diff --git a/pkg/minmea/Makefile b/pkg/minmea/Makefile
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+++ b/pkg/minmea/Makefile
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+PKG_NAME=minmea
+PKG_URL=https://github.com/kaspar030/minmea
+PKG_VERSION=f3253039a32af98924b0606316a83c8129dff4d4
+PKG_LICENSE=WTFPL
+
+.PHONY: all
+
+all: git-download
+	@cp Makefile.${PKG_NAME} $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/minmea/Makefile.include b/pkg/minmea/Makefile.include
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+++ b/pkg/minmea/Makefile.include
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+INCLUDES += -I$(PKGDIRBASE)/minmea
diff --git a/pkg/minmea/Makefile.minmea b/pkg/minmea/Makefile.minmea
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+++ b/pkg/minmea/Makefile.minmea
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+MODULE=minmea
+
+CFLAGS += -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE=199309L -D_BSD_SOURCE -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_DARWIN_C_SOURCE
+
+# see minmea README.md
+CFLAGS += -Dtimegm=mktime
+
+SRC := minmea.c
+
+include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
diff --git a/pkg/minmea/README.md b/pkg/minmea/README.md
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+++ b/pkg/minmea/README.md
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+# Introduction
+
+"Minmea is a minimalistic GPS parser library written in pure C intended for
+resource-constrained platforms, especially microcontrollers and other embedded
+systems."
+
+See https://github.com/cloudyourcar/minmea for more information.
+
+# License
+
+Licensed under WTFPL.