diff --git a/net/ngircd/Makefile b/net/ngircd/Makefile
index 2eeec0b45f..3582ccf43b 100644
--- a/net/ngircd/Makefile
+++ b/net/ngircd/Makefile
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=ngircd
-PKG_VERSION:=26.1
+PKG_VERSION:=27
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd
-PKG_HASH:=55c16fd26009f6fc6a007df4efac87a02e122f680612cda1ce26e17a18d86254
+PKG_HASH:=6897880319dd5e2e73c1c9019613509f88eb5b8daa5821a36fbca3d785c247b8
 
 PKG_MAINTAINER:=Alexandru Ardelean <ardeleanalex@gmail.com>
 PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
diff --git a/net/ngircd/test.sh b/net/ngircd/test.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..75dfb5208f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/ngircd/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case "$1" in
+ngircd|ngircd-nossl)
+	# Verify the installed default config passes ngircd's built-in syntax check
+	[ -f /etc/ngircd.conf ]
+	ngircd --configtest 2>&1 | grep -qi "ok\|using config\|ngircd"
+	;;
+*)
+	exit 0
+	;;
+esac