diff --git a/libs/eventlog/Makefile b/libs/eventlog/Makefile
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+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=eventlog
+PKG_VERSION:=0.2.12
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=W. Michael Petullo <mike@flyn.org>
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://my.balabit.com/downloads/eventlog/0.2/
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=3d6ebda8a161d36cb40d09328f78786b
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libeventlog
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=A new API to format and send structured log messages.
+endef
+
+define Package/eventlog/description
+  A new API to format and send structured log messages. It supports multiple message
+  representations (plain, XML attributes and XML tags) and multiple output methods
+  (local syslogd).
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/eventlog $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libevtlog.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/eventlog.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libeventlog/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libevtlog.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libeventlog))