diff --git a/system/base/gperftools/actions.py b/system/base/gperftools/actions.py
index 651184f1..3c89c884 100644
--- a/system/base/gperftools/actions.py
+++ b/system/base/gperftools/actions.py
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import shelltools
 from pisi.actionsapi import get
 
 def setup():
-    # fix for glibc 2.16
-    #pisitools.dosed("src/base/linuxthreads.cc", "siginfo_t", "siginfo")
-    shelltools.chmod("autogen.sh", 0755)
-    shelltools.system("./autogen.sh")
     autotools.configure("--disable-static \
                          --disable-dependency-tracking \
                          --enable-fast-install \
@@ -23,6 +19,8 @@ def setup():
     # Disable rpath
     pisitools.dosed("libtool", "^hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=.*", "hardcode_libdir_flag_spec=\"\"")
     pisitools.dosed("libtool", "^runpath_var=LD_RUN_PATH", "runpath_var=DIE_RPATH_DIE")
+    
+    pisitools.dosed("libtool", " -shared ", " -Wl,-O1,--as-needed -shared ")
 
 def build():
     autotools.make("noinst_PROGRAMS=' '")
diff --git a/system/base/gperftools/pspec.xml b/system/base/gperftools/pspec.xml
index 24578c88..266c1c6d 100644
--- a/system/base/gperftools/pspec.xml
+++ b/system/base/gperftools/pspec.xml
@@ -13,13 +13,17 @@
         <IsA>app:console</IsA>
         <Summary>Google Performance Tools</Summary>
         <Description>Perf Tools is a collection of a high-performance multi-threaded malloc() implementation, plus some pretty nifty performance analysis tools.</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="a5b3db3e640e7ea4a0c5a49a8e666658234396aa" type="targz">http://source.pisilinux.org/1.0/gperftools-846b775dfadb.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="13b904d0d1f220e43e4495f3403ee280c6da26ea" type="targz">https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools/releases/download/gperftools-2.4/gperftools-2.4.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <BuildDependencies>
+            <Dependency>libunwind-devel</Dependency>
+        </BuildDependencies>
     </Source>
 
     <Package>
         <Name>gperftools</Name>
         <RuntimeDependencies>
             <Dependency>libunwind</Dependency>
+            <Dependency>libgcc</Dependency>
         </RuntimeDependencies>
         <Files>
             <Path fileType="executable">/usr/bin</Path>
@@ -58,6 +62,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="5">
+            <Date>2016-01-25</Date>
+            <Version>2.4</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump.</Comment>
+            <Name>Ertuğrul Erata</Name>
+            <Email>ertugrulerata@gmail.com</Email>
+        </Update>
         <Update release="4">
             <Date>2014-06-02</Date>
             <Version>2.2</Version>