diff --git a/meta-security/recipes-security/xmlsec1/xmlsec1_1.2.26.bb b/meta-security/recipes-security/xmlsec1/xmlsec1_1.2.27.bb
similarity index 69%
rename from meta-security/recipes-security/xmlsec1/xmlsec1_1.2.26.bb
rename to meta-security/recipes-security/xmlsec1/xmlsec1_1.2.27.bb
index 2dbbf33..eac8d6b 100644
--- a/meta-security/recipes-security/xmlsec1/xmlsec1_1.2.26.bb
+++ b/meta-security/recipes-security/xmlsec1/xmlsec1_1.2.27.bb
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     XML security standards "XML Digital Signature" and "XML Encryption". \
     "
 HOMEPAGE = "http://www.aleksey.com/xmlsec/"
-DEPENDS = "libtool libxml2 libxslt openssl zlib libgcrypt gnutls nss nspr libgpg-error"
+DEPENDS = "libtool libxml2 libxslt zlib"
 
 LICENSE = "MIT"
 LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=352791d62092ea8104f085042de7f4d0"
@@ -20,17 +20,25 @@
     file://run-ptest \
     "
 
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "9c4aaf9ff615a73921b9e3bf4988d878"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "8d8276c9c720ca42a3b0023df8b7ae41a2d6c5f9aa8d20ed1672d84cc8982d50"
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "508bee7e4f1b99f2d50aaa7d38ede56e"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "97d756bad8e92588e6997d2227797eaa900d05e34a426829b149f65d87118eb6"
 
 inherit autotools-brokensep ptest pkgconfig
 
 CFLAGS += "-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/nspr4 -I${STAGING_INCDIR}/nss3"
 CPPFLAGS += "-I${STAGING_INCDIR}/nspr4 -I${STAGING_INCDIR}/nss3"
 
-EXTRA_OECONF = "\
-    --with-nss=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/../.. --with-nspr=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/../.. \
-    "
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "gnutls libgcrypt nss openssl des"
+PACKAGECONFIG[gnutls] = ",,gnutls"
+PACKAGECONFIG[libgcrypt] = ",,libgcrypt"
+PACKAGECONFIG[nss] = "--with-nss=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/../.. --with-nspr=${STAGING_LIBDIR}/../..,,nss nspr"
+PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = ",,openssl"
+PACKAGECONFIG[des] = ",--disable-des,,"
+
+# these can be dynamically loaded with xmlSecCryptoDLLoadLibrary()
+FILES_SOLIBSDEV = "${libdir}/libxmlsec1.so"
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/libxmlsec1-*.so"
+INSANE_SKIP_${PN} = "dev-so"
 
 FILES_${PN}-dev += "${libdir}/xmlsec1Conf.sh"
 FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${PTEST_PATH}/.debug/*"