diff --git a/sharutils.be0 b/sharutils.be0
index 7ad5dc1b4..4ae1b9bbc 100755
--- a/sharutils.be0
+++ b/sharutils.be0
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env beesh
 
-# BEE_VERSION sharutils-4.15-0
+# BEE_VERSION sharutils-4.15.2-0
 
-# SRCURL[0]="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-4.15.tar.gz"
-SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/45c3d2b9820bb6bc7208940637b8fa70/sharutils-4.15.tar.gz"
+# ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/sharutils/sharutils-4.15.2.tar.gz
+SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/32a51b23e25ad5e6af4b89f228be1800/sharutils-4.15.2.tar.gz"
 
 # PATCHURL+=()
 
@@ -15,9 +15,14 @@ SRCURL[0]="https://beehive.molgen.mpg.de/45c3d2b9820bb6bc7208940637b8fa70/sharut
 #    bee_extract "${@}"
 #}
 
-#mee_patch() {
-#    bee_patch "${@}"
-#}
+mee_patch() {
+    bee_patch "${@}"
+    # see https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/general/sharutils.html
+    sed -i 's/BUFSIZ/rw_base_size/' src/unshar.c
+    sed -i '/program_name/s/^/extern /' src/*opts.h
+    sed -i 's/IO_ftrylockfile/IO_EOF_SEEN/' lib/*.c
+    echo "#define _IO_IN_BACKUP 0x100" >> lib/stdio-impl.h
+}
 
 mee_configure() {
     bee_configure \