diff --git a/libs/libpar2/Makefile b/libs/libpar2/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libpar2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/parchive
+PKG_MD5SUM:=94c6df4e38efe08056ecde2a04e0be91
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libpar2
+  SECTION:=net
+  CATEGORY:=Network
+  DEPENDS:=+libsigcxx
+  TITLE:=A library for performing common tasks related to PAR recovery sets
+endef
+
+define Package/libpar2/description
+A library for performing common tasks related to PAR recovery sets
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--disable-static \
+	--disable-nls \
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		all install
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/libpar2
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libpar2/*.h \
+		$(1)/usr/include/libpar2/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpar2.{la,so*} \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/libpar2/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libpar2.so* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libpar2))