diff --git a/extra/libgpg-error/build b/extra/libgpg-error/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1759a099
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libgpg-error/build
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-install-gpg-error-config
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/libgpg-error/checksums b/extra/libgpg-error/checksums
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index 00000000..957ee05e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libgpg-error/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+192f7986cf23f753085f607ca7950707683a74cf7dabf867896128feeeb782ea19
diff --git a/extra/libgpg-error/sources b/extra/libgpg-error/sources
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index 00000000..6aadc915
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libgpg-error/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libgpg-error/libgpg-error-1.47.tar.bz2
diff --git a/extra/libgpg-error/version b/extra/libgpg-error/version
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index 00000000..02688b9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/libgpg-error/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.47 1