diff --git a/core/rsync/build b/core/rsync/build
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..cb5e0559
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rsync/build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh -e
+
+./configure \
+    --with-included-popt
+
+make
+make DESTDIR="$1" install
diff --git a/core/rsync/checksums b/core/rsync/checksums
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb1e3676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rsync/checksums
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+55cc554efec5fdaad70de921cd5a5eeb6c29a95524c715f3bbf849235b0800c0  rsync-3.1.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/core/rsync/depends b/core/rsync/depends
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..17a6d43d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rsync/depends
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+zlib make
diff --git a/core/rsync/sources b/core/rsync/sources
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9052c549
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rsync/sources
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.1.3.tar.gz
diff --git a/core/rsync/version b/core/rsync/version
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index 00000000..99998a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/rsync/version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+3.1.3 1