diff --git a/pkg/umorse/Makefile b/pkg/umorse/Makefile
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+++ b/pkg/umorse/Makefile
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+PKG_NAME=umorse
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/smlng/uMorse
+PKG_VERSION=1dc14abdba22cca2f7efc053b2bce327bc7db97e
+PKG_LICENSE=MIT
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+all: git-download
+	@cp Makefile.umorse $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/umorse/Makefile.include b/pkg/umorse/Makefile.include
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+++ b/pkg/umorse/Makefile.include
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+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/umorse
diff --git a/pkg/umorse/Makefile.umorse b/pkg/umorse/Makefile.umorse
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+++ b/pkg/umorse/Makefile.umorse
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+SRC := umorse.c print.c
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/umorse/doc.txt b/pkg/umorse/doc.txt
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+++ b/pkg/umorse/doc.txt
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+/**
+ * @defgroup pkg_umorse   Lightweight Morse encoder
+ * @ingroup  pkg
+ * @ingroup  sys
+ * @brief    Provides slim Morse encoding functionality
+ *
+ * @see https://github.com/smlng/uMorse
+ */