diff --git a/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.hash b/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.hash
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+# Locally computed
+sha256  9390670a14170dd0f48a6b6b06f74269ef4b056d4718a1a329f6f6069dc957c9  cryptopp563.zip
diff --git a/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk b/package/cryptopp/cryptopp.mk
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+################################################################################
+#
+# cryptopp
+#
+################################################################################
+
+CRYPTOPP_VERSION = 5.6.3
+CRYPTOPP_SOURCE = cryptopp$(subst .,,$(CRYPTOPP_VERSION)).zip
+CRYPTOPP_SITE = http://cryptopp.com/
+CRYPTOPP_LICENSE = Boost-v1.0
+CRYPTOPP_LICENSE_FILES = License.txt
+CRYPTOPP_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+
+define HOST_CRYPTOPP_EXTRACT_CMDS
+	$(UNZIP) $(DL_DIR)/$(CRYPTOPP_SOURCE) -d $(@D)
+endef
+
+HOST_CRYPTOPP_MAKE_OPTS = \
+	$(HOST_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+	CXXFLAGS="$(HOST_CXXFLAGS) -fPIC"
+
+define HOST_CRYPTOPP_BUILD_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) $(HOST_CRYPTOPP_MAKE_OPTS) shared
+endef
+
+define HOST_CRYPTOPP_INSTALL_CMDS
+	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) PREFIX=$(HOST_DIR)/usr install
+endef
+
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))