diff --git a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
index 981ce7bffe..aabaf2e7e3 100644
--- a/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
+++ b/introduction/welcome/changelog.xml
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
     <listitem>
       <para>May 7th, 2015</para>
       <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          <para>[fernando] - Update to lxpanel-0.8.1. Fixes
+          <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6469">#6469</ulink>.</para>
+        </listitem>
         <listitem>
           <para>[fernando] - Update to Thunar-1.6.8. Fixes
           <ulink url="&blfs-ticket-root;6468">#6468</ulink>.</para>
diff --git a/lxde/desktop/lxpanel.xml b/lxde/desktop/lxpanel.xml
index fd514988ad..982ec2c8ec 100644
--- a/lxde/desktop/lxpanel.xml
+++ b/lxde/desktop/lxpanel.xml
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 
   <!ENTITY lxpanel-download-http "&sourceforge-repo;/lxde/lxpanel-&lxpanel-version;.tar.xz">
   <!ENTITY lxpanel-download-ftp  " ">
-  <!ENTITY lxpanel-md5sum        "aa5bc73f4fe1d8006248a1f45f0a8a21">
+  <!ENTITY lxpanel-md5sum        "6ea8dea8dc6c781b7adfbccbcd59c512">
   <!ENTITY lxpanel-size          "1.5 MB">
-  <!ENTITY lxpanel-buildsize     "25 MB">
+  <!ENTITY lxpanel-buildsize     "29 MB">
   <!ENTITY lxpanel-time          "0.3 SBU">
 ]>
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       lightweight X11 desktop panel.
     </para>
 
-    &lfs77_checked;
+    &lfs77_checked; &gcc5_checked;
 
     <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
     <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ make</userinput></screen>
           lxpanel and lxpanelctl
         </seg>
         <seg>
-          Several under /usr/lib/lxpanel/plugins
+          liblxpanel.so and several under /usr/lib/lxpanel/plugins
         </seg>
         <seg>
           /etc/xdg/lxpanel,
diff --git a/packages.ent b/packages.ent
index 6735b060ee..977c0041ef 100644
--- a/packages.ent
+++ b/packages.ent
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@
 <!ENTITY menu-cache-version           "1.0.0">
 <!ENTITY libfm-version                "1.2.3">
 <!ENTITY pcmanfm-version              "1.2.3">
-<!ENTITY lxpanel-version              "0.8.0">
+<!ENTITY lxpanel-version              "0.8.1">
 <!ENTITY lxappearance-version         "0.6.1">
 <!ENTITY lxsession-version            "0.5.2">
 <!ENTITY lxde-common-version          "0.99.0">