diff --git a/package/libgit2/Config.in b/package/libgit2/Config.in
index 53ba4d4245..a6a9728ff0 100644
--- a/package/libgit2/Config.in
+++ b/package/libgit2/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGIT2
 	bool "libgit2"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS # libhttpparser
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBHTTPPARSER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  libgit2 is a portable, pure C implementation of the Git core
@@ -7,3 +9,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBGIT2
 	  allowing to build Git functionality into your application.
 
 	  https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2
+
+comment "libgit2 needs a toolchain w/ dynamic library"
+	depends on BR2_STATIC_LIBS
diff --git a/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash b/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash
index d4912c0327..6e977a97e0 100644
--- a/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash
+++ b/package/libgit2/libgit2.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256	30f3877469d09f2e4a21be933b4e2800560d16646028dd800744dc5f7fb0c749  libgit2-0.28.4.tar.gz
-sha256	d9a8038088df84fde493fa33a0f1e537252eeb9642122aa4b862690197152813  COPYING
+sha256  6a1fa16a7f6335ce8b2630fbdbb5e57c4027929ebc56fcd1ac55edb141b409b4  libgit2-1.0.0.tar.gz
+sha256  afc8bde99ba630012107c25d3c42dde628ec5f0cd3f428131f7e3a0f7d58ff42  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk b/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
index 909fcb83f0..46cc4286c6 100644
--- a/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
+++ b/package/libgit2/libgit2.mk
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGIT2_VERSION = 0.28.4
-LIBGIT2_SITE = $(call github,libgit2,libgit2,v$(LIBGIT2_VERSION))
-LIBGIT2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with linking exception
+LIBGIT2_VERSION = 1.0.0
+LIBGIT2_SITE = https://github.com/libgit2/libgit2/releases/download/v$(LIBGIT2_VERSION)
+LIBGIT2_LICENSE = GPL-2.0 with linking exception, MIT (sha1), wildmatch license (wildmatch)
 LIBGIT2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
 LIBGIT2_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 
@@ -14,9 +14,11 @@ LIBGIT2_CONF_OPTS = \
 	-DUSE_GSSAPI=OFF \
 	-DBUILD_CLAR=OFF \
 	-DUSE_ICONV=ON \
+	-DREGEX_BACKEND=regcomp \
+	-DUSE_HTTP_PARSER=system \
 	-DTHREADSAFE=$(if $(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),ON,OFF)
 
-LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCIES = zlib
+LIBGIT2_DEPENDENCIES = zlib libhttpparser
 
 # If libiconv is available (for !locale toolchains), then we can use
 # it for iconv support. Note that USE_ICONV=ON is still correct even