diff --git a/dev-libs/uriparser/patches/uriparser-0.8.4.patchset b/dev-libs/uriparser/patches/uriparser-0.8.4.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d1990fb2d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/uriparser/patches/uriparser-0.8.4.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From c219e6f70dc202058c8165f3aec152743040979c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 20 Nov 2017 18:15:48 +0100
+Subject: needs libnetwork
+
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 1a41102..15aba7a 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ bin_PROGRAMS = uriparse
+ uriparse_SOURCES = tool/uriparse.c
+ 
+ uriparse_CFLAGS = -Iinclude
+-uriparse_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/liburiparser.la
++uriparse_LDADD = $(top_builddir)/liburiparser.la -lnetwork
+ uriparse_DEPENDENCIES = $(top_builddir)/liburiparser.la
+ 
+ 
+-- 
+2.14.2
+
diff --git a/dev-libs/uriparser/uriparser-0.7.9.recipe b/dev-libs/uriparser/uriparser-0.8.4.recipe
similarity index 67%
rename from dev-libs/uriparser/uriparser-0.7.9.recipe
rename to dev-libs/uriparser/uriparser-0.8.4.recipe
index 5bd30c84f..b587221c0 100644
--- a/dev-libs/uriparser/uriparser-0.7.9.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/uriparser/uriparser-0.8.4.recipe
@@ -5,32 +5,34 @@ HOMEPAGE="http://uriparser.sourceforge.net/"
 COPYRIGHT="2007 Weijia Song
 	2007-2008 Sebastian Pipping"
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
-REVISION="3"
-SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/uriparser/Sources/0.7.9/uriparser-0.7.9.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="a1d8f1007757ca1cf68b49edbac50876100cdee23a54cf1214f257b9ce51100d"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/uriparser/Sources/$portVersion/uriparser-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="ce7ccda4136974889231e8426a785e7578e66a6283009cfd13f1b24a5e657b23"
+PATCHES="uriparser-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	uriparser = $portVersion compat >= 0.7
-	lib:liburiparser = 1.0.14 compat >= 1
+	cmd:uriparse = $portVersion
+	lib:liburiparser = 1.0.20 compat >= 1
 	"
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku
 	"
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
-	devel:uriparser = 1.0.14 compat >= 1
-	devel:liburiparser = 1.0.14 compat >= 1
+	devel:uriparser = 1.0.20 compat >= 1
+	devel:liburiparser = 1.0.20 compat >= 1
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	uriparser == $portVersion base
 	"
 
 BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
-	haiku_devel
 	cmd:gcc
 	cmd:libtool
 	cmd:aclocal
@@ -45,7 +47,7 @@ BUILD()
 	aclocal -I m4
 	autoconf
 	automake --add-missing
-	runConfigure ./configure -disable-test --disable-doc
+	runConfigure ./configure --disable-test --disable-doc
 	make $jobArgs
 }
 
@@ -53,6 +55,8 @@ INSTALL()
 {
 	make install
 
+	rm $libDir/liburiparser.la
+
 	prepareInstalledDevelLib liburiparser
 	fixPkgconfig