diff --git a/tools/expat/Makefile b/tools/expat/Makefile
index 7e544c6e2..96f87f528 100644
--- a/tools/expat/Makefile
+++ b/tools/expat/Makefile
@@ -11,19 +11,23 @@ PKG_NAME:=expat
 PKG_CPE_ID:=cpe:/a:libexpat:expat
 PKG_VERSION:=2.4.9
 
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_HASH:=7f44d1469b110773a94b0d5abeeeffaef79f8bd6406b07e52394bcf48126437a
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_HASH:=6e8c0728fe5c7cd3f93a6acce43046c5e4736c7b4b68e032e9350daa0efc0354
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/libexpat/libexpat/releases/download/R_$(subst .,_,$(PKG_VERSION))
 
 HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
 
+HOSTCC := $(HOSTCC_NOCACHE)
+
 HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
-	--without-docbook
+	--disable-shared \
+	--without-docbook \
+	--with-pic
 
 define Host/Install
 	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
 endef
 
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))
\ No newline at end of file
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))