diff --git a/gnu/packages/busybox.scm b/gnu/packages/busybox.scm
index 09812d4a49..20a2e5aabf 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/busybox.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/busybox.scm
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
 ;;; Copyright © 2014 John Darrington <jmd@gnu.org>
 ;;; Copyright © 2016, 2017, 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
-;;; Copyright © 2018 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
+;;; Copyright © 2018, 2019 Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
 ;;; Copyright © 2018 Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ any small or embedded system.")
 (define-public toybox
   (package
     (name "toybox")
-    (version "0.7.8")
+    (version "0.8.0")
     (source (origin
               (method url-fetch)
               (uri (string-append
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ any small or embedded system.")
                     version ".tar.gz"))
               (sha256
                (base32
-                "1mlqv5hsvy8ii6m698hq6rc316klwv44jlr034knwg6bk1lf2qj9"))))
+                "0mirj977zxsxnfaiqndwgsn9calgg312d817fi1hkfbd8kcyrk73"))))
     (build-system gnu-build-system)
     (arguments
      '(#:phases