diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-base/Makefile b/libs/luci-lib-base/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35b1836ecd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/luci-lib-base/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2008-2014 The LuCI Team <luci@lists.subsignal.org>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 .
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+LUCI_TITLE:=basic libraries for luci
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+lua +luci-lib-nixio +luci-lib-ip +luci-lib-jsonc +liblucihttp-lua
+
+include ../../luci.mk
+
+# call BuildPackage - OpenWrt buildroot signature
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/debug.lua b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/debug.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/luci-base/luasrc/debug.lua
rename to libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/debug.lua
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/http.lua b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/http.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/luci-base/luasrc/http.lua
rename to libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/http.lua
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/http.luadoc b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/http.luadoc
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/luci-base/luasrc/http.luadoc
rename to libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/http.luadoc
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/ltn12.lua b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/ltn12.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/luci-base/luasrc/ltn12.lua
rename to libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/ltn12.lua
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.lua
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.lua
rename to libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.lua
diff --git a/modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.luadoc b/libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.luadoc
similarity index 100%
rename from modules/luci-base/luasrc/util.luadoc
rename to libs/luci-lib-base/luasrc/util.luadoc
diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-httpclient/Makefile b/libs/luci-lib-httpclient/Makefile
index b8bd428b28..9c28c35d81 100644
--- a/libs/luci-lib-httpclient/Makefile
+++ b/libs/luci-lib-httpclient/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=HTTP(S) client library
-LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base +luci-lib-nixio +luci-lib-httpprotoutils
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-lib-base +luci-lib-nixio +luci-lib-httpprotoutils
 
 include ../../luci.mk
 
diff --git a/libs/luci-lib-httpprotoutils/Makefile b/libs/luci-lib-httpprotoutils/Makefile
index 851a362eb7..95f45d2002 100644
--- a/libs/luci-lib-httpprotoutils/Makefile
+++ b/libs/luci-lib-httpprotoutils/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 
 LUCI_TITLE:=HTTP protocol utility functions
-LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-base
+LUCI_DEPENDS:=+luci-lib-base
 
 include ../../luci.mk