diff --git a/sys-apps/busybox/Manifest b/sys-apps/busybox/Manifest
--- a/sys-apps/busybox/Manifest
+++ b/sys-apps/busybox/Manifest
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ AUX busybox-1.18.1-hush.patch 8447 RMD16
 AUX busybox-1.18.1-ldflags.patch 3614 RMD160 7f27232505103301aa46e2df754292fee7db93f8 SHA1 424de3c85f0da0e06bfc044450b26c10eb694a28 SHA256 7a66a5ac4fbca0d30a7e1a25c72775be9f2eff50fc1b6c765f769714e9056682
 AUX busybox-1.18.1-mkswap.patch 504 RMD160 9fbecd5d82ae1d3198acd365e411572bae90dbd3 SHA1 7d5560ca68a5f2f53f573c784929f710b87f5c9d SHA256 8cbf49401fafaf35be70ba414cab0d68c7c88b1d0a6bbb5b00d0dc27621accfa
 AUX busybox-1.18.1-warning.patch 913 RMD160 6b688c0561d7d059c7693b24575a103bb9bf978a SHA1 742d459957500551f24be81845b861994bb50c48 SHA256 95df2c2e95c6e0a3a2275d8c9b0958894f4b315666f0407e4f4c9c9dc0b47109
+AUX busybox-1.18.3-buildsys.patch 320 RMD160 5591dc086f5c2d060b0c6e8496df8515ec1dccc8 SHA1 12bd93ead0022a8e80a7d3c40f1f6b166cc3942f SHA256 cb438f0a5c46125387187b4a2389d56f7aa8db5a308aed314f5866cf9a09b72b
+AUX busybox-1.18.3-modutils24.patch 949 RMD160 5c7aef4dd8195a6432a8c7e6e865eff1bc73bdd4 SHA1 445c5e662c2bea616b327744d4e9b6b2fd7a645a SHA256 134ed86867784348f484810464df5bc97589e7aa41079c90e35b8d12b9284df8
+AUX busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch 3805 RMD160 e3846336786aa825da96ff9b2cf08829c81482a9 SHA1 cb9227a3d9783e4222fbe2f42cb769c7ff1e14e3 SHA256 22538ebee96f66916104b8143cfd16e21568da4c5a89128b9daa60d83a59120b
 AUX mdev-start.sh 2758 RMD160 c177aac4940b177bd857bc98ff2ac031e0489bbc SHA1 5a5b95da36c489cd12820513434a7a17ac3bffd1 SHA256 9904263c8dfe2b8c3e968a9b4245fa0c162a2413110c037cdd797ac3773587d7
 AUX mdev.rc 282 RMD160 6a11e23fbed92acd24088a7885bdc52b9c845fac SHA1 46f1a0494e009332e83b62599842f8213b60ba60 SHA256 e52abbc3399fc85ce1f097e8f12b25a5ca7fe2e3d648bee60c061b547ba39dc5
 AUX mdev/dvbdev 356 RMD160 db7f546ae6e47b59cca9712f1e218cdbc3985c78 SHA1 993c0ab79fa41912f84db95e7dd09aa0965aa8c7 SHA256 ef091bb4c8943a99b9a97b556cdc15ddd20275f5afa8287e201419b08c4e71de
@@ -15,22 +18,24 @@ AUX mdev/ide_links 440 RMD160 5d133f27d1
 AUX mdev/usbdev 1624 RMD160 a448558f058566223072c993cb4ae52f9aa43da3 SHA1 4d1a7a19e58549416dd3bde4fcf2f584adc4feb7 SHA256 113ecaa722fa1f4e1c76489e2a7b24099778615a5bccd443aa9cbab28c6d05d0
 AUX mdev/usbdisk_link 984 RMD160 9b86d85f5f27f03f894a062c9f00d3583c4db3ae SHA1 690290b25fa1b90f6d9d7b8947a55746920991a4 SHA256 4957f6991e0cb988b263b5276b582f1757deecad19cddebe3c615b381df9f858
 DIST busybox-1.18.1.tar.bz2 2129404 RMD160 fb40d19103945eb1cd785a6041e5545f4055b8f6 SHA1 83b86858599870e46236da8d370d335d48cee77e SHA256 33eb25ea7b20c727c3af769256b21408a1ac1f927ff9f89a1f1e3767c18c9967
+DIST busybox-1.18.3.tar.bz2 2119251 RMD160 b38e5bc8ca9d586dd1528080b6a866ad8719a31a SHA1 4debdbdf8abb7ae54e0c0e2650cb03d957400533 SHA256 83f112ee88b7eb85bea1cac0b1af33f61387a1036f1898c5ecd79813191a619b
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+EBUILD busybox-1.18.3.ebuild 7923 RMD160 70a7319bcda540bbccb5264cdd218384540aa4c5 SHA1 1ce5019a08595955bd446341af6bb985ae9d347b SHA256 b98879df777c471d1afdac749fdfb139df04b2fa995d0f0795c456be9b3cf53d
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diff --git a/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-1.18.1-r1.ebuild b/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-1.18.3.ebuild
copy from sys-apps/busybox/busybox-1.18.1-r1.ebuild
copy to sys-apps/busybox/busybox-1.18.3.ebuild
--- a/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-1.18.1-r1.ebuild
+++ b/sys-apps/busybox/busybox-1.18.3.ebuild
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ busybox_config_option() {
 		y) sed -i -e "s:.*\<CONFIG_$2\>.*set:CONFIG_$2=y:g" .config;;
 		n) sed -i -e "s:CONFIG_$2=y:# CONFIG_$2 is not set:g" .config;;
