diff --git a/src/contrib/install_libuci.sh b/src/contrib/install_libuci.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+git clone git://nbd.name/luci2/libubox.git libubox
+cd libubox
+mkdir build
+cd build
+cmake ..
+make ubox
+cd ../..
+
+git clone git://nbd.name/uci.git uci
+cd uci
+mkdir build
+cd build
+
+CFLAGS=-I../../
+LDFLAGS=-L../../libubox/build/
+export CFLAGS
+export LDFLAGS
+
+cmake ..
+make uci cli
+