diff --git a/gnu/packages/linux.scm b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
index e74f1f38f78..26634b19f5f 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/linux.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/linux.scm
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
 ;;; Copyright © 2025 John Kehayias <john.kehayias@protonmail.com>
 ;;; Copyright © 2025 Arjan Adriaanse <arjan@adriaan.se>
 ;;; Copyright © 2026 Justin Veilleux <terramorpha@cock.li>
+;;; Copyright © 2025 Dariqq <dariqq@posteo.net>
 ;;;
 ;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
 ;;;
@@ -3202,57 +3203,45 @@ accepted as a quirk (ie AMD Vega 10).")
 (define-public linux-pam
   (package
     (name "linux-pam")
-    (version "1.5.2")
+    (version "1.7.2")
     (source
      (origin
-       (method url-fetch)
-       (uri (string-append
-             "https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/releases/download/v"
-             version "/Linux-PAM-" version ".tar.xz"))
+       (method git-fetch)
+       (uri (git-reference
+              (url "https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam")
+              (commit (string-append "v" version))))
+       (file-name (git-file-name name version))
        (sha256
         (base32
-         "0kgrsj2scv5mx6w925h9hxf11jnqqs9z8s22aw94b90xm4qp3v74"))
+         "1z5apric696zsci28c7651spvdll0zrpfm9z574gcjf45mp22gmi"))
        (patches (search-patches "linux-pam-unix_chkpwd.patch"
                                 "linux-pam-no-setfsuid.patch"))))
-
-    (build-system gnu-build-system)
+    (build-system meson-build-system)
+    (outputs '("out" "doc")) ;; 0.8 MiB of html
     (inputs (list libxcrypt))
     (native-inputs
-     (list flex
-           ;; TODO: optional dependencies
-           ;; ("cracklib" ,cracklib)
-           ))
+     (list gettext-minimal
+           flex bison
+           ;; manpages
+           libxslt
+           libxml2
+           docbook-xml
+           docbook-xsl))
     (arguments
      (list
-      ;; Most users, such as `shadow', expect the headers to be under
-      ;; `security'.
-      #:configure-flags #~(list (string-append "--includedir="
-                                               (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
-                                               "/include/security")
-                                ;; explicit libdir for pkgconfig files
-                                ;; drop with 1.5.3, which fixes
-                                ;; https://github.com/linux-pam/linux-pam/issues/466
-                                (string-append "--libdir="
-                                               (assoc-ref %outputs "out")
-                                               "/lib")
-
-                                ;; XXX: <rpc/rpc.h> is missing from glibc when
-                                ;; cross-compiling, so we have to disable NIS
-                                ;; support altogether.
-                                #$@(if (%current-target-system)
-                                       #~("--disable-nis")
-                                       #~()))
-
-      #:phases (if (target-hurd?)
-                   #~(modify-phases %standard-phases
-                       (add-after 'unpack 'skip-pam-limits
-                         (lambda _
-                           ;; 'pam_limits.c' uses <sys/prctl.h>, which is
-                           ;; Linux-specific.  Skip it on GNU/Hurd.
-                           (substitute* "modules/Makefile.in"
-                             (("pam_limits") "")))))
-                   #~%standard-phases)
-
+      #:configure-flags
+      #~(list
+         ;; lastlog is deprecated since 1.5.3
+         "-Dpam_lastlog=enabled"
+         (string-append "-Dvendordir=" #$output "/share/pam")
+         (string-append "-Ddocbook-rng="
+                        #$(let ((docbook-xml (this-package-native-input
+                                              "docbook-xml")))
+                            (file-append docbook-xml
+                                         "/xml/docbook/"
+                                         (package-version docbook-xml)
+                                         "/rng/docbookxi.rng")))
+         (string-append "-Dhtmldir=" #$output:doc "/share/doc/" #$name "/html"))
       ;; XXX: Tests won't run in chroot, presumably because /etc/pam.d
       ;; isn't available.
       #:tests? #f))
diff --git a/gnu/packages/patches/linux-pam-unix_chkpwd.patch b/gnu/packages/patches/linux-pam-unix_chkpwd.patch
index 0e865ff18c7..bf580b3c462 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/patches/linux-pam-unix_chkpwd.patch
+++ b/gnu/packages/patches/linux-pam-unix_chkpwd.patch
@@ -2,8 +2,14 @@ unix_chkpwd is designed to have a suid bit, but it's not possible to set it
 for files in the store.  This patch tells unix_pam.so to look for
 unix_chkpwd in setuid program directory on Guix System.
 
---- a/modules/pam_unix/Makefile.in
-+++ b/modules/pam_unix/Makefile.in
-@@ -651,1 +651,1 @@
--	-DCHKPWD_HELPER=\"$(sbindir)/unix_chkpwd\" \
-+	-DCHKPWD_HELPER=\"/run/setuid-programs/unix_chkpwd\" \
+--- a/modules/module-meson.build
++++ b/modules/module-meson.build
+@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ if module == 'pam_unix'
+   if enable_nis
+     pam_module_src += ['yppasswd_xdr.c']
+   endif
+-  pam_module_c_args += ['-DCHKPWD_HELPER="@0@"'.format(sbindir / 'unix_chkpwd'),
++  pam_module_c_args += ['-DCHKPWD_HELPER="@0@"'.format('/run/privileged/bin' / 'unix_chkpwd'),
+                         '-DUPDATE_HELPER="@0@"'.format(sbindir / 'unix_update')]
+   pam_module_deps += [libcrypt, libselinux, libtirpc, libnsl]
+ endif