diff --git a/jq/.footprint b/jq/.footprint
index a4a51971f..34f0d928c 100644
--- a/jq/.footprint
+++ b/jq/.footprint
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libjq.so -> libjq.so.1.0.4
 lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libjq.so.1 -> libjq.so.1.0.4
 -rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libjq.so.1.0.4
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libjq.pc
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/
 drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/share/man/man1/
diff --git a/jq/.signature b/jq/.signature
index 33260af16..ab9a8f410 100644
--- a/jq/.signature
+++ b/jq/.signature
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 untrusted comment: verify with /etc/ports/contrib.pub
-RWSagIOpLGJF32yJjdg2/QNZ1zPe8qlSDQxZQ7ROxYDb+/eP5T8iJed5Uo/iUx0yj7WJN3BlDtim8A/0p1eEuL62BeyaPWQBDAI=
-SHA256 (Pkgfile) = d5b036ec8b4930f876bb3db20e036918f285d88a29ee3492aed3b4dc5f039430
-SHA256 (.footprint) = ed1ce136382cf2464b74b5dfa2ebf6c840558f61fb589c8961a4ac16aa995465
-SHA256 (jq-1.6.tar.gz) = 5de8c8e29aaa3fb9cc6b47bb27299f271354ebb72514e3accadc7d38b5bbaa72
+RWSagIOpLGJF3zn0EtiuKLQxkYvz4ra5KDCw0vb8GNXrzalrwRS1RaMtWQ10j8dUto66CtyclYoEpnllMC8mBE6CSWDnEOAInAQ=
+SHA256 (Pkgfile) = 19fc66867e061835c72fab8208040242e2c514761fcaf62ab721a8de24569937
+SHA256 (.footprint) = 5225fc2ef3d65e4ec2123649a0f4b42e27d826f893249fb5208e8097f30b15cb
+SHA256 (jq-1.7.tar.gz) = 402a0d6975d946e6f4e484d1a84320414a0ff8eb6cf49d2c11d144d4d344db62
diff --git a/jq/Pkgfile b/jq/Pkgfile
index 0468a088d..d8b25488d 100644
--- a/jq/Pkgfile
+++ b/jq/Pkgfile
@@ -1,20 +1,16 @@
 # Description: Lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor
 # URL: https://stedolan.github.io/jq/
 # Maintainer: Tim Biermann, tbier at posteo dot de
-# Optional: oniguruma
+# Depends on: oniguruma
 
 name=jq
-version=1.6
-release=2
+version=1.7
+release=1
 source=(https://github.com/stedolan/jq/releases/download/jq-$version/jq-$version.tar.gz)
 
 build() {
   cd $name-$version
 
-  # never use bundled oniguruma for regex support
-  sed -i '242,245d;248,250d;256,267d' configure.ac
-  autoreconf -i
-
   ./configure --prefix=/usr \
     --with-oniguruma=/usr