diff --git a/openwrt/package/lighttpd/Makefile b/openwrt/package/lighttpd/Makefile
index faf130e4bd..c047b7a661 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/lighttpd/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/lighttpd/Makefile
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=lighttpd
-PKG_VERSION:=1.3.16
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.2
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
-PKG_MD5SUM:=b73f7a7ace4901b6417b0e450aaa5df5
+PKG_MD5SUM:=c26eea734490129a45e465ac0f327e4a
 
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.lighttpd.net/download/
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/openwrt/package/lighttpd/patches/500-configure_cross.patch b/openwrt/package/lighttpd/patches/500-configure_cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f8099823f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/lighttpd/patches/500-configure_cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -ruN lighttpd-1.4.2-old/configure lighttpd-1.4.2-new/configure
+--- lighttpd-1.4.2-old/configure	2005-08-29 14:18:11.000000000 +0200
++++ lighttpd-1.4.2-new/configure	2005-09-01 09:06:29.000000000 +0200
+@@ -23849,7 +23849,7 @@
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $WITH_PCRE" >&5
+ echo "${ECHO_T}$WITH_PCRE" >&6
+ 
+-if test "x$cross_compiling" = xno -a "$WITH_PCRE" != "no"; then
++if test "$WITH_PCRE" != "no"; then
+   # Extract the first word of "pcre-config", so it can be a program name with args.
+ set dummy pcre-config; ac_word=$2
+ echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
+diff -ruN lighttpd-1.4.2-old/configure.in lighttpd-1.4.2-new/configure.in
+--- lighttpd-1.4.2-old/configure.in	2005-08-29 14:06:03.000000000 +0200
++++ lighttpd-1.4.2-new/configure.in	2005-09-01 09:05:39.000000000 +0200
+@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@
+     [WITH_PCRE=$withval],[WITH_PCRE=yes])
+ AC_MSG_RESULT([$WITH_PCRE])
+ 
+-if test "x$cross_compiling" = xno -a "$WITH_PCRE" != "no"; then
++if test "$WITH_PCRE" != "no"; then
+   AC_PATH_PROG(PCRECONFIG, pcre-config)
+ 
+   if test x"$PCRECONFIG" != x; then