diff --git a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/Makefile b/package/utils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
index 0dca9808dd..49e53f4588 100644
--- a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
+++ b/package/utils/e2fsprogs/Makefile
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=e2fsprogs
-PKG_VERSION:=1.42.4
-PKG_MD5SUM:=b6e296f210d642361b7394437ff0f318
+PKG_VERSION:=1.42.8
+PKG_MD5SUM:=8ef664b6eb698aa6b733df59b17b9ed4
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@ $(call Package/e2fsprogs)
   DEPENDS:= +e2fsprogs
 endef
 
+define Package/e4defrag
+$(call Package/e2fsprogs)
+  TITLE:=Ext4 Filesystem defrag utility
+  DEPENDS:= +e2fsprogs
+endef
+
 define Package/resize2fs
 $(call Package/e2fsprogs)
   TITLE:=Ext2 Filesystem resize utility
@@ -139,6 +145,11 @@ define Package/tune2fs/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/tune2fs $(1)/usr/sbin/
 endef
 
+define Package/e4defrag/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/e4defrag $(1)/usr/sbin/
+endef
+
 define Package/resize2fs/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/resize2fs $(1)/usr/sbin/
@@ -152,5 +163,6 @@ endef
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,e2fsprogs))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,libext2fs))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,tune2fs))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,e4defrag))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,resize2fs))
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,badblocks))
diff --git a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/001-link-against-libuuid.patch b/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/001-link-against-libuuid.patch
index e0564dc355..2c84d95008 100644
--- a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/001-link-against-libuuid.patch
+++ b/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/001-link-against-libuuid.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 --- a/configure
 +++ b/configure
-@@ -5038,7 +5038,7 @@ if test "${ac_cv_lib_blkid_blkid_get_cac
+@@ -5111,7 +5111,7 @@ if ${ac_cv_lib_blkid_blkid_get_cache+:}
    $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
  else
    ac_check_lib_save_LIBS=$LIBS
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
  
 --- a/misc/Makefile.in
 +++ b/misc/Makefile.in
-@@ -146,10 +146,10 @@ partinfo: partinfo.o
+@@ -147,10 +147,10 @@ partinfo: partinfo.o
  	$(E) "	LD $@"
  	$(Q) $(CC) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o partinfo partinfo.o
  
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
  
  tune2fs: $(TUNE2FS_OBJS) $(DEPLIBS) $(DEPLIBS_E2P) $(DEPLIBBLKID) \
  		$(DEPLIBUUID) $(DEPLIBQUOTA) $(LIBEXT2FS)
-@@ -289,9 +289,9 @@ dumpe2fs.profiled: $(PROFILED_DUMPE2FS_O
+@@ -290,9 +290,9 @@ dumpe2fs.profiled: $(DUMPE2FS_OBJS) $(PR
  		$(PROFILED_DUMPE2FS_OBJS) $(PROFILED_LIBS) \
  		$(PROFILED_LIBE2P) $(PROFILED_LIBUUID) $(LIBINTL)
  
@@ -34,5 +34,5 @@
 -	$(Q) $(CC) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o fsck $(FSCK_OBJS) $(LIBBLKID) $(LIBINTL)
 +	$(Q) $(CC) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -o fsck $(FSCK_OBJS) $(LIBBLKID) $(LIBUUID) $(LIBINTL)
  
- fsck.profiled: $(PROFILED_FSCK_OBJS) $(PROFILED_DEPLIBBLKID)
+ fsck.profiled: $(FSCK_OBJS) $(PROFILED_DEPLIBBLKID)
  	$(E) "	LD $@"
diff --git a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/002-no_malloc_h.patch b/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/002-no_malloc_h.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 209b47c1cc..0000000000
--- a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/002-no_malloc_h.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
---- a/util/symlinks.c
-+++ b/util/symlinks.c
-@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
- #endif
- #include <stdio.h>
- #include <stdlib.h>
--#include <malloc.h>
- #include <string.h>
- #include <fcntl.h>
- #include <sys/param.h>
diff --git a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/003-com_err_version.patch b/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/003-com_err_version.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 62f1e08e71..0000000000
--- a/package/utils/e2fsprogs/patches/003-com_err_version.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
---- a/lib/et/Makefile.in
-+++ b/lib/et/Makefile.in
-@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ SHARE_FILES= et_c.awk et_h.awk
- LIBRARY= libcom_err
- LIBDIR= et
- 
--ELF_VERSION = 2.1
--ELF_SO_VERSION = 2
-+ELF_VERSION = 0.0
-+ELF_SO_VERSION = 0
- ELF_IMAGE = libcom_err
- ELF_MYDIR = et
- ELF_INSTALL_DIR = $(root_libdir)