diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/cmake_multilib.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/cmake_multilib.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 8fe9f3e703..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/cmake_multilib.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-Use CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR instead of hardcoding lib path
-
-Helps build on platforms where libpaths are not lib/ but say lib64/
-
-Upstream-Status: Pending
-Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
-
---- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ if(NOT FLB_WITHOUT_SHARED_LIB)
-     PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME fluent-bit)
- 
-   # Library install routines
--  install(TARGETS fluent-bit-shared LIBRARY DESTINATION lib)
-+  install(TARGETS fluent-bit-shared LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR})
- endif()
- 
- # Static Library
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/cross-build-init-system-detection.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/cross-build-init-system-detection.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a185789992
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/cross-build-init-system-detection.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Define CMake variables to indicate init system for target
+incase of cross compile, detecting systemd support based on
+host directory structure is not right thing to do
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.kheem@gmail.com>
+
+--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -317,7 +317,7 @@ if(FLB_BINARY)
+   install(TARGETS fluent-bit-bin RUNTIME DESTINATION ${FLB_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+ 
+   # Detect init system, install upstart, systemd or init.d script
+-  if(IS_DIRECTORY /lib/systemd/system)
++  if(IS_DIRECTORY /lib/systemd/system OR FLB_SYSTEMD)
+     set(FLB_SYSTEMD_SCRIPT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/init/${FLB_OUT_NAME}.service")
+     configure_file(
+       "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/init/systemd.in"
+@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ if(FLB_BINARY)
+       )
+     install(FILES ${FLB_SYSTEMD_SCRIPT} DESTINATION /lib/systemd/system)
+     install(DIRECTORY DESTINATION ${FLB_INSTALL_CONFDIR})
+-  elseif(IS_DIRECTORY /usr/share/upstart)
++  elseif(IS_DIRECTORY /usr/share/upstart OR FLB_UPSTART)
+     set(FLB_UPSTART_SCRIPT "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/init/${FLB_OUT_NAME}.conf")
+     configure_file(
+       "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/init/upstart.in"
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@ option(FLB_RECORD_ACCESSOR    "Enable re
+ option(FLB_SYSTEM_STRPTIME    "Use strptime in system libc"  Yes)
+ option(FLB_STATIC_CONF        "Build binary using static configuration")
+ option(FLB_STREAM_PROCESSOR   "Enable Stream Processor"      Yes)
++option(FLB_SYSTEMD            "Enable systemd init system"   No)
++option(FLB_UPSTART            "Enable upstart init system"   No)
+ option(FLB_CORO_STACK_SIZE    "Set coroutine stack size")
+ 
+ # Metrics: Experimental Feature, disabled by default on 0.12 series
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/jemalloc.patch b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/jemalloc.patch
index abaf92c052..67b3397a6f 100644
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/jemalloc.patch
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit/jemalloc.patch
@@ -3,16 +3,14 @@ Add  --with-jemalloc-prefix=je_ so it compiles on musl
 Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
 Upstream-Status: Pending
 
-Index: fluent-bit-0.12.1/CMakeLists.txt
-===================================================================
---- fluent-bit-0.12.1.orig/CMakeLists.txt
-+++ fluent-bit-0.12.1/CMakeLists.txt
-@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ if(FLB_JEMALLOC AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}
+--- a/CMakeLists.txt
++++ b/CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ if(FLB_JEMALLOC AND ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME}
    # Link to Jemalloc as an external dependency
    ExternalProject_Add(jemalloc
-     SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/jemalloc
--    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/jemalloc/configure ${AUTOCONF_HOST_OPT} --with-lg-quantum=3 --enable-cc-silence --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
