diff --git a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash
index 5ef7b0e5ce..cf7c5050fe 100644
--- a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash
+++ b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.hash
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
-sha256	d0abe1449395315eac37e4e45076bbb82732cedf94210937b37776e10cdc2bb6	gpgme-1.7.1.tar.bz2
+sha256 1b29fedb8bfad775e70eafac5b0590621683b2d9869db994568e6401f4034ceb  gpgme-1.9.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
index 09b6fbe446..5af2b5ed91 100644
--- a/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
+++ b/package/libgpgme/libgpgme.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBGPGME_VERSION = 1.7.1
+LIBGPGME_VERSION = 1.9.0
 LIBGPGME_SITE = ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gpgme
 LIBGPGME_SOURCE = gpgme-$(LIBGPGME_VERSION).tar.bz2
 LIBGPGME_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1+
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@ LIBGPGME_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 LIBGPGME_DEPENDENCIES = libassuan libgpg-error
 LIBGPGME_LANGUAGE_BINDINGS = cl
 
-# libgpgme, needs to know the gpg binary path on the target.
-LIBGPGME_CONF_OPTS = --with-gpg=/usr/bin/gpg \
+LIBGPGME_CONF_OPTS = \
 	--with-gpg-error-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--with-libassuan-prefix=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr \
 	--disable-gpgsm-test \