diff --git a/utils/unrar/Makefile b/utils/unrar/Makefile
index 45cbc8eb06..6976c7d15a 100644
--- a/utils/unrar/Makefile
+++ b/utils/unrar/Makefile
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 PKG_NAME:=unrar
 PKG_VERSION:=5.3.5
-PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
 
 PKG_SOURCE:=unrarsrc-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
 PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.rarlab.com/rar
@@ -25,21 +25,40 @@ PKG_INSTALL:=1
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/uclibc++.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 
-define Package/unrar
-  SECTION:=utils
-  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+define Package/unrar/Default
+  TITLE:=UnRAR
   SUBMENU:=Compression
-  TITLE:=UnRAR application
   URL:=http://www.rarlab.com/
   DEPENDS:=$(CXX_DEPENDS) +libpthread
 endef
 
-define Package/unrar/description
-   UnRAR is an application that can decompress files and archives created using
-   the RAR compression scheme
+define Package/unrar
+$(call Package/unrar/Default)
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE+= (application)
 endef
 
-define Build/Configure
+define Package/libunrar
+$(call Package/unrar/Default)
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE+= (library)
+endef
+
+define Package/unrar/description
+  UnRAR is an application that can decompress files and archives created using
+  the RAR compression scheme
+endef
+
+define Package/libunrar/description
+  UnRAR library is a shared library that provides file extraction from RAR
+  archives
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(call Build/Compile/Default,unrar)
+	$(call Build/Compile/Default,lib)
 endef
 
 define Package/unrar/install
@@ -47,4 +66,10 @@ define Package/unrar/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/bin/unrar $(1)/usr/bin/
 endef
 
+define Package/libunrar/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libunrar.so $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
 $(eval $(call BuildPackage,unrar))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libunrar))