diff --git a/package/libseccomp/Config.in b/package/libseccomp/Config.in
index da1d9008e6..7de91c07c5 100644
--- a/package/libseccomp/Config.in
+++ b/package/libseccomp/Config.in
@@ -5,12 +5,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
 	default y if BR2_mips || BR2_mipsel || BR2_mips64 || BR2_mips64el
 	default y if BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
 	default y if BR2_powerpc64 || BR2_powerpc
+	default y if BR2_RISCV_64
 	default y if BR2_s390x
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP
 	bool "libseccomp"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_17
 	help
 	  High level interface to the Linux Kernel's seccomp filter
 
@@ -24,6 +25,6 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP
 
 	  https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp
 
-comment "libseccomp needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.12"
+comment "libseccomp needs a toolchain w/ headers >= 3.17"
 	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSECCOMP_ARCH_SUPPORTS
-	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_12
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_3_17
diff --git a/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.hash b/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.hash
index 2d07c1c1fa..20b8864727 100644
--- a/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.hash
+++ b/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# From https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/tag/v2.4.4
-sha256  4e79738d1ef3c9b7ca9769f1f8b8d84fc17143c2c1c432e53b9c64787e0ff3eb  libseccomp-2.4.4.tar.gz
+# From https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/tag/v2.5.3
+sha256  59065c8733364725e9721ba48c3a99bbc52af921daf48df4b1e012fbc7b10a76  libseccomp-2.5.3.tar.gz
 # Locally calculated
 sha256  102900208eef27b766380135906d431dba87edaa7ec6aa72e6ebd3dd67f3a97b  LICENSE
diff --git a/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.mk b/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.mk
index e7512730d5..ee2cb126f1 100644
--- a/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.mk
+++ b/package/libseccomp/libseccomp.mk
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBSECCOMP_VERSION = 2.4.4
+LIBSECCOMP_VERSION = 2.5.3
 LIBSECCOMP_SITE = https://github.com/seccomp/libseccomp/releases/download/v$(LIBSECCOMP_VERSION)
 LIBSECCOMP_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 LIBSECCOMP_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 LIBSECCOMP_CPE_ID_VENDOR = libseccomp_project
 LIBSECCOMP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+LIBSECCOMP_DEPENDENCIES = host-gperf
 
 $(eval $(autotools-package))