diff --git a/libs/libmodbus/Makefile b/libs/libmodbus/Makefile
index 159cce9889..f8caab357d 100644
--- a/libs/libmodbus/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmodbus/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libmodbus
-PKG_VERSION:=2.0.4
+PKG_VERSION:=3.0.6
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
-PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/stephane/libmodbus.git
-PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=5881e70bc99a59fdb3466180e6eb1524b491d09d
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://libmodbus.org/releases
+PKG_MD5SUM:=c80f88b6ca19cabc4ceffc195ca07771
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
@@ -41,8 +39,8 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/modbus $(1)/usr/include/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
 	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libmodbus.{so*,la} $(1)/usr/lib/
-	# $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
-	# $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libmodbus.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libmodbus.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
 endef
 
 define Package/libmodbus/install