diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index dbc8785f27..5965122e42 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 /libports/include/ncurses/unctrl.h
 /libports/include/openjpeg
 /libports/include/python2.6
+/libports/include/qoost
 /libports/include/readline/keymaps.h
 /libports/include/readline/rlstdc.h
 /libports/include/readline/rltypedefs.h
diff --git a/libports/ports/qoost.mk b/libports/ports/qoost.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7e3f6df43b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libports/ports/qoost.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+QOOST_VERSION = 9d77949579dc
+QOOST         = qoost-$(QOOST_VERSION)
+QOOST_TBZ     = $(QOOST_VERSION).tar.bz2
+QOOST_URL     = http://qoost.hg.sourceforge.net/hgweb/qoost/qoost/archive/$(QOOST_TBZ)
+
+#
+# Interface to top-level prepare Makefile
+#
+PORTS += $(QOOST)
+
+prepare-qoost: $(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(QOOST) include/qoost
+
+$(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(QOOST): clean-qoost
+
+#
+# Port-specific local rules
+#
+$(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/$(QOOST_TBZ):
+	$(VERBOSE)wget -c -P $(DOWNLOAD_DIR) $(QOOST_URL) && touch $@
+
+$(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(QOOST): $(DOWNLOAD_DIR)/$(QOOST_TBZ)
+	$(VERBOSE)tar xfj $< -C $(CONTRIB_DIR) && touch $@
+
+include/qoost:
+	$(VERBOSE)mkdir -p $(dir $@)
+	$(VERBOSE)ln -sf ../$(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(QOOST)/include/qoost $@
+
+
+clean-qoost:
+	$(VERBOSE)rm -f  include/qoost
+	$(VERBOSE)rm -rf $(CONTRIB_DIR)/$(QOOST)