diff --git a/libs/apr/Makefile b/libs/apr/Makefile
index 69f5b5fd95..924db85b4b 100644
--- a/libs/apr/Makefile
+++ b/libs/apr/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=apr
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.5.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://mirrors.ibiblio.org/apache/apr/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=5486180ec5a23efb5cae6d4292b300ab
+PKG_MD5SUM:=4e9769f3349fe11fc0a5e1b224c236aa
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil <heil@terminal-consulting.de>
 PKG_LICENSE:=Apache License
 
diff --git a/libs/apr/patches/001-autoconf-compat.patch b/libs/apr/patches/001-autoconf-compat.patch
index 8170572bce..acc94fc3f1 100644
--- a/libs/apr/patches/001-autoconf-compat.patch
+++ b/libs/apr/patches/001-autoconf-compat.patch
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
---- a/Makefile.in
-+++ b/Makefile.in
+Index: apr-1.5.2/Makefile.in
+===================================================================
+--- apr-1.5.2.orig/Makefile.in
++++ apr-1.5.2/Makefile.in
 @@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ srcdir=@srcdir@
  VPATH=@srcdir@
  top_srcdir=@apr_srcdir@
@@ -8,9 +10,11 @@
  
  #
  # APR (Apache Portable Runtime) library Makefile.
---- a/configure.in
-+++ b/configure.in
-@@ -246,9 +246,6 @@ case $host in
+Index: apr-1.5.2/configure.in
+===================================================================
+--- apr-1.5.2.orig/configure.in
++++ apr-1.5.2/configure.in
+@@ -245,9 +245,6 @@ case $host in
      gcc $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS -o $LIBTOOL.exe $LIBTOOL.c
      ;;
  *)
diff --git a/libs/apr/patches/201-upgrade-and-fix-1.5.1.patch b/libs/apr/patches/201-upgrade-and-fix-1.5.1.patch
index 42f4c0f033..87cd546d11 100644
--- a/libs/apr/patches/201-upgrade-and-fix-1.5.1.patch
+++ b/libs/apr/patches/201-upgrade-and-fix-1.5.1.patch
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ Signed-off-by: Hongxu Jia <hongxu.jia@windriver.com>
  Makefile.in | 10 ++--------
  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
 
-Index: apr-1.5.1/Makefile.in
+Index: apr-1.5.2/Makefile.in
 ===================================================================
---- apr-1.5.1.orig/Makefile.in
-+++ apr-1.5.1/Makefile.in
+--- apr-1.5.2.orig/Makefile.in
++++ apr-1.5.2/Makefile.in
 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ INCDIR=./include
  OSDIR=$(top_srcdir)/include/arch/@OSDIR@
  DEFOSDIR=$(INCDIR)/arch/@DEFAULT_OSDIR@
@@ -36,19 +36,16 @@ Index: apr-1.5.1/Makefile.in
  	include/private/apr_escape_test_char.h
  DISTCLEAN_TARGETS = config.cache config.log config.status \
  	include/apr.h include/arch/unix/apr_private.h \
-@@ -130,13 +129,8 @@ check: $(TARGET_LIB)
- etags:
- 	etags `find . -name '*.[ch]'`
+@@ -135,9 +134,9 @@ tools/gen_test_char.lo: tools/gen_test_c
+ 	$(APR_MKDIR) tools
+ 	$(LT_COMPILE)
  
--make_tools_dir:
--	$(APR_MKDIR) tools
--
--OBJECTS_gen_test_char = tools/gen_test_char.lo $(LOCAL_LIBS)
--tools/gen_test_char.lo: make_tools_dir
 -tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@: $(OBJECTS_gen_test_char)
 -	$(LINK_PROG) $(OBJECTS_gen_test_char) $(ALL_LIBS)
+-
 +tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@: tools/gen_test_char.c
 +	$(BUILDCC) $(CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD) $< -o $@
- 
++ 
  include/private/apr_escape_test_char.h: tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@
  	$(APR_MKDIR) include/private
+ 	tools/gen_test_char@EXEEXT@ > $@