diff --git a/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/build b/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/build
index dda849a29c..344ea91765 100755
--- a/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/build
+++ b/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/build
@@ -2,14 +2,11 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build gmp
-
 setup_toolchain host
 
 cd $BUILD/$1*
 
-mkdir -p objdir
-cd objdir
+mkdir -p objdir && cd objdir
 
 ../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
              --build=$HOST_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/meta b/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d165323cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="ppl"
+PKG_VERSION="0.11"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl"
+PKG_URL="http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/Download/ftp/releases/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache gmp"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="toolchain/math"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="ppl: Parma Polyhedra Library"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The Parma Polyhedra Library (PPL) provides numerical abstractions especially targeted at applications in the field of analysis and verification of complex systems."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/url b/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 31fc4fae56..0000000000
--- a/packages/toolchain/math/ppl/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://www.cs.unipr.it/ppl/Download/ftp/releases/0.11/ppl-0.11.tar.bz2