diff --git a/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.conf b/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.conf
index 274c4e191..cbf10750a 100644
--- a/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.conf
+++ b/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.conf
@@ -31,3 +31,5 @@ function pm_pureftpd() {
 sysconfdir="$root/etc/pure-ftpd"
 hook_add postmake 3 pm_pureftpd
 
+# a requirement for virtual users
+extraconfopt="--with-puredb"
diff --git a/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.desc b/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.desc
index a89288d23..a0ec37401 100644
--- a/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.desc
+++ b/package/sirkull/pureftpd/pureftpd.desc
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@
 
 [L] BSD
 [S] Stable
-[V] 1.0.20
+[V] 1.0.21
 [P] X --?--5---9 224.100
 
-[D] 1462178475 pure-ftpd-1.0.20.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/releases/
+[D] 2067530552 pure-ftpd-1.0.21.tar.bz2 ftp://ftp.pureftpd.org/pub/pure-ftpd/releases/