diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 910d5217b8..f619aa0685 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1579,6 +1579,7 @@ if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
 	source "package/sysvinit/Config.in"
 	source "package/tar/Config.in"
 endif
+	source "package/unscd/Config.in"
 	source "package/util-linux/Config.in"
 endmenu
 
diff --git a/package/unscd/Config.in b/package/unscd/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e979c30135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/unscd/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_UNSCD
+	bool "unscd"
+	depends on BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
+	help
+	  Micro Name Service Caching Daemon
+
+	  A daemon which handles passwd, group and host lookups for
+	  running programs and caches the results for the next query.
+	  You only need this package if you are using slow Name Services
+	  like LDAP, NIS or NIS+.
+
+	  This particular NSCD is a complete rewrite of the GNU glibc
+	  nscd which is a single threaded server process which offloads
+	  all NSS lookups to worker children; cache hits are handled by
+	  the parent, and only cache misses start worker children,
+	  making the parent immune to resource leaks, hangs, and crashes
+	  in NSS libraries.
+
+	  It should mostly be a drop-in replacement for existing
+	  installs using nscd.
+
+	  http://busybox.net/~vda/unscd
+
+comment "unscd needs an (e)glibc toolchain"
+	depends on !BR2_TOOLCHAIN_USES_GLIBC
diff --git a/package/unscd/S46unscd b/package/unscd/S46unscd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d18f947c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/unscd/S46unscd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+NAME="nscd"
+DAEMON="/usr/sbin/${NAME}"
+
+case "$1" in
+start)
+        printf "Starting ${NAME}: "
+        start-stop-daemon -S -x ${DAEMON}
+        [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
+        ;;
+stop)
+        printf "Stopping ${NAME}: "
+        start-stop-daemon -K -x ${DAEMON}
+        [ $? -eq 0 ] && echo "OK" || echo "FAIL"
+        ;;
+restart|reload)
+        $0 stop
+        $0 start
+        ;;
+*)
+        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload}"
+        exit 1
+esac
diff --git a/package/unscd/nscd.conf b/package/unscd/nscd.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3eb08ab68a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/unscd/nscd.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# /etc/nscd.conf
+#
+# An example Name Service Cache config file.  This file is needed by nscd.
+#
+server-user unscd
+debug-level 0
+
+enable-cache            passwd  yes
+positive-time-to-live   passwd  600
+negative-time-to-live   passwd  20
+suggested-size          passwd  1001
+check-files             passwd  yes
+
+enable-cache            group   yes
+positive-time-to-live   group   3600
+negative-time-to-live   group   60
+suggested-size          group   1001
+check-files             group   yes
+
+# hosts caching is broken with gethostby* calls, hence is now disabled
+# by default. Specifically, the caching does not obey DNS TTLs, and
+# thus could lead to problems if the positive-time-to-live is
+# significantly larger than the actual TTL.
+#
+# You should really use a caching nameserver instead of nscd for this
+# sort of request. However, you can easily re-enable this by default.
+enable-cache            hosts   no
+positive-time-to-live   hosts   3600
+negative-time-to-live   hosts   20
+suggested-size          hosts   1001
+check-files             hosts   yes
+
+# unscd does not support services caching
diff --git a/package/unscd/unscd.hash b/package/unscd/unscd.hash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ab8ffdc0cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/unscd/unscd.hash
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Locally computed:
+sha256	4c1f83dcd120469fceef749050cb29fa666fa4666bd308dfe92e933a4c200d55	nscd-0.52.c
diff --git a/package/unscd/unscd.mk b/package/unscd/unscd.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54caeb1f95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/unscd/unscd.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# unscd
+#
+################################################################################
+
+UNSCD_VERSION = 0.52
+UNSCD_SOURCE = nscd-$(UNSCD_VERSION).c
+UNSCD_SITE = http://busybox.net/~vda/unscd
+UNSCD_LICENSE = GPLv2
+UNSCD_LICENSE_FILES = $(UNSCD_SOURCE)
+
+define UNSCD_EXTRACT_CMDS
+	cp $(DL_DIR)/$($(PKG)_SOURCE) $(@D)/
+endef
+
+define UNSCD_BUILD_CMDS
+	cd $(@D); \
+	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -o nscd $(UNSCD_SOURCE)
+endef
+
+define UNSCD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -D $(@D)/nscd $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/nscd
+	$(INSTALL) -m 600 -D package/unscd/nscd.conf $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/nscd.conf
+endef
+
+define UNSCD_INSTALL_INIT_SYSV
+	$(INSTALL) -m 755 -D package/unscd/S46unscd \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/etc/init.d/S46unscd
+endef
+
+define UNSCD_USERS
+	unscd -1 unscd -1 * - - - unscd user
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))