diff --git a/config/rootfiles/packages/lame b/config/rootfiles/packages/lame
index dc3ae8b94..19d32e151 100644
--- a/config/rootfiles/packages/lame
+++ b/config/rootfiles/packages/lame
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@ usr/bin/lame
 #usr/bin/mp3rtp
 #usr/include/lame
 #usr/include/lame/lame.h
-#usr/lib/libmp3lame.a
 #usr/lib/libmp3lame.la
 usr/lib/libmp3lame.so
 usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0
 usr/lib/libmp3lame.so.0.0.0
+#usr/lib/pkgconfig/lame.pc
 #usr/share/doc/lame
 #usr/share/doc/lame/html
 #usr/share/doc/lame/html/about.html
diff --git a/lfs/lame b/lfs/lame
index 3b4f130a2..3edcb3ce7 100644
--- a/lfs/lame
+++ b/lfs/lame
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ###############################################################################
 #                                                                             #
 # IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
-# Copyright (C) 2007-2020  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2026  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
 #                                                                             #
 # This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
 # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ include Config
 
 SUMMARY    = The LAME MP3 encoder
 
-VER        = 3.100
+VER        = 4.0
 
 THISAPP    = lame-$(VER)
 DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
 DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
 TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
 PROG       = lame
-PAK_VER    = 2
+PAK_VER    = 3
 
-DEPS       =
+DEPS       = libmpg3
 
 SERVICES   =
 
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ objects = $(DL_FILE)
 
 $(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
 
-$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 6954d30cfd3951ea07762ba5dd7ff27038b78455f423099a225ebf748abddf9970e444456ca5a6179bd381e2205b32293392cb757c203901674860710fe2c183
+$(DL_FILE)_BLAKE2 = 9e05275c28bc6d086011362f211edc2e2cd831429ca4d2daa1bc0ae7084ebd9bec3c3db93e1cab638570a9f624468372b9ff39f3dc9e7d0b105dbba7f248b2df
 
 install : $(TARGET)
 
