diff --git a/config/rootfiles/common/libyang b/config/rootfiles/common/libyang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..433b09fc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/rootfiles/common/libyang
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#usr/bin/yanglint
+#usr/bin/yangre
+#usr/include/libyang
+#usr/include/libyang/config.h
+#usr/include/libyang/context.h
+#usr/include/libyang/dict.h
+#usr/include/libyang/in.h
+#usr/include/libyang/libyang.h
+#usr/include/libyang/log.h
+#usr/include/libyang/out.h
+#usr/include/libyang/parser_data.h
+#usr/include/libyang/parser_schema.h
+#usr/include/libyang/plugins.h
+#usr/include/libyang/plugins_exts.h
+#usr/include/libyang/plugins_exts_compile.h
+#usr/include/libyang/plugins_exts_print.h
+#usr/include/libyang/plugins_types.h
+#usr/include/libyang/printer_data.h
+#usr/include/libyang/printer_schema.h
+#usr/include/libyang/set.h
+#usr/include/libyang/tree.h
+#usr/include/libyang/tree_data.h
+#usr/include/libyang/tree_edit.h
+#usr/include/libyang/tree_schema.h
+#usr/include/libyang/version.h
+#usr/lib/libyang.so
+#usr/lib/libyang.so.2
+#usr/lib/libyang.so.2.1.4
+#usr/lib/pkgconfig
+#usr/lib/pkgconfig/libyang.pc
+#usr/share/man/man1/yanglint.1
diff --git a/lfs/libyang b/lfs/libyang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d7149333
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lfs/libyang
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+###############################################################################
+#                                                                             #
+# IPFire.org - A linux based firewall                                         #
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2018  IPFire Team  <info@ipfire.org>                     #
+#                                                                             #
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify        #
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by        #
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or           #
+# (at your option) any later version.                                         #
+#                                                                             #
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,             #
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of              #
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the               #
+# GNU General Public License for more details.                                #
+#                                                                             #
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License           #
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.       #
+#                                                                             #
+###############################################################################
+
+###############################################################################
+# Definitions
+###############################################################################
+
+include Config
+
+VER        = 2.0.7
+
+THISAPP    = libyang-$(VER)
+DL_FILE    = $(THISAPP).tar.gz
+DL_FROM    = $(URL_IPFIRE)
+DIR_APP    = $(DIR_SRC)/$(THISAPP)
+TARGET     = $(DIR_INFO)/$(THISAPP)
+
+DEPS       =
+
+CFLAGS    += -fcommon
+
+###############################################################################
+# Top-level Rules
+###############################################################################
+
+objects = $(DL_FILE)
+
+$(DL_FILE) = $(DL_FROM)/$(DL_FILE)
+
+$(DL_FILE)_MD5 = 012ad174525527d5a5badfe91ddb8694
+
+install : $(TARGET)
+
+check : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_CHK)/%,$(objects))
+
+download :$(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
+
+md5 : $(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects))
+
+dist: 
+	@$(PAK)
+
+###############################################################################
+# Downloading, checking, md5sum
+###############################################################################
+
+$(patsubst %,$(DIR_CHK)/%,$(objects)) :
+	@$(CHECK)
+
+$(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects)) :
+	@$(LOAD)
+
+$(subst %,%_MD5,$(objects)) :
+	@$(MD5)
+
+###############################################################################
+# Installation Details
+###############################################################################
+
+$(TARGET) : $(patsubst %,$(DIR_DL)/%,$(objects))
+	@$(PREBUILD)
+	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP) && cd $(DIR_SRC) && tar axf $(DIR_DL)/$(DL_FILE)
+	$(UPDATE_AUTOMAKE)
+	cd $(DIR_APP) && mkdir build
+	cd $(DIR_APP)/build && cmake $(DIR_APP) \
+	                    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/usr
+	cd $(DIR_APP)/build && make $(MAKETUNING)
+	cd $(DIR_APP)/build && make install
+	@rm -rf $(DIR_APP)
+	@$(POSTBUILD)
+
diff --git a/make.sh b/make.sh
index a44a6e4bc..8b97b24df 100755
--- a/make.sh
+++ b/make.sh
@@ -1574,6 +1574,7 @@ buildipfire() {
   lfsmake2 ipset
   lfsmake2 dnsdist
   lfsmake2 bird
+  lfsmake2 libyang
   lfsmake2 frr
   lfsmake2 dmidecode
   lfsmake2 mcelog