diff --git a/libs/libgpiod/Makefile b/libs/libgpiod/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2018 Michael Heimpold <mhei@heimpold.de>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libgpiod
+PKG_VERSION:=1.0
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@KERNEL/software/libs/libgpiod/
+PKG_HASH:=34c76b3730b9d4a1159bcb14000f78b1e890251b8a3823b794fa930654eabdd0
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=LGPL-2.1+
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Michael Heimpold <mhei@heimpold.de>
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_PACKAGE_gpiod-tools),)
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += --enable-tools
+endif
+
+define Package/libgpiod
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  URL:=https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/libs/libgpiod/libgpiod.git
+  TITLE:=Library for interacting with Linux's GPIO character device
+  DEPENDS:=@GPIO_SUPPORT
+endef
+
+define Package/libgpiod/description
+  C library for interacting with the linux GPIO character device
+  (gpiod stands for GPIO device).
+endef
+
+define Package/gpiod-tools
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=Tools for interacting with GPIO pins
+  DEPENDS:=+libgpiod
+endef
+
+define Package/gpiod-tools/description
+  Tools for interacting with the linux GPIO character device
+  (gpiod stands for GPIO device).
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/gpiod.h $(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libgpiod.{so*,a} $(1)/usr/lib/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libgpiod.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libgpiod/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libgpiod.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Package/gpiod-tools/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/* $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libgpiod))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gpiod-tools))