diff --git a/libs/xmpp4r/Makefile b/libs/xmpp4r/Makefile
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+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=xmpp4r
+PKG_VERSION:=0.5
+PKG_RELEASE:=0
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).zip
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.gna.org/xmpp4r
+PKG_MD5SUM:=70eafe960727d750a43ec77ffc1856e9
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/xmpp4r
+	TITLE:=XMPP/Jabber library for Ruby
+	SECTION:=libs
+	CATEGORY:=Libraries
+	DEPENDS:=+ruby
+  	MAINTAINER:=Giovanni Di Stasi <giovanni.distasi@unina.it>
+  	URL:=http://home.gna.org/xmpp4r/
+endef
+
+define Package/xmpp4r/description
+	This package contains xmpp4r, an XMPP/Jabber library for Ruby.
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
+		ruby $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/setup.rb config \
+			--rbconfig=$(wildcard $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/ruby/1.9.1/*-linux/rbconfig.rb); \
+		ruby $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/setup.rb install --prefix="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)"; \
+	)
+endef
+
+define Package/xmpp4r/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib $(1)/usr
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,xmpp4r))