diff --git a/extra/libelf/build b/extra/libelf/build
index 19113e3c..c92821f1 100755
--- a/extra/libelf/build
+++ b/extra/libelf/build
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 # Build sometimes forces -Werror.
 export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-error"
 
-# Disable configure error for missing argp.
-sed -i 's/as_fn_error.*libargp/: "/g' configure
+# Disable configure error for missing argp/fts/obstack.
+sed -i 's/as_fn_error.*\(argp\|fts\|_obstack\)/: "/g' configure
 
 # Don't compile two unrelated C files which require argp.
 sed -i 's/color.*printversion../#/g' lib/Makefile.in
diff --git a/extra/libelf/checksums b/extra/libelf/checksums
index f1c0fc9d..d5dbb046 100644
--- a/extra/libelf/checksums
+++ b/extra/libelf/checksums
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-ecc406914edf335f0b7fc084ebe6c460c4d6d5175bfdd6688c1c78d9146b8858
+dc8d3e74ab209465e7f568e1b3bb9a5a142f8656e2b57d10049a73da2ae6b5a6
 bf11b56670c7919b44e33b5b0f3a216b7f20cf2859b74bf5e2e837532f8e0579
diff --git a/extra/libelf/sources b/extra/libelf/sources
index 71eb0aea..1903c165 100644
--- a/extra/libelf/sources
+++ b/extra/libelf/sources
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/0.182/elfutils-0.182.tar.bz2
+https://sourceware.org/elfutils/ftp/0.185/elfutils-0.185.tar.bz2
 files/error.h lib
diff --git a/extra/libelf/version b/extra/libelf/version
index c62d59ae..4b6b3aea 100644
--- a/extra/libelf/version
+++ b/extra/libelf/version
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.182 1
+0.185 1