diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash
index 806792faee..eab6397438 100644
--- a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.hash
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # Locally calculated
-sha256  85cab61cc744c81e2bc432656863293b8428d0136f079e3b12a84b335b5b35aa  pcsc-lite-2.1.0.tar.bz2
-sha256  40d4358bb8dc8d30f5365ae6d999b6f820bbc051b292912482f2e4d0ebd837e1  COPYING
+sha256  60a08942d8c00a1d86a3bf4c64eddbf7a5569c7c54f6904e3f07801bb5316acd  pcsc-lite-2.5.2.tar.xz
+sha256  7dffe53fb02dd12a3518335d9c948484ee91ca098f1fac2ee9f9af639bbde7c9  COPYING
 sha256  8ceb4b9ee5adedde47b31e975c1d90c73ad27b6b165a1dcd80c7c545eb65b903  GPL-3.0.txt
diff --git a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
index 8418d6a32a..a3a8fff323 100644
--- a/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
+++ b/package/pcsc-lite/pcsc-lite.mk
@@ -4,56 +4,62 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-PCSC_LITE_VERSION = 2.1.0
-PCSC_LITE_SOURCE = pcsc-lite-$(PCSC_LITE_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PCSC_LITE_VERSION = 2.5.2
+PCSC_LITE_SOURCE = pcsc-lite-$(PCSC_LITE_VERSION).tar.xz
 PCSC_LITE_SITE = https://pcsclite.apdu.fr/files
 PCSC_LITE_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
 PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf host-flex
 PCSC_LITE_LICENSE = BSD-2-Clause (auth), BSD-3-Clause, GPL-3.0+ (spy, tests), ISC (simclist)
 PCSC_LITE_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING GPL-3.0.txt
 PCSC_LITE_SELINUX_MODULES = pcscd
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS = --disable-strict
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS = -Dsystemdunit=system
 
 # - libudev and libusb are optional
 # - libudev and libusb can't be used together
 # - libudev has a priority over libusb
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_HAS_UDEV),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libudev --disable-libusb
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibudev=true -Dlibusb=false
 PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES += udev
 else
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_LIBUSB),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libusb --disable-libudev
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibusb=true -Dlibudev=false
 PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES += libusb
 else
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libusb --disable-libudev
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibusb=false -Dlibudev=false
 endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_SYSTEMD),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-libsystemd
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibsystemd=true
 PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES += systemd
 else
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-libsystemd
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dlibsystemd=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE_DEBUGATR),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-debugatr
+PCSC_LITE_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -DATR_DEBUG
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_PCSC_LITE_EMBEDDED),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-embedded
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dembedded=true
+else
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dembedded=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_POLKIT),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --enable-polkit
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dpolkit=true
 PCSC_LITE_DEPENDENCIES += polkit
 else
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += --disable-polkit
+PCSC_LITE_CONF_OPTS += -Dpolkit=false
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
-PCSC_LITE_CONF_ENV += LIBS=-latomic
+PCSC_LITE_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -latomic
 endif
 
-$(eval $(autotools-package))
+define PCSC_LITE_USERS
+	pcscd -1 pcscd -1 * - - - PC/SC Smart Card Daemon
+endef
+
+$(eval $(meson-package))