diff --git a/libs/pcre/Makefile b/libs/pcre/Makefile
index 4d5378ab6..ae567b76e 100644
--- a/libs/pcre/Makefile
+++ b/libs/pcre/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2010 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2011 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=pcre
 PKG_VERSION:=8.11
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/pcre
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
 
 CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	--enable-utf8 \
+	--enable-unicode-properties \
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_libpcrecpp),)
   CONFIGURE_ARGS+= --enable-cpp