diff --git a/core/pigz/build b/core/pigz/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..e0219aa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pigz/build
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+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+make CC="${CC:-cc} -static"
+
+mkdir -p \
+    "$1/usr/bin" \
+    "$1/usr/share/man/man1"
+
+cp -f pigz unpigz "$1/usr/bin"
+cp -f pigz.1 "$1/usr/share/man/man1"
+
+ln -sf pigz   "$1/usr/bin/gzip"
+ln -sf pigz   "$1/usr/bin/zcat"
+ln -sf unpigz "$1/usr/bin/gunzip"
+ln -sf pigz.1 "$1/usr/share/man/man1/gzip.1"
diff --git a/core/pigz/checksums b/core/pigz/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..60713b92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pigz/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2eed7b0d7449d1d70903f2a62cd6005d262eb3a8c9e98687bc8cbb5809db2a7d
diff --git a/core/pigz/sources b/core/pigz/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..beac01e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pigz/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+https://zlib.net/pigz/pigz-VERSION.tar.gz
diff --git a/core/pigz/version b/core/pigz/version
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index 00000000..eb0c981f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/pigz/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2.6 1