diff --git a/gsoap-01-sharedlibs.diff b/gsoap-01-sharedlibs.diff
index 9b92d8a..303a9ce 100644
--- a/gsoap-01-sharedlibs.diff
+++ b/gsoap-01-sharedlibs.diff
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ build: always use shared libraries
  gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am |    2 -
  12 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
 
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/configure.ac
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/configure.ac
 ===================================================================
---- gsoap-2.8.42.orig/configure.ac
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/configure.ac
+--- gsoap-2.8.49.orig/configure.ac
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/configure.ac
 @@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
  AM_PROG_LEX
  AC_PROG_YACC
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.42/configure.ac
  AC_PROG_LN_S
  AC_PROG_AWK
  AC_PROG_INSTALL
-@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ if test "x$with_openssl" = "xyes"; then
+@@ -258,7 +258,7 @@ if test "x$with_openssl" = "xyes"; then
      WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS="${WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS} -lgnutls -lgcrypt -lgpg-error -lz"
      SAMPLE_INCLUDES=
      SAMPLE_SSL_LIBS="-lgnutls -lgcrypt -lgpg-error -lz"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.42/configure.ac
    else
      AC_MSG_RESULT(no)
      WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS="-DWITH_OPENSSL -DWITH_GZIP"
-@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ if test "x$with_openssl" = "xyes"; then
+@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ if test "x$with_openssl" = "xyes"; then
      WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS="${WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS} ../plugin/httpda.c ../plugin/smdevp.c ../plugin/threads.c -lssl -lcrypto -lz"
      SAMPLE_INCLUDES=
      SAMPLE_SSL_LIBS="-lssl -lcrypto -lz"
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.42/configure.ac
    fi
    if test -n "$ZLIB"; then
      WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS="-I${ZLIB}/include ${WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS}"
-@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ else
+@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ else
    WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS=
    SAMPLE_SSL_LIBS=
    SAMPLE_INCLUDES=
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.42/configure.ac
  fi
  AC_SUBST(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS)
  AC_SUBST(WSDL2H_EXTRA_LIBS)
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/Makefile.am
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
---- gsoap-2.8.42.orig/gsoap/Makefile.am
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/Makefile.am
+--- gsoap-2.8.49.orig/gsoap/Makefile.am
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/Makefile.am
 @@ -34,20 +34,32 @@ stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp: stdsoap2.cpp
  dom_cpp.cpp: dom.cpp
  	$(LN_S) -f $(srcdir)/dom.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
@@ -72,96 +72,96 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/Makefile.am
 +lib_LTLIBRARIES = libgsoap.la libgsoap++.la libgsoapck.la libgsoapck++.la libgsoapssl.la libgsoapssl++.la
  
 -libgsoap_a_SOURCES = stdsoap2.c dom.c
--libgsoap_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
+-libgsoap_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
 -libgsoap___a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
--libgsoap___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
+-libgsoap___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
 -libgsoapck_a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck.c dom.c
--libgsoapck_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
+-libgsoapck_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
 -libgsoapck___a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
--libgsoapck___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
+-libgsoapck___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
 -libgsoapssl_a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl.c dom.c
--libgsoapssl_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
+-libgsoapssl_a_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
 -libgsoapssl___a_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
--libgsoapssl___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
+-libgsoapssl___a_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
 +libgsoap_la_SOURCES = stdsoap2.c dom.c
-+libgsoap_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
++libgsoap_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
 +libgsoap_la_LDFLAGS = -release ${PACKAGE_VERSION} -Wl,--version-script=gsoap.sym
 +EXTRA_libgsoap_la_DEPENDENCIES = gsoap.sym
 +libgsoap___la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
-+libgsoap___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
++libgsoap___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform)
 +libgsoap___la_LDFLAGS = -release ${PACKAGE_VERSION} -Wl,--version-script=gsoap++.sym
 +EXTRA_libgsoap___la_DEPENDENCIES = gsoap++.sym
 +libgsoapck_la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck.c dom.c
-+libgsoapck_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
++libgsoapck_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
 +libgsoapck_la_LDFLAGS = -release ${PACKAGE_VERSION} -Wl,--version-script=gsoapck.sym
 +EXTRA_libgsoapck_la_DEPENDENCIES = gsoapck.sym
 +libgsoapck___la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ck_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
-+libgsoapck___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
++libgsoapck___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) -DWITH_COOKIES
 +libgsoapck___la_LDFLAGS = -release ${PACKAGE_VERSION} -Wl,--version-script=gsoapck++.sym
 +EXTRA_libgsoapck___la_DEPENDENCIES = gsoapck++.sym
 +libgsoapssl_la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl.c dom.c
-+libgsoapssl_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
++libgsoapssl_la_CFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
 +libgsoapssl_la_LDFLAGS = -release ${PACKAGE_VERSION} -Wl,--version-script=gsoapssl.sym
 +EXTRA_libgsoapssl_la_DEPENDENCIES = gsoapssl.sym
 +libgsoapssl___la_SOURCES = stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp
-+libgsoapssl___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
++libgsoapssl___la_CXXFLAGS = $(SOAPCPP2_DEBUG) $(SOAPCPP2_NONAMESPACES) $(SOAPCPP2_NO_C_LOCALE) $(SOAPCPP2_IPV6) -D$(platform) $(WSDL2H_EXTRA_FLAGS) -DWITH_DOM -DWITH_COOKIES
 +libgsoapssl___la_LDFLAGS = -release ${PACKAGE_VERSION} -Wl,--version-script=gsoapssl++.sym
 +EXTRA_libgsoapssl___la_DEPENDENCIES = gsoapssl++.sym
  
