diff --git a/libs/libmraa/Makefile b/libs/libmraa/Makefile
index 6d980b25211e2ab837959fab2b8164846a561a8a..f4c5f962ef483deb0880fbee8df134b9bb268276 100644
--- a/libs/libmraa/Makefile
+++ b/libs/libmraa/Makefile
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=libmraa
-PKG_VERSION:=0.8.0
+PKG_VERSION:=0.8.1
 
 PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/intel-iot-devkit/mraa.git
 PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=70600dece4138b0c0dbaff42f57828f1559cd840
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=049ba5fa9f2d18ac0ec6729c46916b34998d3c5f
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=9cbda58e7c7790db3d62cee62f399975effcdc2d9688d3d6bb2b4a86748faff9
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=node python/host swig/host node/host
diff --git a/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch b/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch
index 5094389f487a74140e480f48ad31f667b84cf222..d790296bba772b134b422848cd72ccb09d55369c 100644
--- a/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch
+++ b/libs/libmraa/patches/0001-base.patch
@@ -21,11 +21,11 @@ Subject: [PATCH 1/4] base
  # Make a version file containing the current version from git.
 -include (GetGitRevisionDescription)
 -git_describe (VERSION "--tags")
--if ("x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_GIT-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND")
+-if ("x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_GIT-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_HEAD-HASH-NOTFOUND" OR "x_${VERSION}" STREQUAL "x_-128-NOTFOUND")
 -  message (WARNING " - Install git to compile a production libmraa!")
--  set (VERSION "v0.8.0-dirty")
+-  set (VERSION "v0.8.1-dirty")
 -endif ()
-+set (VERSION "v0.8.0")
++set (VERSION "v0.8.1")
  
  message (INFO " - libmraa Version ${VERSION}")
  
diff --git a/libs/libmraa/patches/0004-fixes.patch b/libs/libmraa/patches/0004-fixes.patch
index 40e5930ee5eeace997210332f26a03d6cb2e24bb..7acdea789ac056942731df0daddd03bf0523beb4 100644
--- a/libs/libmraa/patches/0004-fixes.patch
+++ b/libs/libmraa/patches/0004-fixes.patch
@@ -655,7 +655,7 @@ Subject: [PATCH 4/4] fixes
              b->gpio_count++;
 --- a/src/gpio/gpio.c
 +++ b/src/gpio/gpio.c
-@@ -113,6 +113,8 @@
+@@ -114,6 +114,8 @@
          close(export);
      }