diff --git a/devel/apr1/Makefile b/devel/apr1/Makefile
index ca28a63664cd..7189a4ed7ac5 100644
--- a/devel/apr1/Makefile
+++ b/devel/apr1/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ DISTFILES=	apr-${APR_VERSION}.tar.gz apr-util-${APU_VERSION}.tar.gz
 MAINTAINER=	apache@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Apache Portability Library
 
-LIB_DEPENDS=	expat:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
+LIB_DEPENDS=	libexpat.so:${PORTSDIR}/textproc/expat2
 
 
 OPTIONS_GROUP=		APR APU
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ SSL_DESC=	OpenSSL crypto driver
 NSS_DESC=	NSS crypto driver
 
 APR_VERSION=	1.4.8
-APU_VERSION=	1.5.2
+APU_VERSION=	1.5.3
 
 USES=		iconv pathfix
 USE_LDCONFIG=	yes
@@ -37,12 +37,10 @@ NO_WRKSUBDIR=	yes
 APR_WRKDIR=	${WRKDIR}/apr-${APR_VERSION}
 APU_WRKDIR=	${WRKDIR}/apr-util-${APU_VERSION}
 
-PLIST_SUB=	SHLIB_APR_MAJOR="${SHLIB_APR_MAJOR}" SHLIB_APU_MAJOR="${SHLIB_APU_MAJOR}"
+PLIST_SUB+=	SHLIB_APR_MAJOR="${SHLIB_APR_MAJOR}" SHLIB_APU_MAJOR="${SHLIB_APU_MAJOR}"
 SHLIB_APR_MAJOR=	4
 SHLIB_APU_MAJOR=	5
 
-# candidate for next release
-#CFLAGS+=	-fPIC
 APR_CONF_ARGS=	--with-installbuilddir=${DATADIR}/build-1
 APU_CONF_ARGS=	--with-apr=${APR_WRKDIR} \
 		--with-expat=${LOCALBASE} \
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ APR_CONF_ARGS+=	--without-devrandom
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MGDBM}
 PLIST_SUB+=	GDBM=""
 APU_EXTRAS=	yes
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	gdbm:${PORTSDIR}/databases/gdbm
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libgdbm.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/gdbm
 APU_CONF_ARGS+=	--with-gdbm=${LOCALBASE}
 .else
 PLIST_SUB+=	GDBM="@comment "
@@ -114,7 +112,7 @@ APU_CONF_ARGS+=	--without-ldap
 APU_EXTRAS=	yes
 PLIST_SUB+=	FREETDS=""
 APU_CONF_ARGS+=	--with-freetds=${LOCALBASE}
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	sybdb:${PORTSDIR}/databases/freetds
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libsybdb.so:${PORTSDIR}/databases/freetds
 .else
 PLIST_SUB+=	FREETDS="@comment "
 APU_CONF_ARGS+=	--without-freetds
@@ -174,7 +172,7 @@ APU_CONF_ARGS+=	--without-openssl
 .if ${PORT_OPTIONS:MNSS}
 APU_EXTRAS=	yes
 PLIST_SUB+=	NSS=""
-LIB_DEPENDS+=	nss3:${PORTSDIR}/security/nss
+LIB_DEPENDS+=	libnss3.so:${PORTSDIR}/security/nss
 CPPFLAGS+=	-I${LOCALBASE}/include/nss
 LDFLAGS+=	-L${LOCALBASE}/lib/nss
 APU_CONF_ARGS+=	--with-nss=${LOCALBASE}
diff --git a/devel/apr1/distinfo b/devel/apr1/distinfo
index 69408204cd1b..ff379f3d7801 100644
--- a/devel/apr1/distinfo
+++ b/devel/apr1/distinfo
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 SHA256 (apr-1.4.8.tar.gz) = 1689e415bdfab6aaa41f07836b5dd9ed4901d22ddeb99feffdb2cee3124adf49
 SIZE (apr-1.4.8.tar.gz) = 979397
-SHA256 (apr-util-1.5.2.tar.gz) = a1ec5025373815795d2fa5bfac40c0984675feffc88e049be9a162c408c2f613
-SIZE (apr-util-1.5.2.tar.gz) = 867573
+SHA256 (apr-util-1.5.3.tar.gz) = 76db34cb508e346e3bf69347c29ed1500bf0b71bcc48d54271ad9d1c25703743
+SIZE (apr-util-1.5.3.tar.gz) = 874462
diff --git a/devel/apr1/files/patch-apr-util__dbd__apr_dbd_freetds.c b/devel/apr1/files/patch-apr-util__dbd__apr_dbd_freetds.c
index 343eebcfb2c9..61efce9ac95d 100644
--- a/devel/apr1/files/patch-apr-util__dbd__apr_dbd_freetds.c
+++ b/devel/apr1/files/patch-apr-util__dbd__apr_dbd_freetds.c
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 #   I've made the FreeTDS-driver work again -- and submitted the patch to Apache:
 #   https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53666
 ===================================================================================
---- ./apr-util-1.5.2/dbd/apr_dbd_freetds.c.orig	2012-08-05 23:09:15.000000000 +0200
-+++ ./apr-util-1.5.2/dbd/apr_dbd_freetds.c	2013-07-04 22:55:08.000000000 +0200
+--- ./apr-util-1.5.3/dbd/apr_dbd_freetds.c.orig	2012-08-05 23:09:15.000000000 +0200
++++ ./apr-util-1.5.3/dbd/apr_dbd_freetds.c	2013-07-04 22:55:08.000000000 +0200
 @@ -40,12 +40,12 @@
  #include <freetds/sybdb.h>
  #endif