diff --git a/package/cyrus-sasl/Config.in b/package/cyrus-sasl/Config.in
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+++ b/package/cyrus-sasl/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBSASL2
+	tristate "libsasl2 (a general purpose authentication library)"
+	default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
+	help
+	  A general purpose authentication library.
+	  
+	  http://asg.web.cmu.edu/sasl/
+	  
+
diff --git a/package/cyrus-sasl/Makefile b/package/cyrus-sasl/Makefile
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+++ b/package/cyrus-sasl/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+# $Id$
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=cyrus-sasl
+PKG_VERSION:=2.1.20
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_MD5SUM:=268ead27f4ac39bcfe17d9e38e0f2977
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:= \
+	http://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/cyrus-mail/ \
+	http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/$(PKG_NAME)/
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_CAT:=zcat
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_INSTALL_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-install
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
+
+$(eval $(call PKG_template,LIBSASL2,libsasl2,$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.prepared
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status} ; \
+		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
+		LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
+		./configure \
+		  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+		  --program-prefix="" \
+		  --program-suffix="" \
+		  --prefix=/usr \
+		  --exec-prefix=/usr \
+		  --bindir=/usr/bin \
+		  --datadir=/usr/share \
+		  --includedir=/usr/include \
+		  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
+		  --libdir=/usr/lib \
+		  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+		  --localstatedir=/var \
+		  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+		  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+		  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+		  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
+		  $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+		  --enable-shared \
+		  --enable-static \
+		  --disable-sample \
+		  --enable-staticdlopen \
+		  --disable-java \
+		  --disable-alwaystrue \
+		  --disable-checkapop \
+		  --enable-cram \
+		  --enable-digest \
+		  --disable-otp \
+		  --disable-srp \
+		  --disable-srp-setpass \
+		  --disable-krb4 \
+		  --disable-gssapi \
+		  --disable-gss_mutexes \
+		  --enable-plain \
+		  --enable-anon \
+		  --disable-login \
+		  --disable-ntlm \
+		  --disable-sql \
+		  --with-dblib="none" \
+		  --without-gdbm \
+		  --with-devrandom="/dev/urandom" \
+		  --without-pam \
+		  --without-saslauthd \
+		  --without-authdaemond \
+		  --without-pwcheck \
+		  --with-ipctype=unix \
+		  --with-openssl="$(STAGING_DIR)/usr" \
+		  --without-des \
+		  --without-opie \
+		  --without-ldap \
+		  --without-mysql \
+		  --without-pgsql \
+		  --without-sqlite \
+		  --without-rc4 \
+		  --without-dmalloc \
+		  --without-sfio \
+	);
+	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/include \
+		CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+		LINK="$(HOSTCC) -o makemd5 -lc" \
+		CFLAGS="" \
+		makemd5
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		install
+	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built
+
+$(IPKG_LIBSASL2):
+	install -m0755 -d $(IDIR_LIBSASL2)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl2.so.* $(IDIR_LIBSASL2)/usr/lib/
+	install -m0755 -d $(IDIR_LIBSASL2)/usr/lib/sasl2
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/sasl2/lib*.so.* $(IDIR_LIBSASL2)/usr/lib/sasl2/
+	$(RSTRIP) $(IDIR_LIBSASL2)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_LIBSASL2) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+
+$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl2.so: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/sasl $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl2.{a,so*} $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	ln -sf libsasl2.a $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl.a
+	ln -sf libsasl2.so $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl.so
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/sasl2
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/sasl2/lib*.{a,so*} $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/sasl2/
+
+install-dev: $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl2.so
+
+uninstall-dev:
+	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/sasl
+	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libsasl{2,}.{a,so*}
+	rm -rf $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/sasl2
+
+compile: install-dev
+clean: uninstall-dev
diff --git a/package/cyrus-sasl/ipkg/libsasl2.control b/package/cyrus-sasl/ipkg/libsasl2.control
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+++ b/package/cyrus-sasl/ipkg/libsasl2.control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: libsasl2
+Priority: optional
+Section: libs
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
+Source: http://openwrt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/openwrt/package/cyrus-sasl/
+Description: a general purpose authentication library