--- /dev/null
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016 CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o. <knot-dns@labs.nic.cz>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libedit
+PKG_VERSION:=20150325-3.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Salzman <daniel.salzman@nic.cz>
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://thrysoee.dk/editline/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=43cdb5df3061d78b5e9d59109871b4f6
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libedit
+ SECTION:=libs
+ CATEGORY:=Libraries
+ TITLE:=BSD editline and history library
+ URL:=http://thrysoee.dk/editline/
+ DEPENDS:=+libncurses
+endef
+
+define Package/libedit/description
+ Generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions similar to GNU Readline.
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/*.h $(1)/usr/include/
+
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/editline
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/editline/*.h $(1)/usr/include/editline/
+
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libedit.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/libedit/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libedit.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libedit))