diff --git a/buildroot-patches/linux-firmware-version-bump.patch b/buildroot-patches/linux-firmware-version-bump.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..01e859b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-patches/linux-firmware-version-bump.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+Index: buildroot-2013.02/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
+===================================================================
+--- buildroot-2013.02.orig/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk	2015-03-29 19:37:39.000000000 -0400
++++ buildroot-2013.02/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk	2015-03-29 19:40:20.000000000 -0400
+@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
+ #
+ #############################################################
+ 
+-LINUX_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 65a5163b8bb77bd7759efa3ca780867fcaed89b0
++LINUX_FIRMWARE_VERSION = 76b366df2afdde9811fdd5fc128d1779e26e7be7
+ LINUX_FIRMWARE_SITE = http://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/firmware/linux-firmware.git
+ LINUX_FIRMWARE_SITE_METHOD = git
+ 
diff --git a/buildroot-patches/linux-firmware-wl1251.patch b/buildroot-patches/linux-firmware-wl1251.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ed176df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/buildroot-patches/linux-firmware-wl1251.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+Index: buildroot-2013.02/package/linux-firmware/Config.in
+===================================================================
+--- buildroot-2013.02.orig/package/linux-firmware/Config.in	2013-02-28 16:48:28.000000000 -0500
++++ buildroot-2013.02/package/linux-firmware/Config.in	2015-03-29 19:48:36.000000000 -0400
+@@ -71,6 +71,11 @@
+ 	help
+ 	  Realtek 8712
+ 
++config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_TI_WL1251
++	bool "TI wl1251"
++	help
++	  Firmware files for wl1251 WLAN module
++
+ config BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_TI_WL127X
+ 	bool "TI wl127X"
+ 	help
+Index: buildroot-2013.02/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk
+===================================================================
+--- buildroot-2013.02.orig/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk	2015-03-29 19:40:20.000000000 -0400
++++ buildroot-2013.02/package/linux-firmware/linux-firmware.mk	2015-03-29 19:45:47.000000000 -0400
+@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@
+ LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES_$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_MWIFIEX_SD8787) += \
+ 	mrvl/sd8787_uapsta.bin LICENCE.Marvell
+ 
++# wl1251
++LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES_$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_TI_WL1251) += \
++	ti-connectivity/wl1251-fw.bin				\
++	ti-connectivity/wl1251-nvs.bin				\
++	LICENCE.ti-connectivity
++
+ # wl127x
+ LINUX_FIRMWARE_FILES_$(BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_TI_WL127X) += \
+ 	ti-connectivity/wl1271-fw-2.bin				\
diff --git a/buildroot-patches/series b/buildroot-patches/series
index 17e60a0..1050f2e 100644
--- a/buildroot-patches/series
+++ b/buildroot-patches/series
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
 gcc46-avoid-segfault.patch
+linux-firmware-version-bump.patch
+linux-firmware-wl1251.patch
diff --git a/buildrootconfig b/buildrootconfig
index 75c35ce..3b52943 100644
--- a/buildrootconfig
+++ b/buildrootconfig
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_DOSFSTOOLS_MKDOSFS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DOSFSTOOLS_DOSFSCK=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DOSFSTOOLS_DOSFSLABEL=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE=y
+BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_TI_WL1251=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_I2C_TOOLS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LIBARCHIVE=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_LZO=y