diff --git a/net/aria2/Config.in b/net/aria2/Config.in
index ec21fafe7..0700188c4 100644
--- a/net/aria2/Config.in
+++ b/net/aria2/Config.in
@@ -25,4 +25,17 @@ config ARIA2_METALINK
 	bool "Enable metalink support"
 	default N
 
+choice
+	prompt "XML library"
+	default ARIA2_EXPAT
+	depends on ARIA2_METALINK
+
+config ARIA2_EXPAT
+	bool "EXPAT"
+
+config ARIA2_LIBXML2
+	bool "LIBXML2"
+
+endchoice
+
 endmenu
diff --git a/net/aria2/Makefile b/net/aria2/Makefile
index cac017a6c..192ee5e3c 100644
--- a/net/aria2/Makefile
+++ b/net/aria2/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (C) 2012-2014 OpenWrt.org
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2016 OpenWrt.org
 #
 # This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
 # See /LICENSE for more information.
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=aria2
-PKG_VERSION:=1.18.7
+PKG_VERSION:=1.23.0
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/aria2
-PKG_MD5SUM:=36e92af92b4370817c577ed802546842
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/aria2/aria2/releases/download/release-$(PKG_VERSION)/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=bc41d919e7d89835ee01c1175300eddc
 PKG_INSTALL:=1
 
-PKG_MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Imre Kaloz <kaloz@openwrt.org>, Hsing-Wang Liao <kuoruan@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPLv2
 PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
 
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@ PKG_CONFIG_DEPENDS := \
   ARIA2_OPENSSL \
   ARIA2_GNUTLS \
   ARIA2_BITTORRENT \
-  ARIA2_METALINK
+  ARIA2_METALINK \
+  ARIA2_EXPAT \
+  ARIA2_LIBXML2
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@ define Package/aria2
   SUBMENU:=File Transfer
   TITLE:=lightweight download utility
   URL:=http://aria2.sourceforge.net/
-  DEPENDS:=+zlib +ARIA2_METALINK:libxml2 +libstdcpp +ARIA2_OPENSSL:libopenssl +ARIA2_GNUTLS:libgnutls
+  DEPENDS:=+zlib +ARIA2_LIBXML2:libxml2 +ARIA2_EXPAT:libexpat +libstdcpp +ARIA2_OPENSSL:libopenssl +ARIA2_GNUTLS:libgnutls
 endef
 
 define Package/aria2/description
@@ -53,11 +55,11 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_ARIA2_GNUTLS),--with,--without)-gnutls \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_ARIA2_BITTORRENT),--enable,--disable)-bittorrent \
 	$(if $(CONFIG_ARIA2_METALINK),--enable,--disable)-metalink \
-	$(if $(CONFIG_ARIA2_METALINK),--with,--without)-libxml2 \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_ARIA2_LIBXML2),--with,--without)-libxml2 \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_ARIA2_EXPAT),--with,--without)-libexpat \
 	--without-libnettle \
 	--without-libgmp \
 	--without-libgcrypt \
-	--without-libexpat \
 	--without-libcares \
 	--without-sqlite3 \
 	--with-libz
@@ -65,6 +67,12 @@ CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
 define Package/aria2/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/aria2c $(1)/usr/bin
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/aria2.init $(1)/etc/init.d/aria2
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/aria2.conf $(1)/etc/config/aria2
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,aria2))
diff --git a/net/aria2/files/aria2.conf b/net/aria2/files/aria2.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..22aca30ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/aria2/files/aria2.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+config aria2 'main'
+	option enabled '0'
+	option file_allocation 'none'
+	option bt_enable_lpd 'true'
+	option enable_dht 'true'
+	option follow_torrent 'true'
+	option user 'root'
+	option dir '/mnt/sda1'
+	option save_session_interval '30'
diff --git a/net/aria2/files/aria2.init b/net/aria2/files/aria2.init
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4205273da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/aria2/files/aria2.init
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
+# Copyright (C) 2014-2016 nanpuyue <nanpuyue@gmail.com>
+
+START=99
+SERVICE_WRITE_PID=1
+SERVICE_DAEMONIZE=1
+
+
+append_params() {
+	local p; local v; local s="$1"; shift
+	for p in $*; do
+		config_get v "$s" "$p"
+		[ -n "$v" ] && (
+			p=$(echo "$p" | sed -e 's|_|-|g');
+			echo "$p=$v" >> $config_file
+			)
+	done
+}
+
+section_enabled() {
+	local result
+	config_get_bool result "$1" 'enabled' 0
+	[ $result -eq 1 ]
+}
+
+option_disabled() {
+	local result
+	config_get_bool result "$1" "$2" 1
+	[ $result -eq 0 ]
+}
+
+start_instance() {
+	local s="$1"
+	local user
+
+	section_enabled "$s" || return 1
+
+	config_get config_dir "$s" 'config_dir' '/var/etc/aria2'
+	config_get user "$s" 'user'
+
+	config_file="$config_dir/aria2.conf"
+	session_file="$config_dir/aria2.session"
+	dht_file="$config_dir/dht.dat"
+	[ -d "$config_dir" ] || {
+		mkdir -m 0755 -p "$config_dir"
+		touch "$config_file"
+		[ -z "$user" ] || chown -R $user $config_dir
+	}
+	touch "$session_file"
+
+	echo -e "enable-rpc=true\nrpc-allow-origin-all=true\nrpc-listen-all=true\nquiet=true" > $config_file
+	echo -e "continue=true\ninput-file=$session_file\nsave-session=$session_file" >> $config_file
+	option_disabled "$s" 'enable_dht' || echo "dht-file-path=$dht_file" >> $config_file
+
+	append_params "$s" \
+		file_allocation bt_enable_lpd enable_dht rpc_user rpc_passwd rpc_listen_port dir bt_tracker disk_cache \
+		max_overall_download_limit max_overall_upload_limit max_download_limit max_upload_limit max_concurrent_downloads \
+		max_connection_per_server min_split_size split save_session_interval follow_torrent listen_port bt_max_peers \
+		peer_id_prefix user_agent rpc_secret
+	
+	config_list_foreach "$s" extra_settings append_extrasettings
+	
+	SERVICE_UID="$user" \
+	service_start /usr/bin/aria2c --conf-path="$config_file"
+}
+
+append_extrasettings() {
+	echo "$1" >> $config_file
+}
+
+start() {
+	config_load 'aria2'
+	config_foreach start_instance 'aria2'
+}
+
+stop() {
+	service_stop /usr/bin/aria2c
+}