diff --git a/extra/popt/build b/extra/popt/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6daf22f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/popt/build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --prefix=/usr
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/extra/popt/checksums b/extra/popt/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e9a82a58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/popt/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e728ed296fe9f069a0e005003c3d6b2dde3d9cad453422a10d6558616d304cc8  popt-1.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/popt/sources b/extra/popt/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1aab68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/popt/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://fossies.org/linux/misc/popt-1.16.tar.gz
diff --git a/extra/popt/version b/extra/popt/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d1d913ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/popt/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.16 1