diff --git a/extra/npth/build b/extra/npth/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..09d87526
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/npth/build
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/npth/checksums b/extra/npth/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38296e59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/npth/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0dbd5841aa4c463115b89600074c617b257d18620cf17b4d31b6f0006cf75e3dc8
diff --git a/extra/npth/sources b/extra/npth/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..242c37db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/npth/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/npth/npth-1.6.tar.bz2
diff --git a/extra/npth/version b/extra/npth/version
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index 00000000..d1ad7a00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/npth/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.6 1