diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index eac1105..7702f62 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,3 +29,4 @@
 /harfbuzz-1.8.4.tar.bz2
 /harfbuzz-1.8.5.tar.bz2
 /harfbuzz-1.8.7.tar.bz2
+/harfbuzz-1.8.8.tar.bz2
diff --git a/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch b/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch
index c035af2..82ac8eb 100644
--- a/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch
+++ b/harfbuzz-enable-delayload-freetype.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.1/configure.ac harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/configure.ac
---- harfbuzz-1.8.1/configure.ac	2018-06-13 01:33:53.000000000 +0200
-+++ harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/configure.ac	2018-06-15 10:50:58.472983878 +0200
+diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.8/configure.ac harfbuzz-1.8.8-new/configure.ac
+--- harfbuzz-1.8.8/configure.ac	2018-08-14 19:54:00.000000000 +0200
++++ harfbuzz-1.8.8-new/configure.ac	2018-09-10 11:01:44.189820831 +0200
 @@ -503,6 +503,30 @@ fi
  
  dnl ===========================================================================
@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.1/configure.ac harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/configure.ac
  	Introspection:		${have_introspection}
 +	Enable delay loading:   ${enable_delay_load}
  ])
-diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.1/src/Makefile.am harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/src/Makefile.am
---- harfbuzz-1.8.1/src/Makefile.am	2018-06-13 01:25:39.000000000 +0200
-+++ harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/src/Makefile.am	2018-06-15 10:50:58.473983878 +0200
-@@ -52,14 +52,29 @@ HBHEADERS += $(HB_GLIB_headers)
+diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.8/src/Makefile.am harfbuzz-1.8.8-new/src/Makefile.am
+--- harfbuzz-1.8.8/src/Makefile.am	2018-08-14 18:48:02.000000000 +0200
++++ harfbuzz-1.8.8-new/src/Makefile.am	2018-09-10 11:01:44.190820831 +0200
+@@ -53,14 +53,29 @@ HBHEADERS += $(HB_GLIB_headers)
  endif
  
  if HAVE_FREETYPE
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.1/src/Makefile.am harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/src/Makefile.am
  HBSOURCES += $(HB_FT_sources)
  HBHEADERS += $(HB_FT_headers)
  endif
-@@ -149,9 +164,9 @@ base_link_flags = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -lm -ver
+@@ -150,9 +165,9 @@ base_link_flags = $(AM_LDFLAGS) -lm -ver
  libharfbuzz_la_LINK = $(chosen_linker) $(libharfbuzz_la_LDFLAGS)
  libharfbuzz_la_SOURCES = $(HBSOURCES) $(HBHEADERS)
  libharfbuzz_la_CPPFLAGS = $(HBCFLAGS) $(CODE_COVERAGE_CFLAGS)
diff --git a/harfbuzz-python.patch b/harfbuzz-python.patch
index ad93bdd..2ba0a2d 100644
--- a/harfbuzz-python.patch
+++ b/harfbuzz-python.patch
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.1/src/gen-def.py harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/src/gen-def.py
---- harfbuzz-1.8.1/src/gen-def.py	2018-06-03 00:39:30.000000000 +0200
-+++ harfbuzz-1.8.1-new/src/gen-def.py	2018-06-15 10:50:58.519983875 +0200
+diff -rupN harfbuzz-1.8.8/src/gen-def.py harfbuzz-1.8.8-new/src/gen-def.py
+--- harfbuzz-1.8.8/src/gen-def.py	2018-07-17 16:29:54.000000000 +0200
++++ harfbuzz-1.8.8-new/src/gen-def.py	2018-09-10 11:01:44.244820828 +0200
 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 -#!/usr/bin/env python
 +#!/usr/bin/python3
diff --git a/mingw-harfbuzz.spec b/mingw-harfbuzz.spec
index 52044c9..3b73396 100644
--- a/mingw-harfbuzz.spec
+++ b/mingw-harfbuzz.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 %{?mingw_package_header}
 
 Name:           mingw-harfbuzz
-Version:        1.8.7
+Version:        1.8.8
 Release:        1%{?dist}
 Summary:        MinGW Windows Harfbuzz library
 
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ find %{buildroot} -name "*.la" -delete
 
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Sep 10 2018 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 1.8.8-1
+- Update to 1.8.8
+
 * Thu Aug 09 2018 Sandro Mani <manisandro@gmail.com> - 1.8.7-1
 - Update to 1.8.7
 
diff --git a/sources b/sources
index f357fcb..fe47ff2 100644
--- a/sources
+++ b/sources
@@ -1 +1 @@
-SHA512 (harfbuzz-1.8.7.tar.bz2) = 8654b148fa6fcc34a0e2a981493901a5d93c46934861655c070a228baf136e5ed231cd8a5268948b6ff12ab551870f37d7270d9be649d35d515130540d0eeefa
+SHA512 (harfbuzz-1.8.8.tar.bz2) = eb96cd710571a96473b20bc9a01dadf2a3c11224497e52c63368e8edec64a8eb7085dd847c78111b798a1e8a6a950f0a04c930209822aabf13cf86d7a53b1f79