diff --git a/packages/compress/lzo/build b/packages/compress/lzo/build
index 0cfa21689a..186f78693d 100755
--- a/packages/compress/lzo/build
+++ b/packages/compress/lzo/build
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/compress/lzo/meta b/packages/compress/lzo/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6e8fb95de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/compress/lzo/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="lzo"
+PKG_VERSION="2.0.3"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo"
+PKG_URL="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/lzo/download/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="compress"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="LZO data compressor"
+PKG_LONGDESC="LZO is a data compression library which is suitable for data de-/compression in real-time. This means it favours speed over compression ratio."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"