diff --git a/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/Config.in b/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/Config.in
index 2eeb262c47..e1b106410c 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/Config.in
+++ b/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/Config.in
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_XAPP_MKFONTDIR
 	bool "mkfontdir"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_XAPP_MKFONTSCALE
 	help
-	  mkfontdir 1.0.2
+	  mkfontdir 1.0.5
 	  create an index of X font files in a directory
diff --git a/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/xapp_mkfontdir.mk b/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/xapp_mkfontdir.mk
index abd7aa04e2..ab9bf1b6df 100644
--- a/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/xapp_mkfontdir.mk
+++ b/package/x11r7/xapp_mkfontdir/xapp_mkfontdir.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-XAPP_MKFONTDIR_VERSION = 1.0.4
+XAPP_MKFONTDIR_VERSION = 1.0.5
 XAPP_MKFONTDIR_SOURCE = mkfontdir-$(XAPP_MKFONTDIR_VERSION).tar.bz2
 XAPP_MKFONTDIR_SITE = http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/app
 XAPP_MKFONTDIR_AUTORECONF = NO