diff --git a/net/libcares/Makefile b/net/libcares/Makefile
index bb79bf49db377..549f0a34be6fb 100644
--- a/net/libcares/Makefile
+++ b/net/libcares/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
-# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.16 2013/07/14 14:51:49 rodent Exp $
-#
+# $NetBSD: Makefile,v 1.17 2016/09/29 14:19:59 wiz Exp $
 
-DISTNAME=	c-ares-1.10.0
+DISTNAME=	c-ares-1.12.0
 PKGNAME=	${DISTNAME:S/c-/libc/1}
 CATEGORIES=	net
 MASTER_SITES=	http://c-ares.haxx.se/download/
@@ -11,13 +10,10 @@ HOMEPAGE=	http://c-ares.haxx.se/
 COMMENT=	Asynchronous resolver library, c-ares
 LICENSE=	mit
 
-CONFLICTS+=	libares-[0-9]*
-
+GNU_CONFIGURE=	yes
+USE_LIBTOOL=	yes
 MAKE_JOBS_SAFE=	no
 
-GNU_CONFIGURE=	YES
-USE_LIBTOOL=	YES
-
 PKGCONFIG_OVERRIDE+=	libcares.pc.in
 
 .include "../../mk/bsd.pkg.mk"
diff --git a/net/libcares/PLIST b/net/libcares/PLIST
index 11d90496e8f90..141da37573134 100644
--- a/net/libcares/PLIST
+++ b/net/libcares/PLIST
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.7 2013/07/14 14:51:49 rodent Exp $
+@comment $NetBSD: PLIST,v 1.8 2016/09/29 14:19:59 wiz Exp $
 include/ares.h
 include/ares_build.h
 include/ares_dns.h
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ man/man3/ares_free_data.3
 man/man3/ares_free_hostent.3
 man/man3/ares_free_string.3
 man/man3/ares_get_servers.3
+man/man3/ares_get_servers_ports.3
 man/man3/ares_gethostbyaddr.3
 man/man3/ares_gethostbyname.3
 man/man3/ares_gethostbyname_file.3
@@ -44,8 +45,16 @@ man/man3/ares_query.3
 man/man3/ares_save_options.3
 man/man3/ares_search.3
 man/man3/ares_send.3
+man/man3/ares_set_local_dev.3
+man/man3/ares_set_local_ip4.3
+man/man3/ares_set_local_ip6.3
 man/man3/ares_set_servers.3
+man/man3/ares_set_servers_csv.3
+man/man3/ares_set_servers_ports.3
+man/man3/ares_set_servers_ports_csv.3
 man/man3/ares_set_socket_callback.3
+man/man3/ares_set_socket_configure_callback.3
+man/man3/ares_set_sortlist.3
 man/man3/ares_strerror.3
 man/man3/ares_timeout.3
 man/man3/ares_version.3
diff --git a/net/libcares/distinfo b/net/libcares/distinfo
index 4fc86cf595c2c..3a7848864716b 100644
--- a/net/libcares/distinfo
+++ b/net/libcares/distinfo
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.10 2015/11/04 00:35:08 agc Exp $
+$NetBSD: distinfo,v 1.11 2016/09/29 14:19:59 wiz Exp $
 
-SHA1 (c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz) = e44e6575d5af99cb3a38461486e1ee8b49810eb5
-RMD160 (c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz) = aee918002d3fc1b2112c7d95aacf1c00059f4677
-SHA512 (c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz) = fef6945549034390ddaa03acf5509d0095e97c151e5f4047ffc32c51945a7261759228b20fdd77b9e4bf4a95f3a61bfb79bee0c66a860219debfd2916b390693
-Size (c-ares-1.10.0.tar.gz) = 809073 bytes
+SHA1 (c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 8abfce61d2d788fb60a3441d05275162a460cbed
+RMD160 (c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 731085f5d46eabac858eee4c2bde87f70687445e
+SHA512 (c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 3da0fadb04eccab49b4e6eff3f087a392dd76238d47e74e2ede723883468da688e41f679ee8ca38613fc4f80d3bd7c29e69d3d6c711f988a02fd5d21a3ee1dc6
+Size (c-ares-1.12.0.tar.gz) = 1769879 bytes
 SHA1 (patch-configure) = 1726722a94960fabc7fd69c8e7f9ca40a1492713