diff --git a/package/startup-notification/Config.in b/package/startup-notification/Config.in
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+config BR2_PACKAGE_STARTUP_NOTIFICATION
+	bool "startup-notification"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Startup-notification is a library used to monitor application startup.
+
+	  http://freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/releases
diff --git a/package/startup-notification/startup-notification.mk b/package/startup-notification/startup-notification.mk
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+#############################################################
+#
+# startup-notification
+#
+#############################################################
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_VERSION = 0.9
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_SOURCE = startup-notification-$(STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_VERSION).tar.gz
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_SITE = http://freedesktop.org/software/startup-notification/releases
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_AUTORECONF = NO
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_INSTALL_TARGET = YES
+
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_CONF_ENV = lf_cv_sane_realloc=yes
+
+STARTUP_NOTIFICATION_DEPENDENCIES = uclibc 
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS,package,startup-notification))
+