diff --git a/packages/devel/libnih-host/build b/packages/devel/libnih-host/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..af8fb87325
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libnih-host/build
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build dbus-host
+$SCRIPTS/unpack libnih
+
+setup_toolchain host
+
+cd $BUILD/libnih*
+
+mkdir -p objdir-host
+cd objdir-host
+
+../configure --enable-static \
+             --disable-shared
+
+make
+
+mkdir -p $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
+  cp -f nih-dbus-tool/nih-dbus-tool $ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin
diff --git a/packages/devel/libnih/build b/packages/devel/libnih/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2dcebc5bde
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libnih/build
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build dbus
+$SCRIPTS/build libnih-host
+
+export NIH_DBUS_TOOL="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/nih-dbus-tool"
+
+cd $BUILD/$1*
+
+mkdir -p objdir-target
+cd objdir-target
+
+../configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+             --build=$HOST_NAME \
+             --prefix=/usr \
+             --enable-static \
+             --disable-shared \
+             --disable-nls \
+             --enable-threading
+
+make
+
+$MAKEINSTALL
diff --git a/packages/devel/libnih/url b/packages/devel/libnih/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..00e18dd843
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/devel/libnih/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://upstart.ubuntu.com/download/libnih/1.0/libnih-1.0.2.tar.gz