diff --git a/package/sirkull/nano/nano.conf b/package/sirkull/nano/nano.conf
index d745cc577..e451a4e23 100644
--- a/package/sirkull/nano/nano.conf
+++ b/package/sirkull/nano/nano.conf
@@ -23,3 +23,6 @@
 confopt="$confopt --enable-extra --enable-nanorc --enable-color \
 	 --enable-multibuffer"
 
+# the following is needed to link against a static ncurses library
+# that dynamically links to libgpm
+var_append configprefix " " "LDFLAGS=\"\$LDFLAGS -ldl\""
diff --git a/package/sirkull/nano/nano.desc b/package/sirkull/nano/nano.desc
index 89f745006..dc3e87b75 100644
--- a/package/sirkull/nano/nano.desc
+++ b/package/sirkull/nano/nano.desc
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
 
 [L] GPL
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.2.4
+[V] 1.2.5
 [P] X -?---5---9 114.000
 
-[D] 570835268 nano-1.2.4.tar.gz http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/
+[D] 3052329580 nano-1.2.5.tar.gz http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v1.2/