diff --git a/libs/gperf/Makefile b/libs/gperf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5035895c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/gperf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2017 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=gperf
+PKG_VERSION:=3.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_HASH:=588546b945bba4b70b6a3a616e80b4ab466e3f33024a352fc2198112cdbb3ae2
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/gperf
+PKG_HOST_ONLY=1
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Espen Jürgensen <espenjurgensen+openwrt@gmail.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-3.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/gperf
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=GNU gperf
+  BUILDONLY:=1
+  URL:=http://www.gnu.org/software/gperf
+endef
+
+define Package/gperf/description
+ GNU gperf is a perfect hash function generator. For a given list of strings, it
+ produces a hash function and hash table, in form of C or C++ code, for looking 
+ up a value depending on the input string. The hash function is perfect, which 
+ means that the hash table has no collisions, and the hash table lookup needs a
+ single string comparison only.
+endef
+
+define Host/Install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(HOST_BUILD_DIR) install
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,gperf))
diff --git a/libs/gperf/patches/100-include_own_first.patch b/libs/gperf/patches/100-include_own_first.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6936f35db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/gperf/patches/100-include_own_first.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+diff --git a/lib/Makefile.in b/lib/Makefile.in
+index 29bbf92..cf2bf3c 100644
+--- a/lib/Makefile.in
++++ b/lib/Makefile.in
+@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ SHELL = /bin/sh
+ VPATH = $(srcdir)
+ 
+ OBJECTS  = getopt.$(OBJEXT) getopt1.$(OBJEXT) getline.$(OBJEXT) hash.$(OBJEXT)
+-CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ -I$(srcdir)
++CPPFLAGS = -I$(srcdir) @CPPFLAGS@
+ 
+ TARGETLIB = libgp.a
+ 
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
+index 6866ffd..bd4df14 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.in
++++ b/src/Makefile.in
+@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ VPATH = $(srcdir)
+ OBJECTS  = version.$(OBJEXT) positions.$(OBJEXT) options.$(OBJEXT) keyword.$(OBJEXT) keyword-list.$(OBJEXT) \
+            input.$(OBJEXT) bool-array.$(OBJEXT) hash-table.$(OBJEXT) search.$(OBJEXT) output.$(OBJEXT) main.$(OBJEXT)
+ LIBS     = ../lib/libgp.a @GPERF_LIBM@
+-CPPFLAGS = @CPPFLAGS@ -I. -I$(srcdir)/../lib
++CPPFLAGS = -I. -I$(srcdir)/../lib @CPPFLAGS@
+ 
+ TARGETPROG = gperf$(EXEEXT)
+