diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/build b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/build
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+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/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 $BUILD/$1*
+
+# When cross-compiling, configure can't set linux version
+# forcing it
+sed -i -e 's/ac_cv_linux_vers=unknown/ac_cv_linux_vers=2/' configure
+
+./configure \
+       --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+       --build=$HOST_NAME \
+       --prefix=/usr \
+       --with-pcap=linux
+
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/meta b/packages/3rdparty/lib/libpcap/meta
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+PKG_NAME="libpcap"
+PKG_VERSION="1.1.1"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.tcpdump.org/"
+PKG_URL="http://www.tcpdump.org/release/libpcap-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_REV=1
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY=optional
+PKG_SECTION=libs
+PKG_SHORTDESC="system interface for user-level packet capture"
+PKG_LONGDESC="libpcap (Packet CAPture) provides a portable framework for low-level network monitoring. Applications include network statistics collection, security monitoring, network debugging, etc."
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"