diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6d1958983..ee65c0856 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ deps/memcached/memcached-1.4.20/
 
 #libconfig
 deps/libconfig/libconfig-1.4.9/
+deps/libconfig/libconfig-1.7.2/
 
 #libmicrohttpd
 deps/libmicrohttpd/libmicrohttpd-0.9.55/
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index a474a35eb..e71b8cd57 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -121,8 +121,8 @@ sqlite3/sqlite3/sqlite3.o:
 sqlite3: sqlite3/sqlite3/sqlite3.o
 
 libconfig/libconfig/lib/.libs/libconfig++.a:
-	cd libconfig && rm -rf libconfig-1.4.9
-	cd libconfig && tar -zxf libconfig-1.4.9.tar.gz
+	cd libconfig && rm -rf libconfig-1.7.2
+	cd libconfig && tar -zxf libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz
 	cd libconfig/libconfig && ./configure --disable-examples
 	cd libconfig/libconfig && CC=${CC} CXX=${CXX} ${MAKE}
 
diff --git a/deps/libconfig/libconfig b/deps/libconfig/libconfig
index 30a4423c3..140442ff4 120000
--- a/deps/libconfig/libconfig
+++ b/deps/libconfig/libconfig
@@ -1 +1 @@
-libconfig-1.4.9
\ No newline at end of file
+libconfig-1.7.2
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/deps/libconfig/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz b/deps/libconfig/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7baedb959
Binary files /dev/null and b/deps/libconfig/libconfig-1.7.2.tar.gz differ
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index e4eb88079..bf3e7d9ba 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ MARIADB_IDIR=$(MARIADB_PATH)/include
 JEMALLOC_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/jemalloc/jemalloc
 JEMALLOC_IDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/include/jemalloc
 
-LIBCONFIG_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libconfig/libconfig-1.4.9
+LIBCONFIG_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libconfig/libconfig
 LIBCONFIG_IDIR=-I$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib
 
 #INJECTION_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libinjection
diff --git a/src/Makefile b/src/Makefile
index d305edafe..5e8db4a07 100644
--- a/src/Makefile
+++ b/src/Makefile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ JEMALLOC_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/jemalloc/jemalloc
 JEMALLOC_IDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/include/jemalloc
 JEMALLOC_LDIR=$(JEMALLOC_PATH)/lib
 
-LIBCONFIG_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libconfig/libconfig-1.4.9
+LIBCONFIG_PATH=$(DEPS_PATH)/libconfig/libconfig
 LIBCONFIG_IDIR=-I$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib
 LIBCONFIG_LDIR=-L$(LIBCONFIG_PATH)/lib/.libs