diff --git a/utils/mksh/Makefile b/utils/mksh/Makefile
index 89380a9273..445974c3b1 100644
--- a/utils/mksh/Makefile
+++ b/utils/mksh/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mksh
-PKG_VERSION:=50d
+PKG_VERSION:=52c
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ PKG_LICENSE:=MirOS
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-R$(PKG_VERSION).tgz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.mirbsd.org/MirOS/dist/mir/mksh
-PKG_MD5SUM:=1c3882c07a760b23df1ad94ad0b4ed2e
+PKG_MD5SUM:=cc3884e02314447e7b4a3073b8d65d1e
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
diff --git a/utils/mksh/patches/100-dot_mkshrc b/utils/mksh/patches/100-dot_mkshrc
index a7bf840b99..7e9da8a024 100644
--- a/utils/mksh/patches/100-dot_mkshrc
+++ b/utils/mksh/patches/100-dot_mkshrc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+Refreshed for mksh-r52c, based on tg's patch
+
 From 23712cea8e2a623fd952eb781df0011c501703d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: Thorsten Glaser <tg@mirbsd.org>
 Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2013 22:07:33 +0200
@@ -9,42 +11,36 @@ Subject: [PATCH] Make default mkshrc file suitable for OpenWrt environment:
 * OpenWrt and FreeWRT-1.0 fix:
   - since this is not ~/.mkshrc make sure subshells find it
 ---
- dot.mkshrc | 10 +++++++---
- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
-
-diff --git a/dot.mkshrc b/dot.mkshrc
-index 233a10c..caf482c 100644
+Signed-off-by: Alif M. A. <alive4ever at live.com>
 --- a/dot.mkshrc
 +++ b/dot.mkshrc
-@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ case $KSH_VERSION in
+@@ -28,8 +28,9 @@
  *) return 0 ;;
  esac
  
--PS1='#'; (( USER_ID )) && PS1='$'; [[ ${HOSTNAME:=$(ulimit -c 0; hostname -s \
--    2>/dev/null)} = *([	 ]|localhost) ]] && HOSTNAME=$(ulimit -c 0; hostname \
-+PS1='#'; (( USER_ID )) && PS1='$'; [[ ${HOSTNAME:=$(</proc/sys/kernel/hostname
-+    )} = *([	 ]|localhost) ]] && HOSTNAME=$(ulimit -c 0; hostname \
-     2>/dev/null); : ${EDITOR:=/bin/ed} ${HOSTNAME:=nil} ${TERM:=vt100}
- : ${MKSH:=$(whence -p mksh)}; PS4='[$EPOCHREALTIME] '; PS1=$'\001\r''${|
- 	local e=$?
-@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ unalias ls
- alias l='ls -F'
- alias la='l -a'
- alias ll='l -l'
--alias lo='l -alo'
-+alias lo='l -al'
- alias doch='sudo mksh -c "$(fc -ln -1)"'
- whence -p rot13 >/dev/null || alias rot13='tr \
+-PS1='#'; (( USER_ID )) && PS1='$'; \: "${TERM:=vt100}${HOSTNAME:=$(\ulimit -c \
+-    0; hostname 2>/dev/null)}${EDITOR:=/bin/ed}${USER:=$(\ulimit -c 0; id -un \
++PS1='#'; (( USER_ID )) && PS1='$'; \: "${HOSTNAME:=$(</proc/sys/kernel/hostname\
++    )} = *([     ]|localhost) && HOSTNAME=$(\ulimit -c \
++    0; hostname 2>/dev/null)}${EDITOR:=/bin/vi}${USER:=$(\ulimit -c 0; id -un \
+     2>/dev/null || \echo \?)}${MKSH:=$(\builtin whence -p mksh)}"
+ HOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME%%*([	 ]).*}; HOSTNAME=${HOSTNAME##*([	 ])}
+ [[ $HOSTNAME = ?(ip6-)localhost?(6) ]] && HOSTNAME=
+@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@
+ \alias l='ls -F'
+ \alias la='l -a'
+ \alias ll='l -l'
+-\alias lo='l -alo'
++\alias lo='l -al'
+ \alias doch='sudo mksh -c "$(\builtin fc -ln -1)"'
+ \command -v rot13 >/dev/null || \alias rot13='tr \
      abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyzABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ \
-@@ -402,4 +402,8 @@ alias cls='print -n \\033c'
+@@ -601,4 +602,8 @@
  
- unset p
+ \unset p
  
 +# we need this in OpenWrt for subshells that are not login shells
-+: ${ENV=/etc/mkshrc}
++\: ${ENV=/etc/mkshrc}
 +[[ -z $ENV ]] || export ENV
 +
- : place customisations above this line
--- 
-2.1.1
-
+ \: place customisations above this line