diff --git a/libssh2/build.sh b/libssh2/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..af52141
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libssh2/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# This is a buildpkg build.sh script
+# build.sh helper functions
+. ${BUILDPKG_SCRIPTS}/build.sh.functions
+#
+###########################################################
+# Check the following 4 variables before running the script
+topdir=libssh2
+version=1.6.0
+pkgver=1
+source[0]=http://www.libssh2.org/download/$topdir-$version.tar.gz
+# If there are no patches, simply comment this
+#patch[0]=
+
+# Source function library
+. ${BUILDPKG_SCRIPTS}/buildpkg.functions
+
+# Global settings
+export CPPFLAGS="-I$prefix/include"
+export LDFLAGS="-L$prefix/lib -R$prefix/lib"
+configure_args+=(--disable-examples-build --disable-static)
+
+reg prep
+prep()
+{
+    generic_prep
+}
+
+reg build
+build()
+{
+    generic_build
+}
+
+reg check
+check()
+{
+    generic_check
+}
+
+reg install
+install()
+{
+    generic_install DESTDIR
+    doc NEWS README RELEASE-NOTES
+}
+
+reg pack
+pack()
+{
+    generic_pack
+}
+
+reg distclean
+distclean()
+{
+    clean distclean
+}
+
+###################################################
+# No need to look below here
+###################################################
+build_sh $*
diff --git a/libssh2/meta/ChangeLog b/libssh2/meta/ChangeLog
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..254ab06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libssh2/meta/ChangeLog
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+CHANGELOG
+---------
+* Wed Feb 10 2016 Tom G. Christensen <swpkg@jupiterrise.com> - 1.6.0-1
+- Initial package
diff --git a/libssh2/meta/depend b/libssh2/meta/depend
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1cb32cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libssh2/meta/depend
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+TGClssh2d libssh2 auto
diff --git a/libssh2/meta/pkgdef b/libssh2/meta/pkgdef
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e66b95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libssh2/meta/pkgdef
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+[libssh2]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}lssh2"
+name="$topdir - library implementing the SSH2 protocol"
+pkgcat="application"
+pkgvendor="http://www.libssh2.org/"
+pkgdesc="A client-side C library implementing the SSH2 protocol"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+default_docs
+$_libdir/*.so.*
+
+[libssh2-devel]
+pkgname="${pkgprefix}lssh2d"
+name="${topdir}-devel - Development support for libssh2 "
+pkgcat="application"
+pkgvendor="http://www.libssh2.org/"
+pkgdesc="Files needed for developing with libssh2"
+pkgver="$pkgver"
+files(-,root,bin)
+$_includedir
+$_libdir/pkgconfig/libssh2.pc
+$_libdir/libssh2.so
+$_mandir/man3/libssh2*
+