diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash b/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
index d172689685..d01cb73c98 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated after checking signature
-sha256  13702526f687c18b2540c1a3f2e189187baaa65211edcf7ff6772fa69f0536cf  openvpn-2.6.19.tar.gz
+sha256  9858477ec2894a8a672974d8650dcb1af2eeffb468981a2b619f0fa387081167  openvpn-2.7.1.tar.gz
 sha256  edaef632cbb643e4e7a221717a6c441a4c1a7c918e6e4d56debc3d8739b233f6  COPYRIGHT.GPL
diff --git a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
index 9dc4ef4714..3bc42f2db1 100644
--- a/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
+++ b/package/openvpn/openvpn.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-OPENVPN_VERSION = 2.6.19
+OPENVPN_VERSION = 2.7.1
 OPENVPN_SITE = https://swupdate.openvpn.net/community/releases
 OPENVPN_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf libcap-ng
 OPENVPN_LICENSE = GPL-2.0
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ OPENVPN_CONF_OPTS = \
 	$(if $(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),--disable-plugins)
 OPENVPN_CONF_ENV = NETSTAT=/bin/netstat
 
+# workaround for static_assert on uclibc-ng < 1.0.42
+OPENVPN_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -Dstatic_assert=_Static_assert"
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNL)$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST_4_16),yy)
 OPENVPN_CONF_OPTS += --enable-dco
 OPENVPN_DEPENDENCIES += libnl