diff --git a/libs/icu/Makefile b/libs/icu/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c70ac166e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/icu/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2010 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=icu4c
+PKG_VERSION:=55.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-55_1-src.tgz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.icu-project.org/files/icu4c/55.1
+PKG_MD5SUM:=e2d523df79d6cb7855c2fbe284f4db29
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=ICU-1.8.1+
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=license.html
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Mirko Vogt <mirko@openwrt.org>
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS:=icu/host
+
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+
+TAR_OPTIONS+= icu/source --strip-components 2
+TAR_CMD=$(HOST_TAR) -C $(1) $(TAR_OPTIONS)
+
+define Package/icu
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=International Components for Unicode
+  URL:=http://icu-project.org
+  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp +libpthread
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
+		--disable-debug \
+		--enable-release \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--enable-static \
+		--enable-draft \
+		--enable-renaming \
+		--disable-tracing \
+		--disable-extras \
+		--enable-dyload \
+		--enable-layout \
+		--enable-layoutex \
+		--disable-tools \
+		--disable-tests \
+		--disable-samples \
+		--with-cross-build="$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)" \
+	)
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
+		$(1)/usr/include
+
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* \
+		$(1)/usr/include/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
+		$(1)/usr/lib
+
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+define Host/install
+endef
+
+define Package/icu/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) \
+		$(1)/usr/lib
+
+	$(CP) \
+		$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/*.so.* \
+		$(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,icu))
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
diff --git a/libs/icu/patches/000-dont-cpy-files-from-topdirs.patch b/libs/icu/patches/000-dont-cpy-files-from-topdirs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cc7d93838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/icu/patches/000-dont-cpy-files-from-topdirs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index 9db6c52..6aa2273 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -180,7 +180,6 @@ install-icu: $(INSTALLED_BUILT_FILES)
+ 	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(top_srcdir)/install-sh $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/install-sh
+ 	@$(MKINSTALLDIRS) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(ALL_PKGCONFIG_FILES) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/pkgconfig/
+-	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_srcdir)/../license.html $(DESTDIR)$(pkgdatadir)/license.html
+ 	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) $(top_builddir)/config/icu-config $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/icu-config
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_builddir)/config/Makefile.inc $(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)/Makefile.inc
+ 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(top_builddir)/config/pkgdata.inc $(DESTDIR)$(pkglibdir)/pkgdata.inc