diff --git a/package/base/parted/no-link-as-needed.patch b/package/base/parted/no-link-as-needed.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31e3922c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/parted/no-link-as-needed.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- ./configure.orig	2007-05-16 17:13:20.000000000 +0200
++++ ./configure	2007-05-16 17:19:57.000000000 +0200
+@@ -12332,7 +12332,6 @@
+      # native cc issues annoying warnings and then ignores it,
+      # which would cause us to incorrectly conclude that it worked.
+      for gl_flags in \
+-	'-Wl,--as-needed' \
+ 	'-Wl,-z,ignore' \
+ 	'-z ignore'
+      do
diff --git a/package/base/parted/parted.desc b/package/base/parted/parted.desc
index a1d4ec14e..ebacea737 100644
--- a/package/base/parted/parted.desc
+++ b/package/base/parted/parted.desc
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.6.25.1
+[V] 1.8.7
 [P] X -?-3-----9 180.920
 
-[D] 2450491506 parted-1.6.25.1.tar.gz http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/
+[D] 1762668694 parted-1.8.7.tar.bz2 http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/parted/