diff --git a/libcap/.footprint b/libcap/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d898899f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap/.footprint
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/sys/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/sys/capability.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.a
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so -> libcap.so.2
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so.2 -> libcap.so.2.12
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libcap.so.2.12
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/man/man3/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_clear.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_clear_flag.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_compare.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_copy_ext.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_copy_int.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_dup.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_free.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_from_name.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_from_text.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_get_fd.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_get_file.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_get_flag.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_get_pid.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_get_proc.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_init.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_set_fd.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_set_file.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_set_flag.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_set_proc.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_size.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_to_name.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/cap_to_text.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/capgetp.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/capsetp.3.gz
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/man/man3/libcap.3.gz
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/capsh
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/getcap
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/getpcaps
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/sbin/setcap
diff --git a/libcap/.md5sum b/libcap/.md5sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1b991815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap/.md5sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+c67b2d105f48d9413f0f5a16b2162f70  libcap-2.12-makefile.patch
+fd306198931960d16d1dc53d305e01d2  libcap-2.12.tar.gz
diff --git a/libcap/Pkgfile b/libcap/Pkgfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebcf4c246
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap/Pkgfile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# Description: POSIX.1e capabilities library
+# URL: http://linux.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/
+# Maintainer: Antti Nykanen, aon at iki dot fi
+# Depends on: libattr
+
+name=libcap
+version=2.12
+release=1
+source=(ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/kernel-2.6/libcap-$version.tar.gz
+	$name-$version-makefile.patch)
+
+build () {
+	cd libcap-$version
+	
+	patch -p1 -i $SRC/$name-$version-makefile.patch
+
+	make
+	make \
+		INCDIR=$PKG/usr/include \
+		LIBDIR=$PKG/usr/lib \
+		SBINDIR=$PKG/usr/sbin \
+		MANDIR=$PKG/usr/man install
+
+	# man8 is empty, cap{set,get}(2) come from core/man-pages
+	rm -rf $PKG/usr/man/man{2,8}
+}
diff --git a/libcap/libcap-2.12-makefile.patch b/libcap/libcap-2.12-makefile.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f094dd04a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libcap/libcap-2.12-makefile.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+diff -ruN libcap-2.11.orig/libcap/Makefile libcap-2.11/libcap/Makefile
+--- libcap-2.11.orig/libcap/Makefile	2008-07-30 22:06:54.000000000 +0300
++++ libcap-2.11/libcap/Makefile	2008-07-30 22:07:52.000000000 +0300
+@@ -21,13 +21,8 @@
+ 
+ all: $(MINLIBNAME) $(STALIBNAME)
+ 
+-ifeq ($(shell gperf --version > /dev/null 2>&1 && echo yes),yes)
+-USE_GPERF_OUTPUT = $(GPERF_OUTPUT)
+-INCLUDE_GPERF_OUTPUT = -include $(GPERF_OUTPUT)
+-endif
+-
+ _makenames: _makenames.c cap_names.sed
+-	$(BUILD_CC) $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $< -o $@
++	$(BUILD_CC) $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $< -o $@ -I./include
+ 
+ cap_names.h: _makenames
+ 	./_makenames > cap_names.h