diff --git a/external/nmea/parse.c b/external/nmea/parse.c
index a181f9a0ab5c..e137d2729852 100644
--- a/external/nmea/parse.c
+++ b/external/nmea/parse.c
@@ -415,14 +415,14 @@ int nmea_parse_GPRMC( const char *buff, int buff_sz, nmeaGPRMC *pack )
   nmea_trace_buff( buff, buff_sz );
 
   nsen = nmea_scanf( buff, buff_sz,
-                     "$G%CRMC,%s,%C,%f,%C,%f,%C,%f,%f,%2d%2d%2d,%f,%C,%C*",
+                     "$G%CRMC,%s,%C,%f,%C,%f,%C,%f,%f,%2d%2d%2d,%f,%C,%C,%C*",
                      &( type ), &( time_buff[0] ),
                      &( pack->status ), &( pack->lat ), &( pack->ns ), &( pack->lon ), &( pack->ew ),
                      &( pack->speed ), &( pack->direction ),
                      &( pack->utc.day ), &( pack->utc.mon ), &( pack->utc.year ),
-                     &( pack->declination ), &( pack->declin_ew ), &( pack->mode ) );
+                     &( pack->declination ), &( pack->declin_ew ), &( pack->mode ), &( pack->navstatus ) );
 
-  if ( nsen != 14 && nsen != 15 )
+  if ( nsen < 14 || nsen > 16 )
   {
     nmea_error( "G?RMC parse error!" );
     return 0;
diff --git a/external/nmea/sentence.h b/external/nmea/sentence.h
index 1ed707f40a38..d007a3cdc0d3 100644
--- a/external/nmea/sentence.h
+++ b/external/nmea/sentence.h
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ typedef struct _nmeaGPRMC
   double  declination; //!< Magnetic variation degrees (Easterly var. subtracts from true course)
   char    declin_ew;  //!< [E]ast or [W]est
   char    mode;       //!< Mode indicator of fix type (A = autonomous, D = differential, E = estimated, N = not valid, S = simulator)
-
+  char    navstatus;  //!< NMEA v4.1 - Navigation Status type (S = Safe, C = Caution, U = Unsafe, V = Navigational status not valid)
 } nmeaGPRMC;
 
 /**