diff --git a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
index 722ae26b166..4d840462f79 100644
--- a/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/servers/dns/powerdns/default.nix
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   name = "powerdns-${version}";
-  version = "4.1.7";
+  version = "4.1.9";
 
   src = fetchurl {
     url = "https://downloads.powerdns.com/releases/pdns-${version}.tar.bz2";
-    sha256 = "11c4r0mbq6ybbihm0jbl9hspb01pj1gi6x3m374liw9jij7dw8b4";
+    sha256 = "1dmx37xzg7qckq166jr7swcnw3m9wjh5169844ad59qhspfzflnk";
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
index 8f52ae24911..bc99906f8f5 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix
@@ -15879,7 +15879,7 @@ in
 
   semodule-utils = callPackage ../os-specific/linux/semodule-utils { };
 
-  powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns { };
+  powerdns = callPackage ../servers/dns/powerdns { libressl = libressl_2_8; };
 
   dnsdist = callPackage ../servers/dns/dnsdist { };