diff --git a/libdevmapper/.md5sum b/libdevmapper/.md5sum
index f99160e8..ba73bb5e 100644
--- a/libdevmapper/.md5sum
+++ b/libdevmapper/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-39c26d5a821754cc347d7a19e82d4a24  LVM2.2.02.70.tgz
+a7d0d1235a589869bd13cde0f0d7375d  LVM2.2.02.72.tgz
+47ba25b8253d6a6f4385461ae814086e  lvm2-static_build.patch
diff --git a/libdevmapper/Pkgfile b/libdevmapper/Pkgfile
index 8591e017..0422a3fd 100644
--- a/libdevmapper/Pkgfile
+++ b/libdevmapper/Pkgfile
@@ -3,12 +3,15 @@
 # Maintainer:  CRUX System Team, core-ports at crux dot nu
 
 name=libdevmapper
-version=1.02.52
+version=1.02.53
 release=1
-source=(ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/LVM2.2.02.70.tgz)
+source=(ftp://sources.redhat.com/pub/lvm2/LVM2.2.02.72.tgz 
+        lvm2-static_build.patch)
 
 build() {
-    cd LVM2.2.02.70
+    cd LVM2.2.02.72
+
+    patch -p1 -i $SRC/lvm2-static_build.patch
 
     ./configure --prefix=/usr \
                 --sbindir=/sbin \
diff --git a/libdevmapper/lvm2-static_build.patch b/libdevmapper/lvm2-static_build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7791a896
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libdevmapper/lvm2-static_build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -Nru LVM2.2.02.72.orig/tools/Makefile.in LVM2.2.02.72/tools/Makefile.in
+--- LVM2.2.02.72.orig/tools/Makefile.in	2010-08-05 18:58:02.778823394 +0000
++++ LVM2.2.02.72/tools/Makefile.in	2010-08-05 18:58:18.808671810 +0000
+@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
+ 	      -o $@ dmsetup.o -ldevmapper $(LIBS)
+ 
+ dmsetup.static: dmsetup.o $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) \
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) \
+ 	      -o $@ dmsetup.o -ldevmapper $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ all: device-mapper
+@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@
+ 		$(LVMLIBS) $(READLINE_LIBS) $(LIBS) -rdynamic
+ 
+ lvm.static: $(OBJECTS) lvm-static.o $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a  $(interfacebuilddir)/libdevmapper.a
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--no-export-dynamic -static -L$(interfacebuilddir) -o $@ \
+ 	      $(OBJECTS) lvm-static.o $(LVMLIBS) $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LIBS)
+ 
+ liblvm2cmd.a: $(top_builddir)/lib/liblvm-internal.a $(OBJECTS) lvmcmdlib.o lvm2cmd.o