 		*) use $1 \
-		       && busybox_config_option y $2 \
-		       || busybox_config_option n $2
+			   && busybox_config_option y $2 \
+			   || busybox_config_option n $2
 		   return 0
 		   ;;
 	esac
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ src_prepare() {
 
 	# patches go here!
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/busybox-1.18.0-bb.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/busybox-1.18.1-ldflags.patch
 	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/busybox-${PV}-*.patch
 
 	# flag cleanup
diff --git a/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-buildsys.patch b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-buildsys.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-buildsys.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- busybox-1.18.3/Config.in
++++ busybox-1.18.3-buildsys/Config.in
+@@ -126,7 +126,6 @@ config FEATURE_INSTALLER
+ config INSTALL_NO_USR
+ 	bool "Don't use /usr"
+ 	default n
+-	depends on FEATURE_INSTALLER
+ 	help
+ 	  Disable use of /usr. busybox --install and "make install"
+ 	  will install applets only to /bin and /sbin,
diff --git a/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-modutils24.patch b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-modutils24.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-modutils24.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+--- busybox-1.18.3/modutils/modutils-24.c
++++ busybox-1.18.3-modutils24/modutils/modutils-24.c
+@@ -2474,6 +2474,7 @@ new_process_module_arguments(struct obj_
+ 		n = 0;
+ 		p = val;
+ 		while (*p != 0) {
++			char sv_ch;
+ 			char *endp;
+ 
+ 			if (++n > max)
+@@ -2482,14 +2483,17 @@ new_process_module_arguments(struct obj_
+ 			switch (*pinfo) {
+ 			case 's':
+ 				len = strcspn(p, ",");
++				sv_ch = p[len];
+ 				p[len] = 0;
+ 				obj_string_patch(f, sym->secidx,
+ 						 loc - contents, p);
+ 				loc += tgt_sizeof_char_p;
+ 				p += len;
++				*p = sv_ch;
+ 				break;
+ 			case 'c':
+ 				len = strcspn(p, ",");
++				sv_ch = p[len];
+ 				p[len] = 0;
+ 				if (len >= charssize)
+ 					bb_error_msg_and_die("string too long for %s (max %ld)", param,
+@@ -2497,6 +2501,7 @@ new_process_module_arguments(struct obj_
+ 				strcpy((char *) loc, p);
+ 				loc += charssize;
+ 				p += len;
++				*p = sv_ch;
+ 				break;
+ 			case 'b':
+ 				*loc++ = strtoul(p, &endp, 0);
diff --git a/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/busybox/files/busybox-1.18.3-wget.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+--- busybox-1.18.3/networking/wget.c
++++ busybox-1.18.3-wget/networking/wget.c
+@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ static FILE* prepare_ftp_session(FILE **
+ 
+ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(FILE *dfp, int output_fd)
+ {
+-	char buf[512];
++	char buf[4*1024]; /* made bigger to speed up local xfers */
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
+ # if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
+ 	unsigned second_cnt;
+@@ -455,7 +455,6 @@ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(
+ 
+ 	polldata.fd = fileno(dfp);
+ 	polldata.events = POLLIN | POLLPRI;
+-	ndelay_on(polldata.fd);
+ #endif
+ 	progress_meter(PROGRESS_START);
+ 
+@@ -464,6 +463,10 @@ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(
+ 
+ 	/* Loops only if chunked */
+ 	while (1) {
++
++#if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
++		ndelay_on(polldata.fd);
++#endif
+ 		while (1) {
+ 			int n;
+ 			unsigned rdsz;
+@@ -493,22 +496,46 @@ static void NOINLINE retrieve_file_data(
+ 				progress_meter(PROGRESS_BUMP);
+ 			}
+ #endif
++			/* fread internally uses read loop, which in our case
++			 * is usually exited when we get EAGAIN.
