diff --git a/multimedia/gst1-libav/Makefile b/multimedia/gst1-libav/Makefile
index e4140dc1c..6dc7d9736 100644
--- a/multimedia/gst1-libav/Makefile
+++ b/multimedia/gst1-libav/Makefile
@@ -8,15 +8,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=gst1-libav
-PKG_VERSION:=1.15.2
-PKG_RELEASE:=3
+PKG_VERSION:=1.16.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org> \
 		Ted Hess <thess@kitschensync.net>
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=gst-libav-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://gstreamer.freedesktop.org/src/gst-libav
-PKG_HASH:=96241130cb0067e01925a7cfe084dcf05941f139eb1ab45e5556c3f95120ce49
+PKG_HASH:=dfac119043a9cfdcacd7acde77f674ab172cf2537b5812be52f49e9cddc53d9a
 
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0 LGPL-2.0
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING COPYING.LIB
@@ -142,11 +142,11 @@ LIBAV_CONFIGURE_DEMUXERS:=$(call FILTER_CONFIG,DEMUXER,demuxer,$(LIBAV_DEMUXERS)
 LIBAV_CONFIGURE_PARSERS:=$(call FILTER_CONFIG,PARSER,parser,$(LIBAV_PARSERS))
 LIBAV_CONFIGURE_PROTOCOLS:=$(call FILTER_CONFIG,PROTOCOL,protocol,$(LIBAV_PROTOCOLS))
 
-#hack to build on mips64
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_CPU_TYPE),octeonplus)
+# Hack to build on mips64.
+ifneq ($(findstring octeonplus,$(CONFIG_CPU_TYPE)),)
   REAL_CPU_TYPE:=octeon+
 else
-  # Strip off FPU notation
+  # Strip off FPU notation.
   REAL_CPU_TYPE:=$(firstword $(subst +, ,$(CONFIG_CPU_TYPE)))
 endif