diff --git a/3rdparty/Makefile.am b/3rdparty/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8706d08100
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
+
+DIST_SUBDIRS = hunspell libiconv zlib
+
+SUBDIRS = hunspell libiconv zlib
+
diff --git a/3rdparty/hunspell/Makefile.am b/3rdparty/hunspell/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4e3aeb373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/hunspell/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
+
+# This is prepared for compilation, but currently only used for packaging,
+# because configure support for compilation is still missing.
+
+noinst_LIBRARIES = liblyxhunspell.a
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	CMakeLists.txt \
+	1.3.3/AUTHORS \
+	1.3.3/BUGS \
+	1.3.3/COPYING \
+	1.3.3/COPYING.LGPL \
+	1.3.3/COPYING.MPL \
+	1.3.3/license.hunspell \
+	1.3.3/README \
+	1.3.3/THANKS \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunspell.dsp \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunvisapi.h.in \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/license.hunspell \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/license.myspell \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/makefile.mk \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/README
+
+liblyxhunspell_a_SOURCES = \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/affentry.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/affentry.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/affixmgr.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/affixmgr.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/atypes.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/baseaffix.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/csutil.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/csutil.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/dictmgr.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/dictmgr.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/filemgr.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/filemgr.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hashmgr.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hashmgr.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/htypes.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunspell.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunspell.h \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunspell.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunvisapi.h \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunzip.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/hunzip.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/langnum.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/phonet.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/phonet.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/replist.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/replist.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/suggestmgr.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/suggestmgr.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/utf_info.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/hunspell/w_char.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/firstparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/firstparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/htmlparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/htmlparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/latexparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/latexparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/manparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/manparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/odfparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/odfparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/testparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/textparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/textparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/xmlparser.cxx \
+	1.3.3/src/parsers/xmlparser.hxx \
+	1.3.3/src/win_api/config.h
+
diff --git a/3rdparty/libiconv/Makefile.am b/3rdparty/libiconv/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2a516a57e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/libiconv/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,266 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
+
+# This is prepared for compilation, but currently only used for packaging,
+# because configure support for compilation is still missing.
+
+noinst_LIBRARIES = liblyxiconv.a
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	CMakeLists.txt \
+	config.h.cmake \
+	configure.cmake \
+	1.14/COPYING.LIB \
+	1.14/include/iconv.h.build.in \
+	1.14/include/iconv.h.in \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_sysaix.gperf \
+	1.14/lib/aliases.gperf \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_syshpux.gperf \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_sysosf1.gperf \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_syssolaris.gperf \
+	1.14/lib/encodings_aix.def \
+	1.14/lib/encodings.def \
+	1.14/lib/encodings_dos.def \
+	1.14/lib/encodings_extra.def \
+	1.14/lib/encodings_local.def \
+	1.14/lib/encodings_osf1.def \
+	1.14/lib/translit.def \
+	1.14/libcharset/include/libcharset.h.in \
+	1.14/libcharset/include/localcharset.h.build.in \
+	1.14/libcharset/include/localcharset.h.in \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/ChangeLog \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/config.charset \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/ref-add.sin \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/ref-del.sin
+
+liblyxiconv_a_SOURCES = \
+	1.14/include/export.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases2.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_aix.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_aix_sysaix.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_dos.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_extra.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_osf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_osf1_sysosf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_sysaix.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_syshpux.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_sysosf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/aliases_syssolaris.h \
+	1.14/lib/armscii_8.h \
+	1.14/lib/ascii.h \
+	1.14/lib/atarist.h \
+	1.14/lib/big5_2003.h \
+	1.14/lib/big5.h \
+	1.14/lib/big5hkscs1999.h \
+	1.14/lib/big5hkscs2001.h \
+	1.14/lib/big5hkscs2004.h \
+	1.14/lib/big5hkscs2008.h \
+	1.14/lib/c99.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_aix.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_aix_sysaix.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_dos.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_extra.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_local.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_local_sysaix.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_local_syshpux.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_local_sysosf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_local_syssolaris.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_osf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_osf1_sysosf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_sysaix.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_syshpux.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_sysosf1.h \
+	1.14/lib/canonical_syssolaris.h \
+	1.14/lib/ces_big5.h \
+	1.14/lib/ces_gbk.h \
+	1.14/lib/cjk_variants.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_15.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_1.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_2.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_3.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_4a.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_4b.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_4.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_5.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_6.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_7.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643.h \
