diff --git a/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/build b/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2580de406c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/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
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared \
+
+make
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/install b/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..95cf37ffa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/install
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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
+
+MODULE_VERSION=`pkg-config pango --variable=pango_module_version`
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/$1/.libs/libpango*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
+    rm -rf $INSTALL/usr/lib/libpango*.so*T
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib/pango/$MODULE_VERSION/modules
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/modules/*/.libs/*.so \
+    $INSTALL/usr/lib/pango/$MODULE_VERSION/modules
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/$1/.libs/pango-querymodules $INSTALL/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/pango
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/$1/pangox.aliases $INSTALL/etc/pango
+  cp $PKG_DIR/config/pango.modules $INSTALL/etc/pango
+  cp $PKG_DIR/config/pangorc $INSTALL/etc/pango
diff --git a/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/meta b/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51d8114917
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/toolkits/harfbuzz/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="harfbuzz"
+PKG_VERSION="0.9.5"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/HarfBuzz"
+PKG_URL="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="glib freetype cairo"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain glib freetype cairo"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="x11/toolkits"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="harfbuzz: an OpenType text shaping engine."
+PKG_LONGDESC="HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"