diff --git a/libs/libgabe/Makefile b/libs/libgabe/Makefile
index 5f2a7520b..9c748811e 100644
--- a/libs/libgabe/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libgabe/Makefile
@@ -1,23 +1,20 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libgabe
-PKG_VERSION:=0.99
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/schanzen/libgabe/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
+PKG_HASH:=2a8c151a90c9ad8eaad073c8ad1482d66875e3433b0b4fd1e08424c0fc89e877
 
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
-PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/schanzen/libgabe.git
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=a082729326155207312a5fc280d17844b69450f2
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.xz
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=74046e8c5657d2e5bcdc0e806983ad4e205a0ed0945f8ab802d7fe564c32e9bd
-
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
diff --git a/libs/libgabe/patches/010-shared-library.patch b/libs/libgabe/patches/010-shared-library.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..452475627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libgabe/patches/010-shared-library.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 9a0e73c5f6cbcf825eced89d26273a24f7266522 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: "Schanzenbach, Martin" <martin.schanzenbach@aisec.fraunhofer.de>
+Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2018 20:38:37 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] shared library
+
+---
+ Makefile.in | 13 ++++++-------
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index f23bf90..c8c19fa 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@ \
+ 
+ DISTNAME = @PACKAGE_TARNAME@-@PACKAGE_VERSION@
+ 
+-all: libgabe.a TAGS
++all: libgabe.so TAGS
+ 
+ # compilation and library making
+ 
+-libgabe.a: core.o misc.o
+-	rm -f $@
+-	ar rc $@ $^
++libgabe.so: core.o misc.o
++	$(CC) -shared -o $@ $^
+ 
+ # test: test.o libgabe.a
+ # 	$(CC) -o $@ $(LDFLAGS) $^
+@@ -44,14 +43,14 @@ dist: AUTHORS COPYING INSTALL NEWS README \
+ 	tar zc $(DISTNAME) > $(DISTNAME).tar.gz
+ 	rm -rf $(DISTNAME)
+ 
+-install: libgabe.a gabe.h
++install: libgabe.so gabe.h
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/mkinstalldirs -m 755 $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+-	$(top_srcdir)/install-sh -m 755 libgabe.a $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
++	$(top_srcdir)/install-sh -m 755 libgabe.so $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)
+ 	$(top_srcdir)/install-sh -m 644 gabe.h $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)
+ 
+ uninstall:
+-	/bin/rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgabe.a
++	/bin/rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libgabe.so
+ 	/bin/rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(includedir)/gabe.h
+ 
+ # development and meta stuff
+-- 
+2.17.1
+