diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile b/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
index abe311fe69..eb4236b774 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gettext-full
-PKG_VERSION:=0.19.6
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=0.19.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=gettext-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gettext
-PKG_MD5SUM:=69d79254ee3b41df23f41c2f4fd720d9
+PKG_MD5SUM:=df3f5690eaa30fd228537b00cb7b7590
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/gettext-$(PKG_VERSION)
 HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/gettext-$(PKG_VERSION)
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ endif
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-shared \
 	--enable-static \
+	--disable-libasprintf \
 	--disable-rpath \
 	--enable-nls \
 	--disable-java \
@@ -58,7 +59,14 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--without-emacs
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
-	--with-included-libxml --without-libxml2-prefix --with-included-libcroco
+	--disable-libasprintf \
+	--disable-rpath \
+	--disable-java \
+	--disable-native-java \
+	--disable-openmp \
+	--without-emacs \
+	--without-libxml2-prefix
+
 
 HOST_CONFIGURE_VARS += \
 	EMACS="no"
@@ -72,6 +80,8 @@ define Build/InstallDev
 
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/share/aclocal
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal/* $(1)/usr/share/aclocal/
+
+	$(SED) '/read dummy/d' $(STAGING_DIR)/host/bin/gettextize
 endef
 
 define Package/libintl-full/install
diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-autotools.patch b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-autotools.patch
index 2f23c8e313..4b1799f520 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-autotools.patch
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-autotools.patch
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
  	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$dir/$$file $(DESTDIR)$(htmldir)/$$file; \
 --- a/gettext-tools/man/Makefile.am
 +++ b/gettext-tools/man/Makefile.am
-@@ -154,8 +154,7 @@ recode-sr-latin.1.html: recode-sr-latin.
+@@ -153,8 +153,7 @@ recode-sr-latin.1.html: recode-sr-latin.
  gettextize.1.html: gettextize.1
  autopoint.1.html: autopoint.1
  
diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-no_examples_and_tests.patch b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-no_examples_and_tests.patch
index 97353b18ed..abb1b24239 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-no_examples_and_tests.patch
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/001-no_examples_and_tests.patch
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  AUTOMAKE_OPTIONS = 1.5 gnu no-dependencies
  ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I ../gettext-runtime/m4 -I ../m4 -I gnulib-m4 -I libgrep/gnulib-m4 -I libgettextpo/gnulib-m4
  
--SUBDIRS = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests examples
-+SUBDIRS = intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc m4
+-SUBDIRS = doc intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc man m4 tests gnulib-tests examples its
++SUBDIRS = intl gnulib-lib libgrep src libgettextpo po projects styles misc m4 its
  
  EXTRA_DIST = misc/DISCLAIM
  MOSTLYCLEANFILES = core *.stackdump
diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/120-uclibc-nolocale.patch b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/120-uclibc-nolocale.patch
index 4c6a73e310..40ca10edd0 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/120-uclibc-nolocale.patch
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/120-uclibc-nolocale.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/gettext-runtime/intl/localename.c
 +++ b/gettext-runtime/intl/localename.c
-@@ -2788,7 +2788,7 @@ gl_locale_name_posix (int category, cons
+@@ -2790,7 +2790,7 @@ gl_locale_name_posix (int category, cons
  {
    /* Use the POSIX methods of looking to 'LC_ALL', 'LC_xxx', and 'LANG'.
       On some systems this can be done by the 'setlocale' function itself.  */
diff --git a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/150-disable_libxml_iconv.patch b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/150-disable_libxml_iconv.patch
index a8f5a5cee0..da037fe799 100644
--- a/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/150-disable_libxml_iconv.patch
+++ b/package/libs/gettext-full/patches/150-disable_libxml_iconv.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/libxml/xmlversion.in.h
 +++ b/gettext-tools/gnulib-lib/libxml/xmlversion.in.h
-@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void XMLCALL xmlCheckVersion(i
+@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void XMLCALL xmlCheckVersion(i
   *
   * Whether iconv support is available
   */
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
 --- a/gnulib-local/lib/libxml/xmlversion.in.h
 +++ b/gnulib-local/lib/libxml/xmlversion.in.h
-@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void XMLCALL xmlCheckVersion(i
+@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ XMLPUBFUN void XMLCALL xmlCheckVersion(i
   *
   * Whether iconv support is available
   */