diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
index 9748d54..3baf3af 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo.inc
@@ -30,9 +30,9 @@ NO32LIBS ??= "1"
 # Compile for the local machine arch...
 do_compile () {
 	if [ "${SITEINFO_BITS}" = "64" ]; then
-	  ${S}/configure --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib${SITEINFO_BITS} --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --cflags="${CFLAGS}" --bits=${SITEINFO_BITS} --enable-static-sqlite --without-rpath
+	  ${S}/configure ${PSEUDO_EXTRA_OPTS} --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib${SITEINFO_BITS} --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --cflags="${CFLAGS}" --bits=${SITEINFO_BITS} --enable-static-sqlite --without-rpath
 	else
-	  ${S}/configure --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --cflags="${CFLAGS}" --bits=${SITEINFO_BITS} --enable-static-sqlite --without-rpath
+	  ${S}/configure ${PSEUDO_EXTRA_OPTS} --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --cflags="${CFLAGS}" --bits=${SITEINFO_BITS} --enable-static-sqlite --without-rpath
 	fi
 	oe_runmake ${MAKEOPTS}
 }
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ do_compile_prepend_class-native () {
 		# built this will fail and be ignored.
 		make ${MAKEOPTS} distclean || :
 
-		./configure --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --bits=32 --without-rpath
+		./configure ${PSEUDO_EXTRA_OPTS} --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --bits=32 --without-rpath
 		oe_runmake ${MAKEOPTS} libpseudo
 		# prevent it from removing the lib, but remove everything else
 		make 'LIB=foo' ${MAKEOPTS} distclean 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ do_compile_prepend_class-nativesdk () {
 		# We need the 32-bit libpseudo on a 64-bit machine...
                 # ... and we really, really, hope that the native host is
                 # x86, or else --bits may not work.
-		./configure --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --bits=32 --without-rpath
+		./configure ${PSEUDO_EXTRA_OPTS} --prefix=${prefix} --libdir=${prefix}/lib/pseudo/lib --with-sqlite-lib=${baselib} --with-sqlite=${STAGING_DIR_TARGET}${exec_prefix} --bits=32 --without-rpath
 		oe_runmake ${MAKEOPTS} libpseudo
 		# prevent it from removing the lib, but remove everything else
 		make 'LIB=foo' ${MAKEOPTS} distclean 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_1.5.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_1.5.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..66ff646
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_1.5.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+require pseudo.inc
+
+PR = "r3"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://www.yoctoproject.org/downloads/${BPN}/${BPN}-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e735bc099f2b9fd6d3f152a8c71e6315"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "41a73c59296b9d48005e0f911dd1becf25ffc3ff4cf4268020f2332efcffbf49"
+
+PSEUDO_EXTRA_OPTS ?= "--enable-force-async"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb
index b895d2f..0c872e3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/pseudo/pseudo_git.bb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 require pseudo.inc
 
-SRCREV = "011b401fb6be38d739215e455588af4dcd707e17"
-PV = "1.4.5+git${SRCPV}"
+SRCREV = "e076225ccdd10dabe3d6097c0682d8c88bd58753"
+PV = "1.5+git${SRCPV}"
 PR = "r0"
 
 DEFAULT_PREFERENCE = "-1"