diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/build b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5e62aa7ec8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/build
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#!/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 $PKG_BUILD
+
+setup_toolchain host
+
+mkdir -p .build-host && cd .build-host
+
+../configure --host=$HOST_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared
+
+make
+make install
+
+cd ..
+
+setup_toolchain target
+
+mkdir -p .build-target && cd .build-target
+../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared
+
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/install b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..0ca72c8177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/install
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/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 $1
diff --git a/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/meta b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2efb614de4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/3rdparty/lib/cxxtools/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="cxxtools"
+PKG_VERSION="2.1"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL-2"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.tntnet.org/cxxtools.html"
+PKG_URL="http://www.tntnet.org/download/${PKG_NAME}-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="python/web"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="cxxtools: a collection of general-purpose C++ classes"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Cxxtools is a collection of general-purpose C++ classes"
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"