diff --git a/testing/x265/build b/testing/x265/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..a685ebf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/x265/build
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+cmake ./source \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/testing/x265/checksums b/testing/x265/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..69dd0c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/x265/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+c5b9fc260cabbc4a81561a448f4ce9cad7218272b4011feabc3a6b751b2f0662  x265_3.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/testing/x265/depends b/testing/x265/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8e82f959
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/x265/depends
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+cmake make
+nasm  make
diff --git a/testing/x265/sources b/testing/x265/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5519eb16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/x265/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/downloads/x265_3.0.tar.gz
diff --git a/testing/x265/version b/testing/x265/version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bafdd8ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/x265/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.0 1