diff --git a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
index 77ce6d8091bd1274d3928bc172aa10e6689ba790..84e137d10862c76ef48750dc14c269cda04bb304 100644
--- a/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
+++ b/var/spack/repos/builtin/packages/pkgconf/package.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Pkgconf(AutotoolsPackage):
     homepage = "http://pkgconf.org/"
     url      = "http://distfiles.dereferenced.org/pkgconf/pkgconf-1.5.4.tar.xz"
 
+    version('1.6.1',  '22b9ee38438901f9d60f180e5182821180854fa738fd071f593ea26a81da208c')
     version('1.6.0',  '6135a3abb576672ba54a899860442ba185063f0f90dae5892f64f7bae8e1ece5')
     version('1.5.4',  '9c5864a4e08428ef52f05a41c948529555458dec6d283b50f8b7d32463c54664')
     version('1.4.2',  '678d242b4eef1754bba6a58642af10bb')