diff --git a/testing/snappy/build b/testing/snappy/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..1bb986bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/snappy/build
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=/usr/lib \
+    -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=1 \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/testing/snappy/checksums b/testing/snappy/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ff5a77df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/snappy/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3dfa02e873ff51a11ee02b9ca391807f0c8ea0529a4924afa645fbf97163f9d4  1.1.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/testing/snappy/depends b/testing/snappy/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bd27f0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/snappy/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cmake make
+zlib  make
diff --git a/testing/snappy/sources b/testing/snappy/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..252c12fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/snappy/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://github.com/google/snappy/archive/1.1.7.tar.gz
diff --git a/testing/snappy/version b/testing/snappy/version
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index 00000000..bcd3c3ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/snappy/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.1.7 1