diff --git a/openwrt/package/Config.in b/openwrt/package/Config.in
index e562df838..fdec45a05 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/Config.in
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ source "package/libamsel/Config.in"
 source "package/libdb/Config.in"
 source "package/libelf/Config.in"
 source "package/libevent/Config.in"
+source "package/freetype/Config.in"  # libfreetype
 source "package/libgcrypt/Config.in"
 source "package/libgd/Config.in"
 source "package/libgdbm/Config.in"
diff --git a/openwrt/package/Makefile b/openwrt/package/Makefile
index 008b4bf55..7ba30f968 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/Makefile
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FPING) += fping
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FPROBE) += fprobe
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FPROBE_ULOG) += fprobe-ulog
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FREERADIUS) += freeradius
+package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE) += freetype
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FRICKIN) += frickin
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_FUSE) += fuse
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_GDBSERVER) += gdbserver
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ bind-compile: openssl-compile
 cyrus-sasl-compile: openssl-compile
 dropbear-compile: zlib-compile
 dsniff-compile: libnids-compile openssl-compile libgdbm-compile
+freetype-compile: zlib-compile
 fprobe-compile: libpcap-compile
 gdbserver-compile: ncurses-compile
 gnutls-compile: libgcrypt-compile opencdk-compile libtasn1-compile
diff --git a/openwrt/package/freetype/Config.in b/openwrt/package/freetype/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1bed3cf45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/freetype/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
+	bool
+	default n
+	depends BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFREETYPE
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBFREETYPE
+	tristate "libfreetype - A free, high-quality and portable font engine"
+#	default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
+	default n
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_FREETYPE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
+	help
+	  The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
+	  portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
+	  They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
+	  efficient and ubiquitous products.
+	  
+	  The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine.  It has been
+	  designed to provide the following important features:
+	   * A universal and simple API to manage font files
+	   * Support for several font formats through loadable modules
+	   * High-quality anti-aliasing
+	   * High portability & performance
+	  
+	  http://www.freetype.org/
+	  
diff --git a/openwrt/package/freetype/Makefile b/openwrt/package/freetype/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c99cb72e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/freetype/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+# $Id$
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=libfreetype
+PKG_VERSION:=2.1.9
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_MD5SUM:=ec1b903e4be5f073caa72458ea58c29c
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/freetype
+PKG_SOURCE:=freetype-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_CAT:=bzcat
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/freetype-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_INSTALL_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-install
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
+
+$(eval $(call PKG_template,LIBFREETYPE,libfreetype,$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.prepared
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status} ; \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
+		LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/lib -L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
+		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		./configure \
+			--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+			--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+			--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+			--program-prefix="" \
+			--program-suffix="" \
+			--prefix=/usr \
+			--exec-prefix=/usr \
+			--bindir=/usr/bin \
+			--sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+			--libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+			--sysconfdir=/etc \
+			--datadir=/usr/share \
+			--localstatedir=/var \
+			--mandir=/usr/man \
+			--infodir=/usr/info \
+			$(DISABLE_NLS) \
+			$(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+			--enable-shared=yes \
+			--enable-static=yes \
+			--disable-rpath \
+	);
+	touch $@
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built:
+	rm -rf $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		DESTDIR="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		all install
+	touch $@
+
+$(IPKG_LIBFREETYPE):
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_LIBFREETYPE)/usr/lib
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.so.* $(IDIR_LIBFREETYPE)/usr/lib/
+	$(RSTRIP) $(IDIR_LIBFREETYPE)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_LIBFREETYPE) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+
+$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.so: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/freetype-config $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/freetype2 $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/ft2build.h $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.{a,so*} $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+	touch $@
+
+install-dev: $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.so
+
+uninstall-dev:
+	rm -rf \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/freetype-config \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/freetype2 \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/ft2build.h \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libfreetype.{a,so*} \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig/freetype2.pc \
+
+compile: install-dev
+clean: uninstall-dev
diff --git a/openwrt/package/freetype/ipkg/libfreetype.control b/openwrt/package/freetype/ipkg/libfreetype.control
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bf9f9c7a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/freetype/ipkg/libfreetype.control
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Package: libfreetype
+Priority: optional
+Section: libs
+Maintainer: Oliver Ertl <oliver@ertl-net.net>, OpenWrt Developers <bugs@openwrt.org>
+Source: http://openwrt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/openwrt/package/freetype/
+Depends: zlib
+Description: A free, high-quality and portable font engine. 
+ The FreeType project is a team of volunteers who develop free,
+ portable and high-quality software solutions for digital typography.
+ They specifically target embedded systems and focus on bringing small,
+ efficient and ubiquitous products.
+         
+ The FreeType 2 library is their new software font engine.  It has been
+ designed to provide the following important features:
+  * A universal and simple API to manage font files
+  * Support for several font formats through loadable modules
+  * High-quality anti-aliasing
+  * High portability & performance