diff --git a/libssh/.footprint b/libssh/.footprint
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index 000000000..2dba1bbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libssh/.footprint
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/libssh/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libssh/callbacks.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libssh/legacy.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libssh/libssh.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libssh/server.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libssh/sftp.h
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/libssh/ssh2.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libssh.so -> libssh.so.4
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libssh.so.4 -> libssh.so.4.2.3
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libssh.so.4.2.3
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libssh_threads.so -> libssh_threads.so.4
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libssh_threads.so.4 -> libssh_threads.so.4.2.3
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libssh_threads.so.4.2.3
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libssh.pc
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/pkgconfig/libssh_threads.pc
diff --git a/libssh/.md5sum b/libssh/.md5sum
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index 000000000..695637f4c
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+++ b/libssh/.md5sum
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+9ad01838d3b89d98e900e0f6260a88cc  libssh-0.5.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/libssh/Pkgfile b/libssh/Pkgfile
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+++ b/libssh/Pkgfile
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+# Description: ssh library
+# URL:         http://libssh.org
+# Maintainer:  Thomas Penteker, tek at serverop dot de
+# Depends on:  cmake
+
+name=libssh
+version=0.5.3
+release=1
+source=(http://www.libssh.org/files/${version%.*}/libssh-$version.tar.gz)
+
+build() {
+	cd $name-$version
+
+  mkdir -p build
+  cd build
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+  make DESTDIR=$PKG install
+}