diff --git a/utils/fontconfig/Makefile b/utils/fontconfig/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2016 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=fontconfig
+PKG_VERSION:=2.11.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://fontconfig.org/release/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=824d000eb737af6e16c826dd3b2d6c90
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=libtool
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/fontconfig
+  SECTION:=xorg-util
+  CATEGORY:=Xorg
+  SUBMENU:=font-utils
+  TITLE:=fontconfig
+  DEPENDS:=+libpthread +libexpat +libfreetype
+  URL:=http://fontconfig.org/
+endef
+
+#TODO: better put cache on persistent storage for faster boot time?
+CONFIGURE_ARGS+= \
+	--with-cache-dir=/tmp/fontconfig/cache \
+	--with-arch=$(ARCH) \
+	--disable-iconv \
+	--disable-libxml2 \
+	--disable-docs
+
+CONFIGURE_VARS+= \
+	ac_cv_prog_HASDOCBOOK=no \
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/fontconfig $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libfontconfig.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/fontconfig.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/fontconfig/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin $(1)/usr/lib $(1)/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/fonts/conf.d
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/fonts/fonts.conf $(1)/etc/fonts
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/fonts/conf.d/* $(1)/etc/fonts/conf.d
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/* $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/* $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail/* $(1)/usr/share/fontconfig/conf.avail
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
+#	$(INSTALL_BIN) ./files/fontconfig.init $(1)/etc/init.d/fontconfig
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,fontconfig))