diff --git a/libs/poco/Makefile b/libs/poco/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c681852bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/poco/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2010 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=poco
+PKG_VERSION:=1.3.6p2
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/poco/sources/poco-1.3.6
+PKG_MD5SUM:=32d154ca5f34d20217c0baaffa432c1c
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/poco
+  NAME:=poco
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Poco C++ libraries
+  URL:=http://www.pocoproject.org/
+  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp
+endef
+
+define Package/poco/description
+  Modern, powerful open source C++ class libraries and frameworks for building
+  network- and internet-based applications that run on desktop, server and
+  embedded systems.
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--config=Linux \
+	--no-tests \
+	--no-samples \
+	--no-fpenvironment \
+	--no-sharedmemory \
+	--no-wstring
+
+define Package/poco/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libPoco{Foundation,XML,Net,Util}.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) -r $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/Poco $(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libPoco{Foundation,XML,Net,Util}.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,poco))
diff --git a/libs/poco/patches/100-sharedmemory.patch b/libs/poco/patches/100-sharedmemory.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..811a96480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/poco/patches/100-sharedmemory.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
+     Useful if your C++ compiler has incomplete floating-point support
+     (such as uClibc-based systems).
+ 
++  --no-sharedmemory
++    Compile with -DPOCO_NO_SHAREDMEMORY
++    Useful if your C++ compiler has incomplete shared memory support
++    (such as uClibc-based systems).
++
+   --omit=<component>{,<component>}
+     Do not build the specified component(s).
+     Example: --omit=Data/MySQL,Data/ODBC,Zip
+@@ -140,6 +145,10 @@
+ 		flags="$flags -DPOCO_NO_FPENVIRONMENT"
+ 	fi
+ 
++	if [ "$1" = "--no-sharedmemory" ] ; then
++		flags="$flags -DPOCO_NO_SHAREDMEMORY"
++	fi
++
+ 	if [ "$1" = "--poquito" ] ; then
+ 		flags="$flags -DPOCO_NO_FILECHANNEL -DPOCO_NO_SPLITTERCHANNEL -DPOCO_NO_SYSLOGCHANNEL -DPOCO_UTIL_NO_INIFILECONFIGURATION -DPOCO_UTIL_NO_XMLCONFIGURATION"
+ 	fi
+