diff --git a/src/hunspell.mk b/src/hunspell.mk
index 69c7a3b0..9dde0cc5 100644
--- a/src/hunspell.mk
+++ b/src/hunspell.mk
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ PKG             := hunspell
 $(PKG)_WEBSITE  := https://hunspell.github.io/
 $(PKG)_DESCR    := Hunspell
 $(PKG)_IGNORE   :=
-$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.6.1
-$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := 30f593733c50b794016bb03d31fd2a2071e4610c6fa4708e33edad2335102c49
+$(PKG)_VERSION  := 1.7.0
+$(PKG)_CHECKSUM := bb27b86eb910a8285407cf3ca33b62643a02798cf2eef468c0a74f6c3ee6bc8a
 $(PKG)_GH_CONF  := hunspell/hunspell/tags, v
 $(PKG)_DEPS     := cc gettext libiconv pthreads readline
 
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ define $(PKG)_BUILD
     # Test
     '$(TARGET)-g++' \
         -W -Wall -Werror -std=c++0x -pedantic \
+        $(if $(BUILD_STATIC), -DHUNSPELL_STATIC) \
         '$(TEST_FILE)' -o '$(PREFIX)/$(TARGET)/bin/test-hunspell.exe' \
         `'$(TARGET)-pkg-config' hunspell --cflags --libs`
 endef