diff --git a/libs/hiredis/Makefile b/libs/hiredis/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=hiredis
+PKG_VERSION:=0.13.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/redis/hiredis.git
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=f58dd249d6ed47a7e835463c3b04722972281dbb
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-3-Clause
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Daniel Golle <daniel@makrotopia.org>
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libhiredis
+	SECTION:=libs
+	CATEGORY:=Libraries
+	TITLE:=Minimalistic C client for Redis
+	URL:=https://github.com/redis/hiredis
+endef
+
+define Package/libhiredis/description
+	Hiredis is a minimalistic C client library for the Redis database.
+endef
+
+MAKE_FLAGS += ARCH="" DEBUG="" PREFIX="/usr"
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/hiredis/adapters
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/hiredis/adapters/* $(1)/usr/include/hiredis/adapters
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/hiredis/*.h $(1)/usr/include/hiredis/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libhiredis.{so*,a} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/hiredis.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+endef
+
+define Package/libhiredis/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libhiredis.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libhiredis))