diff --git a/libs/libyang/Makefile b/libs/libyang/Makefile
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+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libyang
+PKG_VERSION:=0.12.174
+PKG_RELEASE=$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION)
+
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Mislav Novakovic <mislav.novakovic@sartura.hr>
+
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/CESNET/libyang.git
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=7e811613b335afc8e1b2c0ee77e7b3f371bc9175
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
+
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
+
+define Package/libyang
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=YANG data modeling language library
+  URL:=$(PKG_SOURCE_URL)
+  DEPENDS:=+libpcre
+endef
+
+define Package/yanglint
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=YANG data modeling language utility
+  URL:=$(PKG_SOURCE_URL)
+  DEPENDS:=+libyang
+endef
+
+define Package/libyang/description
+ libyang is YANG data modelling language parser and toolkit written (and providing API) in C.
+ The library is used e.g. in libnetconf2, Netopeer2 or sysrepo projects.
+endef
+
+TARGET_LDFLAGS += -lm
+
+CMAKE_OPTIONS += \
+	-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=/usr \
+	-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE:STRING=Release
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libyang.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include/libyang
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/libyang/* $(1)/usr/include/libyang/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libyang.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libyang/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libyang.so* $(1)/usr/lib/
+
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/libyang
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libyang/* $(1)/usr/lib/libyang/
+endef
+
+define Package/yanglint/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/yanglint $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libyang))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,yanglint))