diff --git a/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk b/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..67bd7fda26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/audio/fluidsynth/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  OpenELEC is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+#  (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#  OpenELEC is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="fluidsynth"
+PKG_VERSION="1.1.6"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://fluidsynth.org/"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/project/fluidsynth/fluidsynth-$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="audio"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="FluidSynth: A SoundFont Synthesizer."
+PKG_LONGDESC="FluidSynth renders midi music files as raw audio data, for playing or conversion. "
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+configure_target() {
+  cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=0 -Denable-readline=0 ..
+}
diff --git a/packages/audio/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth-01-fix-libdir.patch b/packages/audio/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth-01-fix-libdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..038fa7d385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/audio/fluidsynth/patches/fluidsynth-01-fix-libdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- fluidsynth-1.1.6/CMakeLists.txt.orig	2015-04-06 13:12:55.151874342 +0200
++++ fluidsynth-1.1.6/CMakeLists.txt	2015-04-06 13:14:32.931876573 +0200
+@@ -85,11 +85,11 @@
+ endif ( ${CMAKE_SYSTEM} MATCHES "OS2" )
+ 
+ # Initialize the library directory name suffix.
+-if ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
+-  set ( _init_lib_suffix "64" )
+-else ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
++#if ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
++#  set ( _init_lib_suffix "64" )
++#else ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
+   set ( _init_lib_suffix "" )
+-endif ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
++#endif ( CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P EQUAL 8 )
+ set ( LIB_SUFFIX ${_init_lib_suffix} CACHE STRING
+       "library directory name suffix (32/64/nothing)" )
+ mark_as_advanced ( LIB_SUFFIX )