@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ $(subst %,%_BLAKE2,$(objects)) :
 $(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
 	@$(PREBUILD)
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar zxf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && patch -Np1 < $(DIR_SRC)/src/patches/lame-4.0-upstream_fixes.patch
 	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
-	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-mp3rtp
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && ./configure \
+				--prefix=/usr \
+				--enable-mp3rtp \
+				--disable-static
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make $(MAKETUNING) $(EXTRA_MAKE)
 	cd $(DIR_APP) && make install
 	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
diff --git a/src/patches/lame-4.0-upstream_fixes.patch b/src/patches/lame-4.0-upstream_fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f13fa5b72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/patches/lame-4.0-upstream_fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+Submitted by:            Zeckma
+Date:                    2026-08-02
+Initial Package Version: 4.0
+Origin:                  Upstream
+Upstream Status:         Applied
+Description:             Fixes multiple build failures and fixes some settings.
+
+diff '--color=auto' -Naurp lame-4.0.orig/frontend/parse.c lame-4.0/frontend/parse.c
+--- lame-4.0.orig/frontend/parse.c	2023-12-18 06:34:05.000000000 -0700
++++ lame-4.0/frontend/parse.c	2026-08-02 08:57:33.475434331 -0600
+@@ -402,40 +402,44 @@ static int getIntValue(char const* token
+ }
+ 
+ #ifdef ID3TAGS_EXTENDED
++/* Set an ID3v2 tag field from UTF-16 data. The data pointer is genuinely
++   UTF-16 here, so the UTF-16 id3tag_* setters are used throughout. */
+ static int
+-set_id3v2tag(lame_global_flags* gfp, TextEncoding enc, int type, unsigned short const* str)
++set_id3v2tag_utf16(lame_global_flags* gfp, int type, unsigned short const* str)
+ {
+-    switch (enc)
++    switch (type)
+     {
+-        case TENC_UTF8:
+-            switch (type)
+-            {
+-                case 'a': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TPE1", str);
+-                case 't': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TIT2", str);
+-                case 'l': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TALB", str);
+-                case 'g': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TCON", str);
+-                case 'c': return id3tag_set_comment_ucs2(gfp, 0, 0, str);
+-                case 'n': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TRCK", str);
+-                case 'y': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TYER", str);
+-                case 'v': return id3tag_set_fieldvalue_ucs2(gfp, str);
+-            }
+-            ;;
+-        case TENC_UTF16:
+-            switch (type)
+-            {
+                 case 'a': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TPE1", str);
+-                case 't': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TIT2", str);
+-                case 'l': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TALB", str);
+-                case 'g': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TCON", str);
+-                case 'c': return id3tag_set_comment_utf16(gfp, 0, 0, str);
+-                case 'n': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TRCK", str);
+-                case 'y': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TYER", str);
+-                case 'v': return id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf16(gfp, str);
+-            }
+-            ;;
+-        default:
+-            return -3;
++        case 't': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TIT2", str);
++        case 'l': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TALB", str);
++        case 'g': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TCON", str);
++        case 'c': return id3tag_set_comment_utf16(gfp, 0, 0, str);
++        case 'n': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TRCK", str);
++        case 'y': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(gfp, "TYER", str);
++        case 'v': return id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf16(gfp, str);
++    }
++    return -3;
++}
++
++/* Set an ID3v2 tag field from UTF-8 data. The data pointer is a UTF-8 char
++   string (not UTF-16 as the old, mistyped single handler assumed), so the
++   UTF-8 id3tag_* setters are used - including id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf8 for
++   'v', which replaces the removed *_ucs2 calls the UTF-8 path used to make. */
++static int
++set_id3v2tag_utf8(lame_global_flags* gfp, int type, char const* str)
++{
++    switch (type)
++    {
++        case 'a': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TPE1", str);
++        case 't': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TIT2", str);
++        case 'l': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TALB", str);
++        case 'g': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TCON", str);
++        case 'c': return id3tag_set_comment_utf8(gfp, 0, 0, str);
++        case 'n': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TRCK", str);
++        case 'y': return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, "TYER", str);
++        case 'v': return id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf8(gfp, str);
+     }
++    return -3;
+ }
+ #endif
+ 
+@@ -480,8 +484,8 @@ id3_tag(lame_global_flags* gfp, int type
+         default:
+ #ifdef ID3TAGS_EXTENDED
+         case TENC_LATIN1: result = set_id3tag(gfp, type, x);   break;
+-        case TENC_UTF16:  result = set_id3v2tag(gfp, enc, type, x); break;
+-        case TENC_UTF8:   result = set_id3v2tag(gfp, enc, type, x); break;
++        case TENC_UTF16:  result = set_id3v2tag_utf16(gfp, type, x); break;
++        case TENC_UTF8:   result = set_id3v2tag_utf8(gfp, type, x); break;
+ #else
+         case TENC_RAW:    result = set_id3tag(gfp, type, x);   break;
+ #endif
+diff '--color=auto' -Naurp lame-4.0.orig/include/lame.def lame-4.0/include/lame.def
+--- lame-4.0.orig/include/lame.def	2023-12-15 03:39:54.000000000 -0700
++++ lame-4.0/include/lame.def	2026-08-02 09:03:31.295620002 -0600
+@@ -306,3 +306,6 @@ id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8	@2028
+ ; two external functions for ID3v2.4 tag support
+ id3tag_add_v2_4_UTF8 @2029
+ id3tag_v2_4_UTF8_only @2030
++
++; UTF-8 field-value setter (companion to id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf16)
++id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf8 @2031
+diff '--color=auto' -Naurp lame-4.0.orig/include/lame.h lame-4.0/include/lame.h
+--- lame-4.0.orig/include/lame.h	2026-07-11 01:30:24.000000000 -0600
++++ lame-4.0/include/lame.h	2026-08-02 08:56:37.227931107 -0600
+@@ -1297,6 +1297,9 @@ int CDECL id3tag_set_fieldvalue_ucs2(lam
+ int CDECL id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf16(lame_t gfp, const unsigned short *fieldvalue);
+ 
+ /* experimental */
++int CDECL id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf8(lame_t gfp, const char *fieldvalue);
++
++/* experimental */
+ int CDECL id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16(lame_t gfp, char const *id, unsigned short const *text);
+ 
+ /* experimental */
+diff '--color=auto' -Naurp lame-4.0.orig/include/libmp3lame.sym lame-4.0/include/libmp3lame.sym
+--- lame-4.0.orig/include/libmp3lame.sym	2026-07-11 01:34:32.000000000 -0600
++++ lame-4.0/include/libmp3lame.sym	2026-08-02 09:11:53.329373917 -0600
+@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@ hip_decode_headers
+ hip_decode1
+ hip_decode1_headers
+ hip_decode1_headersB
++hip_finish_pinfo
+ lame_decode_init
+ lame_decode
+ lame_decode_headers
+@@ -229,6 +230,7 @@ id3tag_set_textinfo_ucs2
+ id3tag_set_comment_ucs2
+ id3tag_set_fieldvalue_ucs2
+ id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf16
++id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf8
+ id3tag_set_textinfo_utf16
+ id3tag_set_comment_utf16
+ id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8
+diff '--color=auto' -Naurp lame-4.0.orig/libmp3lame/id3tag.c lame-4.0/libmp3lame/id3tag.c
+--- lame-4.0.orig/libmp3lame/id3tag.c	2026-07-11 01:34:32.000000000 -0600
++++ lame-4.0/libmp3lame/id3tag.c	2026-08-02 09:05:05.678553445 -0600
+@@ -1844,6 +1844,21 @@ id3tag_set_fieldvalue_ucs2(lame_t gfp, c
+     return id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf16(gfp, fieldvalue);
+ }
+ 
++int
++id3tag_set_fieldvalue_utf8(lame_t gfp, const char *fieldvalue)
++{
++    if (is_lame_internal_flags_null(gfp)) {
++        return 0;
++    }
++    if (fieldvalue && *fieldvalue) {
++        if (strlen(fieldvalue) < 5 || fieldvalue[4] != '=') {
++            return -1;
++        }
++        return id3tag_set_textinfo_utf8(gfp, fieldvalue, &fieldvalue[5]);
++    }
++    return 0;
++}
++
+ size_t
+ lame_get_id3v2_tag(lame_t gfp, unsigned char *buffer, size_t size)
+ {
+diff '--color=auto' -Naurp lame-4.0.orig/libmp3lame/lame.c lame-4.0/libmp3lame/lame.c
+--- lame-4.0.orig/libmp3lame/lame.c	2020-05-06 01:45:56.000000000 -0600
++++ lame-4.0/libmp3lame/lame.c	2026-08-02 09:12:34.360869889 -0600
+@@ -1050,6 +1050,12 @@ lame_init_params(lame_global_flags * gfp
+             if (gfp->quality < 0)
+                 gfp->quality = LAME_DEFAULT_QUALITY;
+ 
++            /* VBR and ABR don't give good results with noise shaping
++             * settings used in quality levels below 4.
++             */
++            if (gfp->quality < 4)
++                gfp->quality = 4;
++
+ 
+             if (cfg->vbr == vbr_off)
+                 (void) lame_set_VBR_mean_bitrate_kbps(gfp, gfp->brate);