diff --git a/libs/liboping/Makefile b/libs/liboping/Makefile
index a9ee375bf..352056778 100644
--- a/libs/liboping/Makefile
+++ b/libs/liboping/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=liboping
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.1
+PKG_VERSION:=1.6.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://verplant.org/liboping/files
-PKG_MD5SUM:=61d17df8ef0a60ccafc8715de310b3f0
+PKG_MD5SUM:=1f5cfb17feb38b5aec94fbd36607cbed
 
 PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
 
diff --git a/libs/liboping/patches/01-no-werror.patch b/libs/liboping/patches/01-no-werror.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2cbcd20cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/liboping/patches/01-no-werror.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+--- liboping-1.6.0.org/src/Makefile.am	2011-01-26 14:18:42.000000000 +0100
++++ liboping-1.6.0/src/Makefile.am	2011-01-27 13:23:27.716204995 +0100
+@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ SUBDIRS = mans
+ 
+ if COMPILER_IS_GCC
+-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Werror
++AM_CFLAGS = -Wall
+ endif
+