diff --git a/pkg/pkg.mk b/pkg/pkg.mk
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--- /dev/null
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+#
+# Include this file if your Package needs to be checked out by git
+#
+PKG_DIR?=$(CURDIR)
+PKG_BUILDDIR?=$(BINDIR)/pkg/$(PKG_NAME)
+
+download: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/.downloaded
+
+$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/.downloaded:
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+	$(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"
+	if test -d "$(PKG_DIR)"/patches; then \
+		git -C "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)" am --ignore-whitespace "$(PKG_DIR)"/patches/*.patch; \
+		fi
+	touch $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/.downloaded
+
+clean::
+	@echo "Cleaning package $(PKG_NAME)..."
+	rm -rf "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"
+
+distclean::
+	rm -rf "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"