diff --git a/tools/mtools/Makefile b/tools/mtools/Makefile
index 12993458c4..3bbc1a41a7 100644
--- a/tools/mtools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/mtools/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # 
-# Copyright (C) 2012 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2013 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=mtools
-PKG_VERSION:=4.0.17
+PKG_VERSION:=4.0.18
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_MD5SUM:=231741ac95802d03aa32f44edb768171
+PKG_MD5SUM:=17b9f525c1ae3583a478338deb7fbc19
 PKG_CAT:=zcat
 
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += \