diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libidn b/config/rootfiles/common/libidn
index 7f00a96ea..c959f6c65 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/common/libidn
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libidn
@@ -6,11 +6,10 @@ usr/bin/idn
 #usr/include/punycode.h
 #usr/include/stringprep.h
 #usr/include/tld.h
-#usr/lib/libidn.a
 #usr/lib/libidn.la
-usr/lib/libidn.so
+#usr/lib/libidn.so
 usr/lib/libidn.so.12
-usr/lib/libidn.so.12.6.1
+usr/lib/libidn.so.12.6.3
 #usr/lib/pkgconfig/libidn.pc
 #usr/share/emacs
 #usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
diff --git a/lfs/libidn b/lfs/libidn
index b8be721a3..4e2a7403c 100644
--- a/lfs/libidn
+++ b/lfs/libidn
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 include Config
 
-VER        = 1.36
+VER        = 1.38
 
 THISAPP    = libidn-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 813c7b268d1051ca02c3610986126f38
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 718ff3700dd71f830c592ebe97249193
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -71,9 +71,10 @@ $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
-	--prefix=/usr \
-	--disable-nls \
-	--disable-doc
+	                --prefix=/usr \
+	                --disable-nls \
+	                --disable-doc \
+	                --disable-static
 
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install