diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/alsa-restore-1.0.27.service.patch b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/alsa-restore-1.0.27.service.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..558ad31068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/alsa-restore-1.0.27.service.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in.old	2013-04-15 14:37:57.326541394 +0200
++++ alsactl/alsa-restore.service.in	2013-04-15 14:38:10.179673494 +0200
+@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@
+ Conflicts=shutdown.target
+ 
+ [Service]
+-Type=oneshop
++Type=oneshot
+ ExecStart=-@sbindir@/alsactl restore
+ StandardOutput=syslog
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/alsactl-fix-buffer-overflow-1.0.27.patch b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/alsactl-fix-buffer-overflow-1.0.27.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f5135a3352
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/alsactl-fix-buffer-overflow-1.0.27.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
+Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:44:13 +0000 (+0200)
+Subject: alsactl: Fix the string size for the lock file contents
+X-Git-Url: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-utils.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=95788fea25c1a59985828d4b91af0772d077600b
+
+alsactl: Fix the string size for the lock file contents
+
+The string length is 10 characters + LF + '\0' = 12 characters.
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
+---
+
+diff --git a/alsactl/lock.c b/alsactl/lock.c
+index d34d013..fce208b 100644
+--- alsactl/lock.c
++++ alsactl/lock.c
+@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static int state_lock_(const char *file, int lock, int timeout)
+ 	int fd = -1, err = 0;
+ 	struct flock lck;
+ 	struct stat st;
+-	char lcktxt[11];
++	char lcktxt[12];
+ 	char *nfile;
+ 
+ 	if (!do_lock)
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/arecord-1.0.27.patch b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/arecord-1.0.27.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..55b6d76bd3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/patches/arecord-1.0.27.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+From: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
+Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:34:34 +0000 (+0200)
+Subject: arecord: add a missing break to the capture loop
+X-Git-Url: http://git.alsa-project.org/?p=alsa-utils.git;a=commitdiff_plain;h=b4f34ac26037c10ac51c4bb29203500165848977
+
+arecord: add a missing break to the capture loop
+
+Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela <perex@perex.cz>
+---
+
+diff --git a/aplay/aplay.c b/aplay/aplay.c
+index 5bdc39c..000d25b 100644
+--- aplay/aplay.c
++++ aplay/aplay.c
+@@ -3021,6 +3021,9 @@ static void capture(char *orig_name)
+ 			fd = -1;
+ 		}
+ 
++		if (in_aborting)
++			break;
++
+ 		/* repeat the loop when format is raw without timelimit or
+ 		 * requested counts of data are recorded
+ 		 */
diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
index 3c2ccd573b..b6e823d57d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-utils/template
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 # Template build file for 'alsa-utils'.
 pkgname=alsa-utils
-version=1.0.26
-revision=2
+version=1.0.27
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--with-systemdsystemunitdir=/usr/lib/systemd/system
---with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d"
+ --with-udev-rules-dir=/usr/lib/udev/rules.d"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config xmlto"
-makedepends="ncurses-devel alsa-lib-devel libsamplerate-devel"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel alsa-lib-devel>=1.0.27 libsamplerate-devel"
 short_desc="The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) utils"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.alsa-project.org"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/utils/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
-checksum=f85f2a3aa6e78475bbe35b0cad3a8cabb99f45ebc5f37962f2137b8df8b081e7
+checksum=6f76cd77341ceb22949c4fb9d4df145483f56baa899f0621d617b8df96a45aef
 long_desc="
  The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
  functionality to the Linux operating system.
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ long_desc="
  This package includes the ALSA runtime utilities."
 
 alsa-utils_package() {
+	# Needs snd_pcm_abort() from >= 1.0.27.
+	depends="alsa-lib>=1.0.27"
 	make_dirs="/var/lib/alsa 0750 root root"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr