diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0f2db98b35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/package.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#################################################################################
+#      This file is part of LibreELEC - https://libreelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2016 Team LibreELEC
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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.
+#
+#  LibreELEC 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 LibreELEC.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="libconfig"
+PKG_VERSION="1.5"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="LGPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://hyperrealm.com/libconfig/libconfig.html"
+PKG_URL="https://github.com/hyperrealm/libconfig/archive/v$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="lib"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="C/C++ Configuration File Library"
+PKG_LONGDESC="C/C++ Configuration File Library"
+
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--enable-static \
+                           --disable-shared \
+                           --disable-examples \
+                           --with-sysroot=$SYSROOT_PREFIX"
diff --git a/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/patches/libconfig-0001_fix-include.patch b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/patches/libconfig-0001_fix-include.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..79b0a2e00f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/addons/addon-depends/libconfig/patches/libconfig-0001_fix-include.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
+--- a/tests/Makefile.am	2014-03-04 03:04:17.000000000 +0100
++++ b/tests/Makefile.am	2016-01-22 21:22:38.742833399 +0100
+@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
+ 
+ libconfig_tests_SOURCES = tests.c
+ 
+-libconfig_tests_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/tinytest -I../lib
++libconfig_tests_CPPFLAGS = -I$(top_srcdir)/tinytest -I$(top_srcdir)/lib
+ 
+ libconfig_tests_LDADD = -L$(top_builddir)/tinytest -ltinytest \
+ 	-L$(top_builddir)/lib/.libs -lconfig