diff --git a/package/system/rpcd/Makefile b/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
index 2493c97cb5..3e85f0ce11 100644
--- a/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/rpcd/Makefile
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
 PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/rpcd.git
-PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2018-11-28
-PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=3aa81d0dfae167eccc26203bd0c96f3e3450f253
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2020-01-05
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=efe51f41d6288fa8503cc4f2efb37a777767d505
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Jo-Philipp Wich <jo@mein.io>
-PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=1befc5e1793a687e7a37b4f4d611e5f95aef4b79ad4b288c4dcb4c74d212509b
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=cf4bd4670ce8d49f5fb97f0e74a817324c1a503c90527282e30365d8b9a2e17a
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=ISC
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ endef
 
 define Package/rpcd
   $(Package/rpcd/default)
-  DEPENDS+= +libuci +libblobmsg-json
+  DEPENDS+= +libuci +libblobmsg-json +libjson-c
 endef
 
 define Package/rpcd/description
diff --git a/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init b/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init
index 4a31aa0d00..f75d0e0f0e 100755
--- a/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init
+++ b/package/system/rpcd/files/rpcd.init
@@ -12,10 +12,10 @@ start_service() {
 
 	procd_open_instance
 	procd_set_param command "$PROG" ${socket:+-s "$socket"} ${timeout:+-t "$timeout"}
+	procd_set_param respawn
 	procd_close_instance
 }
 
 reload_service() {
 	procd_send_signal rpcd
 }
-
diff --git a/package/system/ubus/Makefile b/package/system/ubus/Makefile
index 3e8212c3ee..41d202149c 100644
--- a/package/system/ubus/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/ubus/Makefile
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ define Package/libubus-lua
   TITLE:=Lua binding for the OpenWrt RPC client
 endef
 
-TARGET_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+TARGET_CFLAGS += -I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include -flto
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -flto
 
 CMAKE_OPTIONS = \
 	-DLUAPATH=/usr/lib/lua