++			 * In this case, libc sets error marker on the stream.
++			 * Need to clear it before next fread to avoid possible
++			 * rare false positive ferror below. Rare because usually
++			 * fread gets more than zero bytes, and we don't fall
++			 * into if (n <= 0) ...
++			 */
++			clearerr(dfp);
++			errno = 0;
+ 			n = safe_fread(buf, rdsz, dfp);
++			/* man fread:
++			 * If error occurs, or EOF is reached, the return value
++			 * is a short item count (or zero).
++			 * fread does not distinguish between EOF and error.
++			 */
+ 			if (n <= 0) {
+-				if (ferror(dfp)) {
+-					/* perror will not work: ferror doesn't set errno */
+-					bb_error_msg_and_die(bb_msg_read_error);
+-				}
+-				break;
++#if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
++				if (errno == EAGAIN) /* poll lied, there is no data? */
++					continue; /* yes */
++#endif
++				if (ferror(dfp))
++					bb_perror_msg_and_die(bb_msg_read_error);
++				break; /* EOF, not error */
+ 			}
++
+ 			xwrite(output_fd, buf, n);
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR
+ 			G.transferred += n;
+ 			progress_meter(PROGRESS_BUMP);
+ #endif
+-			if (G.got_clen)
++			if (G.got_clen) {
+ 				G.content_len -= n;
++				if (G.content_len == 0)
++					break;
++			}
+ 		}
++#if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR || ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT
++		ndelay_off(polldata.fd);
++#endif
+ 
+ 		if (!G.chunked)
+ 			break;
+@@ -706,6 +733,11 @@ int wget_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, cha
+ 		fprintf(sfp, "Host: %s\r\nUser-Agent: %s\r\n",
+ 			target.host, user_agent);
+ 
++		/* Ask server to close the connection as soon as we are done
++		 * (IOW: we do not intend to send more requests)
++		 */
++		fprintf(sfp, "Connection: close\r\n");
++
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_AUTHENTICATION
+ 		if (target.user) {
+ 			fprintf(sfp, "Proxy-Authorization: Basic %s\r\n"+6,
+@@ -719,22 +751,25 @@ int wget_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, cha
+ 
+ 		if (G.beg_range)
+ 			fprintf(sfp, "Range: bytes=%"OFF_FMT"u-\r\n", G.beg_range);
++
+ #if ENABLE_FEATURE_WGET_LONG_OPTIONS
+ 		if (extra_headers)
+ 			fputs(extra_headers, sfp);
+ 
+ 		if (opt & WGET_OPT_POST_DATA) {
+ 			char *estr = URL_escape(post_data);
+-			fprintf(sfp, "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n");
+-			fprintf(sfp, "Content-Length: %u\r\n" "\r\n" "%s",
+-					(int) strlen(estr), estr);
+-			/*fprintf(sfp, "Connection: Keep-Alive\r\n\r\n");*/
+-			/*fprintf(sfp, "%s\r\n", estr);*/
++			fprintf(sfp,
++				"Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded\r\n"
++				"Content-Length: %u\r\n"
++				"\r\n"
++				"%s",
++				(int) strlen(estr), estr
++			);
+ 			free(estr);
+ 		} else
+ #endif
+-		{ /* If "Connection:" is needed, document why */
+-			fprintf(sfp, /* "Connection: close\r\n" */ "\r\n");
++		{
++			fprintf(sfp, "\r\n");
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		fflush(sfp);