diff --git a/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.hash b/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d231368b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# From https://github.com/nfc-tools/libfreefare/releases/download/libfreefare-0.4.0/libfreefare-0.4.0.tar.bz2
+sha256 bfa31d14a99a1247f5ed49195d6373de512e3eb75bf1627658b40cf7f876bc64  libfreefare-0.4.0.tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.mk b/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.mk
index 5d6d636dbf..e2d7bf1245 100644
--- a/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.mk
+++ b/package/libfreefare/libfreefare.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,11 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBFREEFARE_VERSION = 0.3.4
-LIBFREEFARE_SITE = http://libfreefare.googlecode.com/files
+LIBFREEFARE_VERSION = 0.4.0
+LIBFREEFARE_SOURCE = libfreefare-$(LIBFREEFARE_VERSION).tar.bz2
+# Do not use the github helper here, the generated tarball is *NOT*
+# the same as the one uploaded by upstream for the release.
+LIBFREEFARE_SITE = https://github.com/nfc-tools/libfreefare/releases/download/libfreefare-$(LIBFREEFARE_VERSION)
 LIBFREEFARE_DEPENDENCIES = libnfc openssl
 LIBFREEFARE_LICENSE = LGPLv3+ with exception
 LIBFREEFARE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING