diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-1.4.7.recipe b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-1.4.8.recipe
similarity index 89%
rename from media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-1.4.7.recipe
rename to media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-1.4.8.recipe
index cc59d8125..f4598c5c6 100644
--- a/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-1.4.7.recipe
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/harfbuzz-1.4.8.recipe
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="2004-2017 Behdad Esfahbod
 LICENSE="MIT"
 REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-$portVersion.tar.bz2"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="b85f6627425d54f32118308e053b939c63a388de9bf455b3830f68cad406bc6d"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="ccec4930ff0bb2d0c40aee203075447954b64a8c2695202413cc5e428c907131"
 PATCHES="harfbuzz-$portVersion.patchset"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ fi
 
 PROVIDES="
 	harfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 0.9
-	lib:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.7 compat >= 0
-	lib:libharfbuzz_icu$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.7 compat >= 0
+	lib:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.8 compat >= 0
+	lib:libharfbuzz_icu$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.8 compat >= 0
 	cmd:hb_ot_shape_closure$commandSuffix
 	cmd:hb_shape$commandSuffix
 	"
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ REQUIRES="
 
 PROVIDES_devel="
 	harfbuzz${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion compat >= 0.9
-	devel:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.7 compat >= 0
-	devel:libharfbuzz_icu$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.7 compat >= 0
+	devel:libharfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400. compat >= 0
+	devel:libharfbuzz_icu$secondaryArchSuffix = 0.10400.8 compat >= 0
 	"
 REQUIRES_devel="
 	harfbuzz$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
diff --git a/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-1.4.7.patchset b/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-1.4.8.patchset
similarity index 59%
rename from media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-1.4.7.patchset
rename to media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-1.4.8.patchset
index 11d22e35f..50a0dd0d5 100644
--- a/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-1.4.7.patchset
+++ b/media-libs/harfbuzz/patches/harfbuzz-1.4.8.patchset
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-From 8a356acde10854278b098ca2db391506bd91ead6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From a8cf9112a315902e3cfb2f3ba796ad6a048d9a79 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
 From: fbrosson <fbrosson@localhost>
 Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2016 14:41:51 +0000
 Subject: Fix scripts in the test suite to better filter the output of nm.
@@ -9,28 +9,28 @@ these scripts that they should ignore two symbols that are Haiku-specific:
 _gSharedObjectHaikuABI and _gSharedObjectHaikuVersion.
 
 diff --git a/src/check-defs.sh b/src/check-defs.sh
-index 65a2467..f4b2cd4 100755
+index 480d499..8a0d395 100755
 --- a/src/check-defs.sh
 +++ b/src/check-defs.sh
 @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ for def in $defs; do
  	lib=`echo "$def" | sed 's/[.]def$//;s@.*/@@'`
  	so=.libs/lib${lib}.so
  
--	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
-+	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuABI\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuVersion\>\| llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
+-	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] .' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
++	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] .' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuABI\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuVersion\>\| llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
  
  	if test -f "$so"; then
  
 diff --git a/src/check-symbols.sh b/src/check-symbols.sh
-index ba09ba1..4c62102 100755
+index d4d655d..ac449dc 100755
 --- a/src/check-symbols.sh
 +++ b/src/check-symbols.sh
 @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ for suffix in so dylib; do
  	so=.libs/libharfbuzz.$suffix
  	if ! test -f "$so"; then continue; fi
  
--	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| ___gcov_flush\>\| llvm_\| _llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
-+	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] ' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| ___gcov_flush\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuABI\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuVersion\>\| llvm_\| _llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
+-	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] .' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| ___gcov_flush\>\| llvm_\| _llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
++	EXPORTED_SYMBOLS="`nm "$so" | grep ' [BCDGINRSTVW] .' | grep -v ' _fini\>\| _init\>\| _fdata\>\| _ftext\>\| _fbss\>\| __bss_start\>\| __bss_start__\>\| __bss_end__\>\| _edata\>\| _end\>\| _bss_end__\>\| __end__\>\| __gcov_flush\>\| ___gcov_flush\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuABI\>\| _gSharedObjectHaikuVersion\>\| llvm_\| _llvm_' | cut -d' ' -f3`"
  
  	prefix=`basename "$so" | sed 's/libharfbuzz/hb/; s/-/_/g; s/[.].*//'`