diff --git a/accessibility/liblouis/actions.py b/accessibility/liblouis/actions.py
index e08e46441d..9f4ec0a4e5 100644
--- a/accessibility/liblouis/actions.py
+++ b/accessibility/liblouis/actions.py
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ from pisi.actionsapi import pythonmodules
 
 def setup():
  #   autotools.autoreconf("-vfi")
-    autotools.configure("--disable-static")
+    autotools.configure("--disable-static --enable-ucs4")
 
 def build():
     autotools.make("-j1")
diff --git a/accessibility/liblouis/pspec.xml b/accessibility/liblouis/pspec.xml
index f19c4edde9..7523ad5588 100644
--- a/accessibility/liblouis/pspec.xml
+++ b/accessibility/liblouis/pspec.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
         <License>GPLv3</License>
         <Summary>Open-source braille translator and back-translator</Summary>
         <Description>Open-source braille translator and back-translator</Description>
-        <Archive sha1sum="873e305584739df3fa379471c9013c404f08df66" type="targz">https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/download/v3.7.0/liblouis-3.7.0.tar.gz</Archive>
+        <Archive sha1sum="dd3bbaf96b853ec4b89300084fef299a2a944cd9" type="targz">https://github.com/liblouis/liblouis/releases/download/v3.9.0/liblouis-3.9.0.tar.gz</Archive>
         <BuildDependencies>
             <Dependency>python3-devel</Dependency>
             <Dependency>libyaml-devel</Dependency>
@@ -47,6 +47,13 @@
     </Package>
 
     <History>
+        <Update release="5">
+            <Date>2019-03-20</Date>
+            <Version>3.9.0</Version>
+            <Comment>Version bump</Comment>
+            <Name>Kamil Atlı</Name>
+            <Email>suvari@pisilinux.org</Email>
+        </Update>
 		<Update release="4">
             <Date>2018-09-23</Date>
             <Version>3.7.0</Version>
@@ -76,4 +83,4 @@
             <Email>suvari@pisilinux.org</Email>
         </Update>
     </History>
-</PISI>
\ No newline at end of file
+</PISI>