diff --git a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/build b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/build
index aacc589f17..1ea9b264ac 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/build
+++ b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/build
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build alsa-lib
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
+
 mkdir -p .build
 cd .build
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/install b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/install
index 1f5134cb42..8cf85331ec 100755
--- a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/install
+++ b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/install
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install alsa-lib
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
   cp -P $PKG_BUILD/.build/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
 
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/meta b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d80ac22b8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+PKG_NAME="openal-soft"
+PKG_VERSION="1.12.854"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.openal.org/"
+PKG_URL="http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="alsa-lib"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain alsa-lib"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="multimedia"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="openal: Open Audio Library"
+PKG_LONGDESC="OpenAL, the Open Audio Library, is a joint effort to create an open, vendor- neutral, cross-platform API for interactive, primarily spatialized audio. OpenAL's primary audience are application developers and desktop users that rely on portable standards like OpenGL, for games and other multimedia applications. OpenAL is already supported by a number of hardware vendors and developers."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+if [ "$PULSEAUDIO_SUPPORT" = yes ]; then
+  PKG_DEPENDS="$PKG_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+  PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="$PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS pulseaudio"
+fi
diff --git a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/url b/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/url
deleted file mode 100644
index ad59ea00cb..0000000000
--- a/packages/multimedia/openal-soft/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal-releases/openal-soft-1.12.854.tar.bz2
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