diff --git a/net/httping/Makefile b/net/httping/Makefile
index cb188642b..3c0b1ef35 100644
--- a/net/httping/Makefile
+++ b/net/httping/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2006-2011 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,17 +8,18 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=httping
-PKG_VERSION:=1.5.2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.3.4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tgz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.vanheusden.com/httping
-PKG_MD5SUM:=49f72b124afb8a60f152ec674a162ad6
+PKG_MD5SUM:=7a71ed513f9f22fe331b783a3d36767e
 
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(BUILD_VARIANT)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
 
 define Package/httping/Default
   SECTION:=net
@@ -56,11 +57,17 @@ define Package/httping-nossl/description
 	This package is built without SSL support.
 endef
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
+define Build/Configure
+endef
 
+MAKE_FLAGS += \
+	DEBUG="no" \
+	FW="no" \
+	NC="no" \
+	TFO="no"
+	
 ifeq ($(BUILD_VARIANT),nossl)
 	MAKE_FLAGS += SSL="no"
-	TARGET_CFLAGS += -DNO_SSL
 endif
 
 define Package/httping/install
diff --git a/net/httping/patches/001-no_strip.patch b/net/httping/patches/001-no_strip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f3bb2979
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/httping/patches/001-no_strip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -113,9 +113,6 @@ install: $(TARGET) $(TRANSLATIONS)
+ 	$(INSTALLMAN) $(MAN_NL) $(DESTDIR)/$(MANDIR)/nl/man1
+ 	$(INSTALLDIR) $(DESTDIR)/$(DOCDIR)
+ 	$(INSTALLDOC) $(DOCS) $(DESTDIR)/$(DOCDIR)
+-ifneq ($(DEBUG),yes)
+-	$(STRIP) $(DESTDIR)/$(BINDIR)/$(TARGET)
+-endif
+ 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES
+ 	cp nl.mo $(DESTDIR)/$(PREFIX)/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/httping.mo
+ 
diff --git a/net/httping/patches/002-version.patch b/net/httping/patches/002-version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 23c12e938..000000000
--- a/net/httping/patches/002-version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- a/main.c
-+++ b/main.c
-@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
- #include "utils.h"
- #include "error.h"
- 
-+#define VERSION "1.5.2"
-+
- static volatile int stop = 0;
- 
- int quiet = 0;
-@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@ char last_error[ERROR_BUFFER_SIZE];
- 
- void version(void)
- {
--	fprintf(stderr, "HTTPing v" VERSION ", (C) 2003-2011 folkert@vanheusden.com\n");
-+	fprintf(stderr, "HTTPing v%s (C) 2003-2011 folkert@vanheusden.com\n", VERSION);
- #ifndef NO_SSL
- 	fprintf(stderr, "SSL support included\n");
- #endif
-@@ -639,7 +641,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
- 	if (useragent)
- 		sprintf(&request[strlen(request)], "User-Agent: %s\r\n", useragent);
- 	else
--		sprintf(&request[strlen(request)], "User-Agent: HTTPing v" VERSION "\r\n");
-+		sprintf(&request[strlen(request)], "User-Agent: HTTPing v%s\r\n", VERSION);
- 	sprintf(&request[strlen(request)], "Host: %s\r\n", hostname);
- 	if (referer)
- 		sprintf(&request[strlen(request)], "Referer: %s\r\n", referer);