diff --git a/extra/libassuan/build b/extra/libassuan/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..09d87526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libassuan/build
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/libassuan/checksums b/extra/libassuan/checksums
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index 00000000..f1face02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libassuan/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ae685498038f36597fb65c8802368b458b91fe97e0480d93b0eb4b15989bd20cf9
diff --git a/extra/libassuan/sources b/extra/libassuan/sources
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index 00000000..638625d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libassuan/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-2.5.6.tar.bz2
diff --git a/extra/libassuan/version b/extra/libassuan/version
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index 00000000..bdaca607
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libassuan/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.5.6 1