diff --git a/utils/unrar/Makefile b/utils/unrar/Makefile
index 00e59ae868..2deb6d3b8a 100644
--- a/utils/unrar/Makefile
+++ b/utils/unrar/Makefile
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=unrar
-PKG_VERSION:=6.2.12
+PKG_VERSION:=7.0.7
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=unrarsrc-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://www.rarlab.com/rar
-PKG_HASH:=a008b5f949bca9bb4ffa1bebbfc8b3c14b89df10a10354809b845232d5f582e5
+PKG_HASH:=da95829c7e66fe461c06eb4bea8145e58d88d76909432d0875cd1ff86669f728
+
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/unrar
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Álvaro Fernández Rojas <noltari@gmail.com>, \
diff --git a/utils/unrar/patches/100-makefile_fixes.patch b/utils/unrar/patches/100-makefile_fixes.patch
index acd633759d..610379c8d7 100644
--- a/utils/unrar/patches/100-makefile_fixes.patch
+++ b/utils/unrar/patches/100-makefile_fixes.patch
@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@
  
  # Linux using GCC
 -CXX=c++
--CXXFLAGS=-O2 -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wno-switch -Wno-dangling-else
+-CXXFLAGS=-march=native -O2 -std=c++11 -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wno-switch -Wno-dangling-else
 -LIBFLAGS=-fPIC
 +CXX?=c++
-+CXXFLAGS?=-O2 -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wno-switch -Wno-dangling-else
++CXXFLAGS?=-march=native -O2 -std=c++11 -Wno-logical-op-parentheses -Wno-switch -Wno-dangling-else
 +LIBFLAGS?=-fPIC
  DEFINES=-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -DRAR_SMP
 -STRIP=strip
@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
 +LDFLAGS?=-lpthread
 +DESTDIR?=/usr
  
- # Linux using LCC
- #CXX=lcc
-@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ uninstall-unrar:
+ ##########################
+ 
+@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ uninstall-unrar:
  			rm -f $(DESTDIR)/bin/unrar
  
  install-lib: