diff --git a/libs/libevent/Makefile b/libs/libevent/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c1ec4b604a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libevent/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2014 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libevent
+PKG_VERSION:=1.4.14b
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-stable
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-stable.tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/downloads/libevent/libevent/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=a00e037e4d3f9e4fe9893e8a2d27918c
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libevent
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=Event notification library
+  DEPENDS:=+librt
+  URL:=http://www.libevent.org
+endef
+
+define Package/libevent/description
+	The libevent API provides a mechanism to execute a callback function
+	when a specific event occurs on a file descriptor or after a timeout
+	has been reached. Furthermore, libevent also support callbacks due
+	to signals or regular timeouts.
+
+	libevent is meant to replace the event loop found in event driven
+	network servers. An application just needs to call event_dispatch()
+	and then add or remove events dynamically without having to change
+	the event loop.
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+
+MAKE_FLAGS += \
+	CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/libevent
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* $(1)/usr/include/libevent/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/libevent
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/*.{a,so} $(1)/usr/lib/libevent/
+endef
+
+define Package/libevent/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/*.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libevent))