diff --git a/packages/network/libssh/build b/packages/network/libssh/build
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/libssh/build
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build zlib
+$SCRIPTS/build openssl
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+mkdir -p build
+cd build
+
+cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$CMAKE_CONF \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+      ..
+
+make
+
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/network/libssh/install b/packages/network/libssh/install
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+++ b/packages/network/libssh/install
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/install zlib
+$SCRIPTS/install openssl
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/build/libssh/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/network/libssh/url b/packages/network/libssh/url
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+++ b/packages/network/libssh/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://www.libssh.org/files/libssh-0.4.2.tar.gz
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