diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index 62066b8c875..c545de84450 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -2029,3 +2029,4 @@ librom1394.so.0 libavc1394-0.5.4_1
libavc1394.so.0 libavc1394-0.5.4_1
libiec61883.so.0 libiec61883-1.2.0_1
libffado.so.2 libffado-2.2.1_1
+libossp-uuid.so.16 libossp-1.6.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libossp b/srcpkgs/libossp
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2a12b4debd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libossp
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ossp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/libossp-devel b/srcpkgs/libossp-devel
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..2a12b4debd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/libossp-devel
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ossp
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ossp/patches/0001-Change-library-name.patch b/srcpkgs/ossp/patches/0001-Change-library-name.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a46e244c8b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ossp/patches/0001-Change-library-name.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+From: Piotr Roszatycki <dexter@debian.org>
+Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:53:11 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Change library name
+
+The soname was changed to ossp-uuid to prevend the name clash with e2fsprogs's
+uuid library.
+---
+ Makefile.in | 6 +++---
+ perl/Makefile.PL | 12 ++++++------
+ php/config.m4 | 2 +-
+ uuid-config.in | 2 +-
+ uuid.pc.in | 4 ++--
+ 5 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
+index d28f4be..c2ba99d 100644
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -62,13 +62,13 @@ PERL = @PERL@
+ PHP = @PHP@
+ PG_CONFIG = @PG_CONFIG@
+
+-LIB_NAME = libuuid.la
++LIB_NAME = libossp-uuid.la
+ LIB_OBJS = uuid.lo uuid_md5.lo uuid_sha1.lo uuid_prng.lo uuid_mac.lo uuid_time.lo uuid_ui64.lo uuid_ui128.lo uuid_str.lo
+
+-DCE_NAME = libuuid_dce.la
++DCE_NAME = libossp-uuid_dce.la
+ DCE_OBJS = uuid_dce.lo $(LIB_OBJS)
+
+-CXX_NAME = libuuid++.la
++CXX_NAME = libossp-uuid++.la
+ CXX_OBJS = uuid++.lo $(LIB_OBJS)
+
+ PRG_NAME = uuid
+diff --git a/perl/Makefile.PL b/perl/Makefile.PL
+index 92f4494..9c6fee6 100644
+--- a/perl/Makefile.PL
++++ b/perl/Makefile.PL
+@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ use Config;
+ use ExtUtils::MakeMaker;
+
+ # determine source directory
+-my ($srcdir) = map { my $d = $_; $d =~ s/\/libuuid\.la$//; $d }
+- grep { -f $_ } ("../libuuid.la", glob("../*/libuuid.la"))
+- or die "no source directory found (where libuuid.la is located)";
++my ($srcdir) = map { my $d = $_; $d =~ s/\/libossp-uuid\.la$//; $d }
++ grep { -f $_ } ("../libossp-uuid.la", glob("../*/libossp-uuid.la"))
++ or die "no source directory found (where libossp-uuid.la is located)";
+
+ # determine extra build options
+ my $compat = 0;
+@@ -47,15 +47,15 @@ WriteMakefile(
+ VERSION_FROM => 'uuid.pm',
+ ABSTRACT_FROM => 'uuid.pod',
+ PREREQ_PM => {},
+- LIBS => [ "-L$srcdir/.libs -L$srcdir -luuid" ],
++ LIBS => [ "-L$srcdir/.libs -L$srcdir -lossp-uuid" ],
+ DEFINE => '',
+ INC => "-I. -I$srcdir",
+ PM => { 'uuid.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/uuid.pm',
+ 'uuid.pod' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/uuid.pod',
+ ($compat ? ('uuid_compat.pm' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/../Data/UUID.pm') : ()),
+ ($compat ? ('uuid_compat.pod' => '$(INST_LIBDIR)/../Data/UUID.pod') : ()), },
+- MAN3PODS => { 'uuid.pod' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/OSSP::uuid.3',
+- ($compat ? ('uuid_compat.pod' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/Data::UUID.3') : ()), },
++ MAN3PODS => { 'uuid.pod' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/OSSP::uuid.3pm',
++ ($compat ? ('uuid_compat.pod' => '$(INST_MAN3DIR)/Data::UUID.3pm') : ()), },
+ TYPEMAPS => [ 'uuid.tm' ],
+ test => { TESTS => 'uuid.ts' . ($compat ? ' uuid_compat.ts' : '') },
+ NO_META => 1,
+diff --git a/php/config.m4 b/php/config.m4
+index 5091b96..969b457 100644
+--- a/php/config.m4
++++ b/php/config.m4
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ if test "$PHP_UUID" != "no"; then
+ PHP_NEW_EXTENSION(uuid, uuid.c, $ext_shared)
+ AC_DEFINE(HAVE_UUID, 1, [Have OSSP uuid library])
+ PHP_ADD_LIBPATH([..], )
+- PHP_ADD_LIBRARY([uuid],, UUID_SHARED_LIBADD)
++ PHP_ADD_LIBRARY([ossp-uuid],, UUID_SHARED_LIBADD)
+ PHP_ADD_INCLUDE([..])
+ PHP_SUBST(UUID_SHARED_LIBADD)
+
+diff --git a/uuid-config.in b/uuid-config.in
+index 8d2a063..5b58812 100644
+--- a/uuid-config.in
++++ b/uuid-config.in
+@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ do
+ output_extra="$output_extra $uuid_ldflags"
+ ;;
+ --libs)
+- output="$output -luuid"
++ output="$output -lossp-uuid"
+ output_extra="$output_extra $uuid_libs"
+ ;;
+ * )
+diff --git a/uuid.pc.in b/uuid.pc.in
+index c76ad1e..de00c2f 100644
+--- a/uuid.pc.in
++++ b/uuid.pc.in
+@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Name: OSSP uuid
+ Description: Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) Library
+ Version: @UUID_VERSION_RAW@
+ URL: http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/
+-Cflags: -I${includedir}
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -luuid
++Cflags: -I${includedir}/ossp
++Libs: -L${libdir} -lossp-uuid
+ Libs.private: @LIBS@
+
+--
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ossp/template b/srcpkgs/ossp/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c50d6d7f4ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ossp/template
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# Template file for 'libossp'
+pkgname=ossp
+version=1.6.2
+revision=1
+wrksrc=uuid-${version}
+build_style=gnu-configure
+short_desc="OSSP Universally Unique Identifier"
+maintainer="Dominik Honnef <dominik@honnef.co>"
+license="MIT"
+homepage="http://www.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/"
+distfiles="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.ossp.org/pkg/lib/uuid/uuid-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=11a615225baa5f8bb686824423f50e4427acd3f70d394765bdff32801f0fd5b0
+patch_args="-p1"
+
+libossp_package() {
+ short_desc+=" - library files"
+ pkg_install() {
+ vmove usr/lib/libossp-uuid.so.*
+ }
+}
+
+libossp-devel_package() {
+ depends="libossp>=${version}_${revision}"
+ short_desc+=" - development files"
+ conflicts="libuuid-devel>=0"
+ pkg_install() {
+ vmove usr/include
+ vmove usr/bin/uuid-config
+ vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
+ vmove usr/share/man/man3
+ vmove usr/share/man/man1/uuid-config.1
+ vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
+ vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+ }
+}