diff --git a/packages/libthread-db/build.sh b/packages/libthread-db/build.sh
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@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="Thread debugging library"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=22 # removed in NDK r23
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://android.googlesource.com/platform/ndk/+archive/refs/tags/ndk-r${TERMUX_PKG_VERSION}/sources/android/libthread_db.tar.gz
+TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=SKIP_CHECKSUM
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+
+termux_extract_src_archive() {
+	local file="$TERMUX_PKG_CACHEDIR/$(basename "${TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL}")"
+	mkdir -p "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+	tar xf "$file" -C "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR"
+}
+
+termux_step_make() {
+	$CC $CPPFLAGS -I. $CFLAGS libthread_db.c -shared -o libthread_db.so $LDFLAGS
+}
+
+termux_step_make_install() {
+	install -Dm600 -t $TERMUX_PREFIX/include "$TERMUX_PKG_SRCDIR/thread_db.h"
+	install -Dm600 -t $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib "$TERMUX_PKG_BUILDDIR/libthread_db.so"
+	ln -sf $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/libthread_db.so $TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/libthread_db.so.1
+}