_CC
--if test x"$enable_cplusplus" != xno; then
--    AC_PROG_CXX
--fi
-+AC_PROG_CXX
- 
- 
- dnl =======================================================================
diff --git a/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/010-nanosleep.patch b/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/010-nanosleep.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a40ceef9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/xmlrpc-c/patches/010-nanosleep.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- a/lib/libutil/sleep.c
++++ b/lib/libutil/sleep.c
+@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
+ #  include <windows.h>
+ #  include <process.h>
+ #else
+-#  include <unistd.h>
++#  include <time.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ xmlrpc_millisecond_sleep(unsigned int const milliseconds) {
+ #if MSVCRT
+     SleepEx(milliseconds, true);
+ #else
+-    usleep(milliseconds * 1000);
++    const struct timespec req = {0, milliseconds * 1000 * 1000};
++    nanosleep(&req, NULL);
+ #endif
+ }