diff --git a/rules/libcap/default.bash b/rules/libcap/default.bash
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c2bc433
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/libcap/default.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+version=\
+(
+    '2.24'
+)
+
+url=\
+(
+    "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/libs/security/linux-privs/libcap2/libcap-$version.tar.xz"
+)
+
+md5=\
+(
+    'd43ab9f680435a7fff35b4ace8d45b80'
+)
+
+maintainer=\
+(
+    'Ricardo Martins <rasm@oceanscan-mst.com>'
+)
+
+post_unpack()
+{
+    patches=$(ls "$pkg_dir"/patches/*.patch)
+
+    cd ../libcap-$version
+    if [ -n "$patches" ]; then
+        cat $patches | patch -p1
+    fi
+}
+
+build()
+{
+    $cmd_make \
+        -C "../libcap-$version/libcap" \
+        CC="$cmd_target_cc" \
+        LIBATTR=no
+}
+
+host_install()
+{
+    $cmd_make \
+        -C "../libcap-$version/libcap" \
+        LIBATTR=no \
+        prefix="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+        DESTDIR="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+        inc_prefix="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+        INCDIR="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/include" \
+        lib_prefix="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr" \
+        LIBDIR="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/lib" \
+        PKGCONFIGDIR="$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/lib/pkgconfig" \
+        install &&
+
+        deps="$(grep Libs.private "$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc" | cut -f2- -d:)"
+
+        sed -e "s,@prefix@,$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr," \
+            -e 's,@exec_prefix@,${prefix}/bin,' \
+            -e 's,@libdir@,${prefix}/lib,' \
+            -e 's,@includedir@,${prefix}/include,' \
+            -e "s,@VERSION@,$version," \
+            -e "s,@deps@,$deps," \
+            "../libcap-$version/libcap/libcap.pc.in" > "$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/lib/pkgconfig/libcap.pc"
+}
+
+target_install()
+{
+    cp -a "$cfg_dir_toolchain_sysroot/usr/lib/libcap"*.so* "$cfg_dir_rootfs/lib" &&
+    $cmd_target_strip "$cfg_dir_rootfs/lib/libcap"*.so*
+}
diff --git a/rules/libcap/patches/00-makenames-host-cc.patch b/rules/libcap/patches/00-makenames-host-cc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..257bb25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rules/libcap/patches/00-makenames-host-cc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Nru libcap-2.24.rasm/libcap/Makefile libcap-2.24/libcap/Makefile
+--- libcap-2.24.rasm/libcap/Makefile	2014-01-06 00:55:03.000000000 +0000
++++ libcap-2.24/libcap/Makefile	2015-09-28 15:42:42.298857032 +0100
+@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
+ 		$< >$@
+ 
+ _makenames: _makenames.c cap_names.list.h
+-	$(BUILD_CC) $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $< -o $@
++	gcc $< -o $@
+ 
+ cap_names.h: _makenames
+ 	./_makenames > cap_names.h