diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libpcap b/config/rootfiles/common/libpcap
index 2045ca714..6be2bd99c 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libpcap
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libpcap
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 #usr/include/pcap.h
 #usr/include/pcap/bluetooth.h
 #usr/include/pcap/bpf.h
+#usr/include/pcap/can_socketcan.h
+#usr/include/pcap/dlt.h
+#usr/include/pcap/export-defs.h
 #usr/include/pcap/ipnet.h
 #usr/include/pcap/namedb.h
 #usr/include/pcap/nflog.h
@@ -15,7 +18,7 @@
 #usr/lib/libpcap.a
 usr/lib/libpcap.so
 usr/lib/libpcap.so.1
-usr/lib/libpcap.so.1.7.4
+usr/lib/libpcap.so.1.8.1
 #usr/share/man/man1/pcap-config.1
 #usr/share/man/man3/pcap.3pcap
 #usr/share/man/man3/pcap_activate.3pcap
diff --git a/lfs/libpcap b/lfs/libpcap
index 10fbcd4dd..0fb62dc92 100644
--- a/lfs/libpcap
+++ b/lfs/libpcap
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2015  Michael Tremer & Christian Schmidt                      #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2017  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.7.4
+VER        = 1.8.1
 
 THISAPP    = libpcap-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = b2e13142bbaba857ab1c6894aedaf547
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 3d48f9cd171ff12b0efd9134b52f1447
 
 install : $(TARGET)