diff --git a/mdadm/.md5sum b/mdadm/.md5sum
index 27fb2785c..1ab96d238 100644
--- a/mdadm/.md5sum
+++ b/mdadm/.md5sum
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-fa09e85ff0859296c0e4f0ab18dc5678  mdadm-2.4.1.tar.gz
+2c8bc887affb2247ee5f4b50067fac8f  mdadm-2.5.tar.gz
+69c81b2973dd0a24e105a718b94b6892  mdadm-ssl.patch
diff --git a/mdadm/Pkgfile b/mdadm/Pkgfile
index 0f8ad1759..fbd47927d 100644
--- a/mdadm/Pkgfile
+++ b/mdadm/Pkgfile
@@ -1,16 +1,15 @@
 # Description: Multiple device (RAID) admin tool
 # URL:         http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~neilb/source/mdadm/
-# Packager:    Gunter Coelle, gunter dot coelle at dbaudio dot com
 # Maintainer:  Jürgen Daubert, juergen dot daubert at t-online dot de
-# Depends on: 
 
 name=mdadm
-version=2.4.1
+version=2.5
 release=1
-source=(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz)
+source=(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/raid/$name/$name-$version.tar.gz \
+        $name-ssl.patch)
 
 build() {
     cd $name-$version
-    make CXFLAGS="$CFLAGS"   
-    make DESTDIR=$PKG MANDIR=/usr/man install
+    patch -p1 < $SRC/$name-ssl.patch
+    make CXFLAGS="$CFLAGS" USE_SSL=0 DESTDIR=$PKG MANDIR=/usr/man install
 }
diff --git a/mdadm/mdadm-ssl.patch b/mdadm/mdadm-ssl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db0ca94ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mdadm/mdadm-ssl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff -Nru mdadm-2.5.orig/Makefile mdadm-2.5/Makefile
+--- mdadm-2.5.orig/Makefile	2006-06-15 12:49:16.000000000 +0200
++++ mdadm-2.5/Makefile	2006-06-15 12:52:54.000000000 +0200
+@@ -32,7 +32,9 @@
+ TCC = tcc
+ UCLIBC_GCC = $(shell for nm in i386-uclibc-linux-gcc i386-uclibc-gcc; do which $$nm > /dev/null && { echo $$nm ; exit; } ; done; echo false No uclibc found )
+ DIET_GCC = diet gcc
+-LDLIBS=-lssl
++ifeq ($(USE_SSL),1)
++LDLIBS=-lcrypto
++endif
+ 
+ KLIBC=/home/src/klibc/klibc-0.77
+ 
+@@ -72,6 +74,11 @@
+ 	Create.c Detail.c Examine.c Grow.c Monitor.c dlink.c Kill.c Query.c \
+ 	mdopen.c super0.c super1.c bitmap.c restripe.c sysfs.c
+ 
++ifneq ($(USE_SSL),1)
++OBJS += SHA1.o sha1.o
++SRCS += SHA1.c sha1.c
++endif
++
+ ASSEMBLE_SRCS := mdassemble.c Assemble.c config.c dlink.c util.c super0.c super1.c
+ ASSEMBLE_FLAGS:= -DMDASSEMBLE
+ ifdef MDASSEMBLE_AUTO