--- /dev/null
+#############################################################
+#
+# expat
+#
+#############################################################
+
+EXPAT_VERSION=1.95.8
+
+EXPAT_SOURCE=expat-$(EXPAT_VERSION).tar.gz
+EXPAT_SITE=http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/expat
+EXPAT_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/expat-$(EXPAT_VERSION)
+
+$(DL_DIR)/$(EXPAT_SOURCE):
+       $(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(EXPAT_SITE)/$(EXPAT_SOURCE)
+
+expat-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(EXPAT_SOURCE)
+
+$(EXPAT_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(EXPAT_SOURCE)
+       gunzip -c  $(DL_DIR)/$(EXPAT_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+       touch $(EXPAT_DIR)/.unpacked
+
+$(EXPAT_DIR)/.configured: $(EXPAT_DIR)/.unpacked
+       (cd $(EXPAT_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
+               $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+               ./configure \
+               --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+               --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+               --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+               --prefix=/usr \
+               --exec-prefix=/usr \
+               --bindir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin \
+               --sbindir=$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/sbin \
+               --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+               --sysconfdir=/etc \
+               --datadir=/usr/share \
+               --localstatedir=/var \
+               --mandir=$(STAGING_DIR)/man \
+               --infodir=/usr/info \
+               --enable-shared \
+       );
+       touch  $(EXPAT_DIR)/.configured
+
+$(EXPAT_DIR)/.libs/libexpat.so.0.5.0: $(EXPAT_DIR)/.configured
+       $(MAKE) -C $(EXPAT_DIR) all
+
+$(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0: $(EXPAT_DIR)/.libs/libexpat.so.0.5.0
+       $(MAKE) -C $(EXPAT_DIR) prefix=$(STAGING_DIR) exec_prefix=$(STAGING_DIR) mandir=$(STAGING_DIR)/man install
+
+$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0: $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
+       cp -dpf $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libexpat.so* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/
+       cp -dpf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/xmlwf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/xmlwf
+       -$(STRIP) --strip-unneeded $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
+
+expat: uclibc $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libexpat.so.0.5.0
+
+expat-clean:
+       rm -f $(EXPAT_DIR)/.configured
+       rm -f $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/libexpat.* $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/libexpat.*
+       rm -f $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/xmlwf  $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/bin/xmlwf
+       -$(MAKE) -C $(EXPAT_DIR) clean
+
+#############################################################
+#
+# Toplevel Makefile options
+#
+#############################################################
+ifeq ($(strip $(BR2_PACKAGE_EXPAT)),y)
+TARGETS+=expat
+endif