diff --git a/utils/hdparm/Makefile b/utils/hdparm/Makefile
index 2a201b7db..5ca9357e0 100644
--- a/utils/hdparm/Makefile
+++ b/utils/hdparm/Makefile
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=hdparm
-PKG_VERSION:=8.1
+PKG_VERSION:=8.5
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_MD5SUM:=87c1512497195204034503665f71f5fc
+PKG_MD5SUM:=3f33e79d3b404906d1442986c14db468
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ MAKE_FLAGS += \
 	LDFLAGS="$(EXTRA_LDFLAGS)" \
 
 define Package/hdparm/install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME) $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME) $(1)/sbin
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,hdparm))
diff --git a/utils/hdparm/patches/100-compile-fix.patch b/utils/hdparm/patches/100-compile-fix.patch
index aebc98bee..038868d0e 100644
--- a/utils/hdparm/patches/100-compile-fix.patch
+++ b/utils/hdparm/patches/100-compile-fix.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-Index: hdparm-8.1/Makefile
+Index: hdparm-8.5/Makefile
 ===================================================================
---- hdparm-8.1.orig/Makefile	2008-02-18 11:41:31.000000000 +0100
-+++ hdparm-8.1/Makefile	2008-02-18 11:41:55.000000000 +0100
+--- hdparm-8.5.orig/Makefile	2008-02-26 19:26:05.000000000 +0100
++++ hdparm-8.5/Makefile	2008-02-26 19:26:05.000000000 +0100
 @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
  
  hdparm: hdparm.h sgio.h $(OBJS)