-+    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/jemalloc/configure --with-jemalloc-prefix=je_ ${AUTOCONF_HOST_OPT} --with-lg-quantum=3 --enable-cc-silence --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
+     SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/jemalloc-5.2.1
+-    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/jemalloc-5.2.1/configure ${AUTOCONF_HOST_OPT} --with-lg-quantum=3 --enable-cc-silence --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
++    CONFIGURE_COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/jemalloc-5.2.1/configure ${AUTOCONF_HOST_OPT} --with-jemalloc-prefix=je_ --with-lg-quantum=3 --enable-cc-silence --prefix=<INSTALL_DIR>
      CFLAGS=-std=gnu99\ -Wall\ -pipe\ -g3\ -O3\ -funroll-loops
-     BUILD_COMMAND ${MAKE}
+     BUILD_COMMAND $(MAKE)
      INSTALL_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit_0.12.19.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit_0.12.19.bb
deleted file mode 100644
index 27b910b8be..0000000000
--- a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit_0.12.19.bb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-SUMMARY = "Fast data collector for Embedded Linux"
-HOMEPAGE = "http://fluentbit.io"
-BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/issues"
-
-SRC_URI = "http://fluentbit.io/releases/0.12/fluent-bit-${PV}.tar.gz \
-           file://jemalloc.patch \
-           file://cmake_multilib.patch \
-           "
-SRC_URI[md5sum] = "7c8708312ac9122faacf9e2a4751eb34"
-SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "23a81087edf0e2c6f2d49411c6a82308afc5224f67bbaa45729c057af62e9241"
-
-S = "${WORKDIR}/fluent-bit-${PV}"
-
-LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
-LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=2ee41112a44fe7014dce33e26468ba93"
-
-DEPENDS = "zlib"
-INSANE_SKIP_${PN}-dev += "dev-elf"
-
-inherit cmake systemd
-
-EXTRA_OECMAKE = "-DGNU_HOST=${HOST_SYS} -DFLB_ALL=ON -DFLB_TD=1"
-
-# With Ninja it fails with:
-# ninja: error: build.ninja:134: bad $-escape (literal $ must be written as $$)
-OECMAKE_GENERATOR = "Unix Makefiles"
-
-SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "td-agent-bit.service"
-
-TARGET_CC_ARCH_append = " ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
diff --git a/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit_1.3.5.bb b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit_1.3.5.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4057696edd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-oe/recipes-extended/fluentbit/fluentbit_1.3.5.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+SUMMARY = "Fast Log processor and Forwarder"
+DESCRIPTION = "Fluent Bit is a data collector, processor and  \
+forwarder for Linux. It supports several input sources and \
+backends (destinations) for your data. \
+"
+
+HOMEPAGE = "http://fluentbit.io"
+BUGTRACKER = "https://github.com/fluent/fluent-bit/issues"
+
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE;md5=2ee41112a44fe7014dce33e26468ba93"
+SECTION = "net"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://fluentbit.io/releases/1.3/fluent-bit-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://jemalloc.patch \
+           file://cross-build-init-system-detection.patch \
+          "
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "6eae6dfd0a874e5dd270c36e9c68f747"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e037c76c89269c8dc4027a08e442fefd2751b0f1e0f9c38f9a4b12d781a9c789"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/fluent-bit-${PV}"
+DEPENDS = "zlib bison-native flex-native"
+DEPENDS_append_libc-musl = " fts "
+
+INSANE_SKIP_${PN}-dev += "dev-elf"
+
+# Use CMake 'Unix Makefiles' generator
+OECMAKE_GENERATOR ?= "Unix Makefiles"
+
+# Fluent Bit build options
+# ========================
+
+# Host related setup
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DGNU_HOST=${HOST_SYS} -DFLB_ALL=ON -DFLB_TD=1"
+
+# Disable LuaJIT and filter_lua support
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DFLB_LUAJIT=Off -DFLB_FILTER_LUA=Off "
+
+# Disable Library and examples
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DFLB_SHARED_LIB=Off -DFLB_EXAMPLES=Off "
+
+EXTRA_OECMAKE += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','systemd','-DFLB_SYSTEMD=On','',d)}"
+
+# Kafka Output plugin (disabled by default): note that when
+# enabling Kafka output plugin, the backend library librdkafka
+# requires 'openssl' as a dependency.
+#
+# DEPENDS += "openssl "
+# EXTRA_OECMAKE += "-DFLB_OUT_KAFKA=On "
+
+REQUIRED_DISTRO_FEATURES = "systemd"
+
+inherit cmake systemd features_check
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "td-agent-bit.service"
+TARGET_CC_ARCH_append = " ${SELECTED_OPTIMIZATION}"
