diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/swig/build b/packages/toolchain/devel/swig/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e6b8bc841a
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+++ b/packages/toolchain/devel/swig/build
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+setup_toolchain host
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+            --with-pcre-prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+            --with-boost=no \
+            --without-x \
+            --without-tcl \
+            --without-python \
+            --without-python3 \
+            --without-perl5 \
+            --without-octave \
+            --without-java \
+            --without-gcj \
+            --without-android \
+            --without-guile \
+            --without-mzscheme \
+            --without-ruby \
+            --without-php \
+            --without-ocaml \
+            --without-pike \
+            --without-chicken \
+            --without-csharp \
+            --without-lua \
+            --without-allegrocl \
+            --without-clisp \
+            --without-r \
+            --without-go \
+            --without-d \
+
+make
+make install
diff --git a/packages/toolchain/devel/swig/meta b/packages/toolchain/devel/swig/meta
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+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program 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, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program 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.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="swig"
+PKG_VERSION="2.0.8"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.swig.org"
+PKG_URL="$SOURCEFORGE_SRC/swig/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="ccache pcre-host"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="toolchain/devel"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="SWIG: a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages."
+PKG_LONGDESC="SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"