diff --git a/packages/libupscaledb/build.sh b/packages/libupscaledb/build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..24147b18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libupscaledb/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+TERMUX_PKG_HOMEPAGE=https://upscaledb.com/
+TERMUX_PKG_DESCRIPTION="A database engine written in C/C++"
+TERMUX_PKG_LICENSE="Apache-2.0"
+TERMUX_PKG_MAINTAINER="@termux"
+_COMMIT=cb124e1f91601872a7b3bd4da10e5fa97a8da86b
+_COMMIT_DATE=2021.08.20
+TERMUX_PKG_VERSION=2.2.1p${_COMMIT_DATE//./}
+TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/cruppstahl/upscaledb.git
+TERMUX_PKG_GIT_BRANCH=master
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_IN_SRC=true
+TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="boost, libc++, libsnappy, openssl, zlib"
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+--disable-simd
+--disable-java
+--disable-remote
+--with-boost=$TERMUX_PREFIX
+--without-tcmalloc
+--without-berkeleydb
+"
+
+termux_step_post_get_source() {
+	git fetch --unshallow
+	git checkout $_COMMIT
+
+	local version="$(git log -1 --format=%cs | sed 's/-/./g')"
+	if [ "$version" != "$_COMMIT_DATE" ]; then
+		echo -n "ERROR: The specified commit date \"$_COMMIT_DATE\""
+		echo " is different from what is expected to be: \"$version\""
+		return 1
+	fi
+}
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	sh bootstrap.sh
+
+	_NEED_DUMMY_LIBPTHREAD_A=
+	_LIBPTHREAD_A=$TERMUX_PREFIX/lib/libpthread.a
+	if [ ! -e $_LIBPTHREAD_A ]; then
+		_NEED_DUMMY_LIBPTHREAD_A=true
+		echo '!<arch>' > $_LIBPTHREAD_A
+	fi
+}
+
+termux_step_post_make_install() {
+	if [ $_NEED_DUMMY_LIBPTHREAD_A ]; then
+		rm -f $_LIBPTHREAD_A
+	fi
+}
diff --git a/packages/libupscaledb/tools-ups_bench-datasource_string.h.patch b/packages/libupscaledb/tools-ups_bench-datasource_string.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d60f14fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libupscaledb/tools-ups_bench-datasource_string.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/tools/ups_bench/datasource_string.h
++++ b/tools/ups_bench/datasource_string.h
+@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
+ #  undef min   // clashes with std::min
+ #  undef max   // clashes with std::max
+ #else
+-#  define DICT "/usr/share/dict/words"
++#  define DICT "@TERMUX_PREFIX@/share/dict/words"
+ #endif
+ 
+ //
diff --git a/packages/libupscaledb/upscaledb-tools.subpackage.sh b/packages/libupscaledb/upscaledb-tools.subpackage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1105683d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/libupscaledb/upscaledb-tools.subpackage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_INCLUDE="bin/"
+TERMUX_SUBPKG_DESCRIPTION="Tools for upscaledb"