diff --git a/testing/harfbuzz/build b/testing/harfbuzz/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e1d3b53f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/harfbuzz/build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr \
+    --with-glib
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/testing/harfbuzz/checksums b/testing/harfbuzz/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c704dd0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/harfbuzz/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+fed00dc797b7ba3ca943225f0a854baaed4c1640fff8a31d455cd3b5caec855c  harfbuzz-2.5.3.tar.xz
diff --git a/testing/harfbuzz/depends b/testing/harfbuzz/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7f9121cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/harfbuzz/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+glib
+freetype
diff --git a/testing/harfbuzz/sources b/testing/harfbuzz/sources
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index 00000000..750ff6ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/harfbuzz/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/harfbuzz-2.5.3.tar.xz
diff --git a/testing/harfbuzz/version b/testing/harfbuzz/version
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index 00000000..6a63654a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/harfbuzz/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.5.3 1