diff --git a/packages/other/libdaemon/build b/packages/other/libdaemon/build
index 04dfb735ec..a6260cd134 100755
--- a/packages/other/libdaemon/build
+++ b/packages/other/libdaemon/build
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ac_cv_func_setpgrp_void=no \
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/other/libdaemon/install b/packages/other/libdaemon/install
index fd547a1173..ee48040034 100755
--- a/packages/other/libdaemon/install
+++ b/packages/other/libdaemon/install
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
-cp -PR $PKG_BUILD/$1/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/$1/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/other/libdaemon/meta b/packages/other/libdaemon/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2099fbc160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/other/libdaemon/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="libdaemon"
+PKG_VERSION="0.14"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/"
+PKG_URL="http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="other"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="libdaemon: A lightweight C library which eases the writing of UNIX daemons"
+PKG_LONGDESC="A wrapper around fork() which does the correct daemonization procedure of a process. A wrapper around syslog() for simpler and compatible log output to Syslog or STDERR. An API for writing PID files. An API for serializing UNIX signals into a pipe for usage with select() or poll()."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/other/libdaemon/url b/packages/other/libdaemon/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 53d3d5ea89..0000000000
--- a/packages/other/libdaemon/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://0pointer.de/lennart/projects/libdaemon/libdaemon-0.14.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file