diff --git a/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile b/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile
index 5632e1949d..0ecd9521f4 100644
--- a/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/tools/e2fsprogs/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2010-2013 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=e2fsprogs
-PKG_VERSION:=1.42.8
-PKG_MD5SUM:=8ef664b6eb698aa6b733df59b17b9ed4
+PKG_VERSION:=1.42.13
+PKG_MD5SUM:=bc759fc62666786f5436e2075beb3265
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
diff --git a/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/003-openbsd-compat.patch b/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/003-openbsd-compat.patch
index 1f7cdca0e5..ded0ecad77 100644
--- a/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/003-openbsd-compat.patch
+++ b/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/003-openbsd-compat.patch
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-diff -Nur e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/blkid/getsize.c e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/blkid/getsize.c
---- e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/blkid/getsize.c	Fri Nov 30 03:40:18 2012
-+++ e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/blkid/getsize.c	Thu Mar  7 14:21:59 2013
-@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
+--- a/lib/blkid/getsize.c
++++ b/lib/blkid/getsize.c
+@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@
  #include <fcntl.h>
  #ifdef HAVE_SYS_IOCTL_H
  #include <sys/ioctl.h>
@@ -11,9 +10,8 @@ diff -Nur e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/blkid/getsize.c e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/blkid/g
  #endif
  #ifdef HAVE_LINUX_FD_H
  #include <linux/fd.h>
-diff -Nur e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/quota/mkquota.c e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/quota/mkquota.c
---- e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/quota/mkquota.c	Wed Jan  2 01:47:20 2013
-+++ e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/quota/mkquota.c	Thu Mar  7 14:21:59 2013
+--- a/lib/quota/mkquota.c
++++ b/lib/quota/mkquota.c
 @@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  #include <sys/stat.h>
  #include <unistd.h>
diff --git a/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/004-freebsd-compat.patch b/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/004-freebsd-compat.patch
index 5eff49999e..c6435d4919 100644
--- a/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/004-freebsd-compat.patch
+++ b/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/004-freebsd-compat.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
-diff -Nur e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/ext2fs/tdb.c e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/ext2fs/tdb.c
---- e2fsprogs-1.42.7.orig/lib/ext2fs/tdb.c	2012-07-06 15:37:27.000000000 +0200
-+++ e2fsprogs-1.42.7/lib/ext2fs/tdb.c	2013-03-07 14:54:59.000000000 +0100
+--- a/lib/ext2fs/tdb.c
++++ b/lib/ext2fs/tdb.c
 @@ -56,7 +56,9 @@
  #include <utime.h>
  #endif
diff --git a/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/005-darwin-compat.patch b/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/005-darwin-compat.patch
index bc81d8638a..c5d0e28c55 100644
--- a/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/005-darwin-compat.patch
+++ b/tools/e2fsprogs/patches/005-darwin-compat.patch
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
  
 +#include <stdint.h>
 +
+ #ifndef HAVE___U8
+ #define HAVE___U8
  #ifdef __U8_TYPEDEF
- typedef __U8_TYPEDEF __u8;
- #else
 --- a/lib/ext2fs/ext2_types.h.in
 +++ b/lib/ext2fs/ext2_types.h.in
 @@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
  
 +#include <stdint.h>
 +
+ #ifndef HAVE___U8
+ #define HAVE___U8
  #ifdef __U8_TYPEDEF
- typedef __U8_TYPEDEF __u8;
- #else
+