diff --git a/libs/glib2/Makefile b/libs/glib2/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2012 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=glib2
+PKG_VERSION:=2.41.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=glib-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/glib-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/glib/2.41
+PKG_MD5SUM:=bae557c87323e8df7ac30fb484b5cba9
+
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=glib2/host libpthread zlib libintl libffi
+HOST_BUILD_DEPENDS:=libintl/host libiconv/host libffi/host
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_USE_MIPS16:=0
+
+HOST_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR_HOST)/glib-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/nls.mk
+
+define Package/glib2
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  DEPENDS:=$(ICONV_DEPENDS) $(INTL_DEPENDS) +zlib +libpthread +libffi
+  TITLE:=glib 2.0
+  URL:=http://www.gtk.org/
+endef
+
+define Package/glib2/description
+  The GLib library of C routines
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--enable-static \
+		--enable-debug=no \
+		--disable-selinux \
+        --disable-fam \
+        $(if $(ICONV_FULL),--with-libiconv=gnu) \
+		, \
+		glib_cv_stack_grows=no \
+		glib_cv_uscore=no \
+		ac_cv_path_GLIB_GENMARSHAL=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/glib-genmarshal \
+		ac_cv_func_mmap_fixed_mapped=yes \
+		ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r=yes \
+		ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes \
+	);
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/glib-2.0 \
+		$(1)/usr/include/
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include/*.h \
+		$(1)/usr/include/glib-2.0/
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 \
+		$(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/glib-2.0 \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/*.{so*,a,la} \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/*.pc \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(2)/share/aclocal/
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal/*.m4  \
+		$(2)/share/aclocal/
+endef
+
+define Package/glib2/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/*.so* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,glib2))