diff --git a/libs/libsigc++/Makefile b/libs/libsigc++/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b0f17de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libsigc++/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2006-2012 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libsigc++
+PKG_VERSION:=2.3.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNOME/libsigc++/2.3
+PKG_MD5SUM:=06a0569e8ba161d3428e7daa838682f8
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Steven Barth <cyrus@openwrt.org>
+
+PKG_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/libsigcxx
+  SECTION:=libs
+  CATEGORY:=Libraries
+  TITLE:=typesafe callback system for standard C++
+  URL:=http://libsigc.sourceforge.net/
+  DEPENDS:=+libstdcpp
+endef
+
+define Package/libsigcxx/description
+ It allows you to define signals and to connect those signals to any
+ callback function, either global or a member function, regardless of
+ whether it is static or virtual.
+endef
+
+TARGET_CFLAGS += $(FPIC)
+
+TARGET_CPPFLAGS +=  \
+	-fno-strict-aliasing -fno-inline \
+
+CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	--enable-shared \
+	--enable-static \
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/sigc++-2.0 $(1)/usr/include/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.{a,so*} $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/sigc++-2.0 $(1)/usr/lib/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sigc++-2.0.pc $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+endef
+
+define Package/libsigcxx/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+	$(CP) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libsigc-2.0.so.* $(1)/usr/lib/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libsigcxx))
diff --git a/libs/libsigc++/patches/001-no_doc_tests_examples.patch b/libs/libsigc++/patches/001-no_doc_tests_examples.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c69285f97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/libsigc++/patches/001-no_doc_tests_examples.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ doc_subdirs = docs
+ else
+ doc_subdirs =
+ endif
+-SUBDIRS = sigc++ tests examples $(doc_subdirs)
++SUBDIRS = sigc++
+ 
+ sigc_configdir = $(libdir)/$(SIGCXX_MODULE_NAME)/include
+ nodist_sigc_config_HEADERS = sigc++config.h
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ AM_RECURSIVE_TARGETS = $(RECURSIVE_TARGE
+ 	distdir dist dist-all distcheck
+ ETAGS = etags
+ CTAGS = ctags
+-DIST_SUBDIRS = sigc++ tests examples docs
++DIST_SUBDIRS = sigc++
+ DISTFILES = $(DIST_COMMON) $(DIST_SOURCES) $(TEXINFOS) $(EXTRA_DIST)
+ distdir = $(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+ top_distdir = $(distdir)