diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash b/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ccc6ed5000
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally calculated after checking pgp signature
+sha256	83196badd6868f5b926bdac8017a6f90fb8a90b16652d3bf02df0330d573d0fc	libssh2-1.5.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
index 1a1a06f6f2..3b4df3755e 100644
--- a/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
+++ b/package/libssh2/libssh2.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBSSH2_VERSION = 1.4.3
+LIBSSH2_VERSION = 1.5.0
 LIBSSH2_SITE = http://www.libssh2.org/download
 LIBSSH2_LICENSE = BSD
 LIBSSH2_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING