diff --git a/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.6/pkgconfig.patch b/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.8/pkgconfig.patch
similarity index 57%
rename from meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.6/pkgconfig.patch
rename to meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.8/pkgconfig.patch
index f367f1ccc2..49e47d874e 100644
--- a/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.6/pkgconfig.patch
+++ b/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.8/pkgconfig.patch
@@ -3,44 +3,43 @@
 # Patch managed by http://www.mn-logistik.de/unsupported/pxa250/patcher
 #
 
-Index: libgpg-error-1.3/configure.ac
+Index: libgpg-error-1.8/configure.ac
 ===================================================================
---- libgpg-error-1.3.orig/configure.ac
-+++ libgpg-error-1.3/configure.ac
-@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ GPG_ERROR_CONFIG_CFLAGS=""
- AC_SUBST(GPG_ERROR_CONFIG_LIBS)
+--- libgpg-error-1.8.orig/configure.ac	2010-05-06 06:01:08.000000000 -0700
++++ libgpg-error-1.8/configure.ac	2010-07-21 02:20:20.923261305 -0700
+@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
  AC_SUBST(GPG_ERROR_CONFIG_CFLAGS)
+ AC_SUBST(GPG_ERROR_CONFIG_ISUBDIRAFTER)
  AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/gpg-error-config], [chmod +x src/gpg-error-config])
 +AC_CONFIG_FILES([src/gpg-error.pc])
  
  
  # Special defines for certain platforms
-Index: libgpg-error-1.3/src/Makefile.am
+Index: libgpg-error-1.8/src/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
---- libgpg-error-1.3.orig/src/Makefile.am
-+++ libgpg-error-1.3/src/Makefile.am
-@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ include_HEADERS = gpg-error.h
+--- libgpg-error-1.8.orig/src/Makefile.am	2010-04-14 02:16:44.000000000 -0700
++++ libgpg-error-1.8/src/Makefile.am	2010-07-21 02:22:36.655012496 -0700
+@@ -37,13 +37,15 @@
  bin_SCRIPTS = gpg-error-config
  m4datadir = $(datadir)/aclocal
  m4data_DATA = gpg-error.m4
 +pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
 +pkgconfig_DATA = gpg-error.pc
  
- 
  EXTRA_DIST = mkstrtable.awk err-sources.h.in err-codes.h.in \
-@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = mkstrtable.awk err-sources.
+ 	mkerrnos.awk errnos.in README \
  	mkerrcodes.awk mkerrcodes1.awk mkerrcodes2.awk mkerrcodes.c \
- 	mkheader.awk gpg-error.h.in \
+ 	mkheader.awk gpg-error.h.in mkw32errmap.c w32-add.h w32ce-add.h \
  	err-sources.h err-codes.h gpg-error-config.in gpg-error.m4 \
--	gpg-error.def versioninfo.rc.in
-+	gpg-error.def versioninfo.rc.in gpg-error.pc.in
+-	gpg-error.def.in versioninfo.rc.in
++	gpg-error.def.in versioninfo.rc.in gpg-error.pc.in
  
  BUILT_SOURCES = err-sources.h err-codes.h code-to-errno.h code-from-errno.h \
- 	err-sources-sym.h err-codes-sym.h errnos-sym.h gpg-error.h
-Index: libgpg-error-1.3/src/gpg-error.pc.in
+ 	err-sources-sym.h err-codes-sym.h errnos-sym.h gpg-error.h \
+Index: libgpg-error-1.8/src/gpg-error.pc.in
 ===================================================================
---- /dev/null
-+++ libgpg-error-1.3/src/gpg-error.pc.in
+--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ libgpg-error-1.8/src/gpg-error.pc.in	2010-07-21 02:20:20.923261305 -0700
 @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
 +prefix=@prefix@
 +exec_prefix=@exec_prefix@
diff --git a/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.6.bb b/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.6.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index d5c6fe80b5..0000000000
--- a/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.6.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-DESCRIPTION = "GPG-Error library"
-SECTION = "libs"
-LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
-DEPENDS = "gettext"
-
-SRC_URI = "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
-           file://pkgconfig.patch;"
-
-# move libgpg-error-config into -dev package
-FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/lib*.so.*"
-FILES_${PN}-dev += "${bindir}/*"
-
-inherit autotools binconfig pkgconfig
diff --git a/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb b/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..120feecafa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/packages/libgpg-error/libgpg-error_1.8.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "a small library that defines common error values for all GnuPG components"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnupg.org/related_software/libgpg-error/"
+BUGTRACKER = "https://bugs.g10code.com/gnupg/index"
+
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552 \
+                    file://COPYING.LIB;md5=2d5025d4aa3495befef8f17206a5b0a1 \
+                    file://src/gpg-error.h;endline=23;md5=83c16c8f5cea85affa1ff270a6f4fcff \
+                    file://src/init.c;endline=20;md5=b69742f2a8827d494c6f6a4b1768416c"
+
+
+SECTION = "libs"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2+ & LGPLv2.1+"
+DEPENDS = "gettext"
+PR = "r0"
+
+SRC_URI = "ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-${PV}.tar.bz2 \
+           file://pkgconfig.patch;"
+
+# move libgpg-error-config into -dev package
+FILES_${PN} = "${libdir}/lib*.so.*"
+FILES_${PN}-dev += "${bindir}/*"
+
+inherit autotools binconfig pkgconfig