--- /dev/null
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2022 Julien Malik <julien.malik@paraiso.me>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+# initial implementation kindly stolen from (and then updated) :
+# https://forum.openwrt.org/t/xxhash-makefile/118426
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=xxhash
+PKG_VERSION:=0.8.1
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/Cyan4973/xxHash/archive/v$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_HASH:=3bb6b7d6f30c591dd65aaaff1c8b7a5b94d81687998ca9400082c739a690436c
+
+# The source for the library (xxhash.c and xxhash.h) is BSD
+# The source for the command line tool (xxhsum.c) is GPLv2+
+PKG_LICENSE:=BSD-2-Clause,GPL-2.0-or-later
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=LICENSE,cli/COPYING
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Julien Malik <julien.malik@paraiso.me>
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/xxhash/Default
+ TITLE:=Extremely fast hash algorithm
+ URL:=https://cyan4973.github.io/xxHash/
+endef
+
+define Package/xxhash/Default/description
+ xxHash is an Extremely fast Hash algorithm, running at RAM speed
+ limits. It successfully completes the SMHasher test suite which
+ evaluates collision, dispersion and randomness qualities of hash
+ functions. Code is highly portable, and hashes are identical on all
+ platforms (little / big endian).
+endef
+
+define Package/libxxhash
+ $(call Package/xxhash/Default)
+ SECTION:=libs
+ CATEGORY:=Libraries
+endef
+
+define Package/libxxhash/description
+ $(call Package/xxhash/Default/description)
+
+ This package contains the shared library.
+endef
+
+define Package/xxhash
+ $(call Package/xxhash/Default)
+ SECTION:=utils
+ CATEGORY:=Utilities
+ DEPENDS:= +libxxhash
+endef
+
+define Package/xxhash/description
+ $(call Package/xxhash/Default/description)
+
+ This package contains the executables.
+endef
+
+define Build/Prepare
+ rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/
+ mkdir -p $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/
+ $(TAR) -xzf $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) --strip 1
+endef
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/include
+ $(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/*.h $(1)/usr/include
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libxxhash.so* $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+ $(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libxxhash.pc.in $(1)/usr/lib/pkgconfig
+endef
+
+define Package/libxxhash/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/lib
+ $(CP) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libxxhash.so.* $(1)/usr/lib
+endef
+
+define Package/xxhash/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/xxh*sum $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,libxxhash))
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,xxhash))