diff --git a/package/busybox/Makefile b/package/busybox/Makefile
index 13aa28945d..9cb84a19e3 100644
--- a/package/busybox/Makefile
+++ b/package/busybox/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=busybox
 PKG_VERSION:=1.19.4
-PKG_RELEASE:=2
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
 PKG_FLAGS:=essential
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
diff --git a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
index b1a432f6bc..08716b86fa 100644
--- a/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
+++ b/package/busybox/config/coreutils/Config.in
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FOLD
 
 config BUSYBOX_CONFIG_FSYNC
 	bool "fsync"
-	default n
+	default y
 	help
 	  fsync is used to flush file-related cached blocks to disk.