  BUILT_SOURCES = stdsoap2_cpp.cpp dom_cpp.cpp stdsoap2_ck.c stdsoap2_ck_cpp.cpp stdsoap2_ssl.c stdsoap2_ssl_cpp.cpp
  
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoap++.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoap++.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoap++.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoap++.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPXX { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoap.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoap.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoap.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoap.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAP { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapck++.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapck++.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapck++.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapck++.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPCKXX { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapck.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapck.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapck.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapck.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPCK { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapckssl++.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapckssl++.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapckssl++.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapckssl++.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPCKSSLXX { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapckssl.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapckssl.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapckssl.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapckssl.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPCKSSL { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapssl++.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapssl++.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapssl++.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapssl++.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPSSLXX { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapssl.sym
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapssl.sym
 ===================================================================
 --- /dev/null
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/gsoapssl.sym
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/gsoapssl.sym
 @@ -0,0 +1 @@
 +GSOAPSSL { global: *; };
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
---- gsoap-2.8.42.orig/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
+--- gsoap-2.8.49.orig/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SOAP_FLAGS=-SL -T -I$(top_srcdir)/gsoap/
  WSDLINPUT=$(srcdir)/examples.wsdl
  SOAPHEADER=$(srcdir)/examples.h
@@ -171,10 +171,10 @@ Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/samples/autotest/Makefile.am
  
  $(SOAP_CPP_SRC) : $(WSDLINPUT)
  	$(WSDL) $(WSDL_FLAGS) $(WSDLINPUT)
-Index: gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am
+Index: gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am
 ===================================================================
---- gsoap-2.8.42.orig/gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am
-+++ gsoap-2.8.42/gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am
+--- gsoap-2.8.49.orig/gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am
++++ gsoap-2.8.49/gsoap/samples/databinding/Makefile.am
 @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ SOAP_FLAGS=-0 -CS -p address -I$(top_src
  WSDLINPUT=$(srcdir)/address.xsd
  SOAPHEADER=$(srcdir)/address.h
diff --git a/gsoap-2.8.48.tar.xz b/gsoap-2.8.48.tar.xz
deleted file mode 100644
index 0313146..0000000
--- a/gsoap-2.8.48.tar.xz
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:be1988539a4733069f1d4e0e1782207e6faca6c996f086ad5e7f4ff202eae95d
-size 18978300
diff --git a/gsoap-2.8.49.tar.xz b/gsoap-2.8.49.tar.xz
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38337d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gsoap-2.8.49.tar.xz
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
+oid sha256:b322c029674d8f5cf1f88eb3d4a63e15edb539569cfca1cb6bcc850b6505374c
+size 19328196
diff --git a/gsoap.changes b/gsoap.changes
index 5ac7da6..87bd717 100644
--- a/gsoap.changes
+++ b/gsoap.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Tue Jul 11 08:33:39 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
+
+- Update to new upstream release 2.8.49
+  * union constructors are re-emitted correctly
+  * Improved JSON API to compile with XML data bindings, see
+    updated JSON API documentation on "Compiling XML-RPC/JSON
+    together with gSOAP XML data binding code".
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Tue Jun 27 14:03:51 UTC 2017 - jengelh@inai.de
 
diff --git a/gsoap.spec b/gsoap.spec
index 54ce5a4..abf06a0 100644
--- a/gsoap.spec
+++ b/gsoap.spec
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
 
 
 Name:           gsoap
-%define lname	libgsoap-2_8_48
-Version:        2.8.48
+%define lname	libgsoap-2_8_49
+Version:        2.8.49
 Release:        0
 Summary:        Toolkit for SOAP/REST-based C/C++ server and client web service applications
 License:        SUSE-GPL-2.0+-with-openssl-exception
diff --git a/sanitize_source.sh b/sanitize_source.sh
index 9df21b5..da207df 100644
--- a/sanitize_source.sh
+++ b/sanitize_source.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ if ! which hardlink >/dev/null; then
 	exit 1;
 fi;
 
-version="2.8.48"
+version="2.8.49"
 shortver="2.8" # agh...
 if [ ! -e "gsoap_$version.zip" ]; then
 	wget -c "http://downloads.sf.net/gsoap2/gsoap_$version.zip"