+	1.14/lib/cns11643_inv.h \
+	1.14/lib/converters.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1046.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1124.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1125.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1129.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1131.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1133.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1161.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1162.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1163.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1250.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1251.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1252.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1253.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1254.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1255.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1256.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1257.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp1258.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp437.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp737.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp775.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp850.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp852.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp853.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp855.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp856.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp857.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp858.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp860.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp861.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp862.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp863.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp864.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp865.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp866.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp869.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp874.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp922.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp932ext.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp932.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp936ext.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp936.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp943.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp949.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp950ext.h \
+	1.14/lib/cp950.h \
+	1.14/lib/dec_hanyu.h \
+	1.14/lib/dec_kanji.h \
+	1.14/lib/euc_cn.h \
+	1.14/lib/euc_jisx0213.h \
+	1.14/lib/euc_jp.h \
+	1.14/lib/euc_kr.h \
+	1.14/lib/euc_tw.h \
+	1.14/lib/flags.h \
+	1.14/lib/flushwc.h \
+	1.14/lib/gb12345ext.h \
+	1.14/lib/gb12345.h \
+	1.14/lib/gb18030ext.h \
+	1.14/lib/gb18030.h \
+	1.14/lib/gb18030uni.h \
+	1.14/lib/gb2312.h \
+	1.14/lib/gbkext1.h \
+	1.14/lib/gbkext2.h \
+	1.14/lib/gbkext_inv.h \
+	1.14/lib/gbk.h \
+	1.14/lib/genaliases2.c \
+	1.14/lib/genaliases.c \
+	1.14/lib/genflags.c \
+	1.14/lib/gentranslit.c \
+	1.14/lib/georgian_academy.h \
+	1.14/lib/georgian_ps.h \
+	1.14/lib/hkscs1999.h \
+	1.14/lib/hkscs2001.h \
+	1.14/lib/hkscs2004.h \
+	1.14/lib/hkscs2008.h \
+	1.14/lib/hp_roman8.h \
+	1.14/lib/hz.h \
+	1.14/lib/iconv.c \
+	1.14/lib/iconv_open1.h \
+	1.14/lib/iconv_open2.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_cnext.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_cn.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_jp1.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_jp2.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_jp3.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_jp.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso2022_kr.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso646_cn.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso646_jp.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_10.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_11.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_13.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_14.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_15.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_16.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_1.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_2.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_3.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_4.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_5.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_6.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_7.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_8.h \
+	1.14/lib/iso8859_9.h \
+	1.14/lib/isoir165ext.h \
+	1.14/lib/isoir165.h \
+	1.14/lib/java.h \
+	1.14/lib/jisx0201.h \
+	1.14/lib/jisx0208.h \
+	1.14/lib/jisx0212.h \
+	1.14/lib/jisx0213.h \
+	1.14/lib/johab.h \
+	1.14/lib/johab_hangul.h \
+	1.14/lib/koi8_r.h \
+	1.14/lib/koi8_ru.h \
+	1.14/lib/koi8_t.h \
+	1.14/lib/koi8_u.h \
+	1.14/lib/ksc5601.h \
+	1.14/lib/loops.h \
+	1.14/lib/loop_unicode.h \
+	1.14/lib/loop_wchar.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_arabic.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_centraleurope.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_croatian.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_cyrillic.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_greek.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_hebrew.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_iceland.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_roman.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_romania.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_thai.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_turkish.h \
+	1.14/lib/mac_ukraine.h \
+	1.14/lib/mulelao.h \
+	1.14/lib/nextstep.h \
+	1.14/lib/pt154.h \
+	1.14/lib/relocatable.c \
+	1.14/lib/relocatable.h \
+	1.14/lib/riscos1.h \
+	1.14/lib/rk1048.h \
+	1.14/lib/shift_jisx0213.h \
+	1.14/lib/sjis.h \
+	1.14/lib/tcvn.h \
+	1.14/lib/tds565.h \
+	1.14/lib/tis620.h \
+	1.14/lib/translit.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs2be.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs2.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs2internal.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs2le.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs2swapped.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs4be.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs4.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs4internal.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs4le.h \
+	1.14/lib/ucs4swapped.h \
+	1.14/lib/uhc_1.h \
+	1.14/lib/uhc_2.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf16be.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf16.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf16le.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf32be.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf32.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf32le.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf7.h \
+	1.14/lib/utf8.h \
+	1.14/lib/vietcomb.h \
+	1.14/lib/viscii.h \
+	1.14/libcharset/include/export.h \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/localcharset.c \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/relocatable.c \
+	1.14/libcharset/lib/relocatable.h \
+	1.14/srclib/localcharset.h \
+	1.14/srclib/unitypes.in.h \
+	1.14/srclib/uniwidth.in.h
+
diff --git a/3rdparty/zlib/Makefile.am b/3rdparty/zlib/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6d689d2be2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/3rdparty/zlib/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+include $(top_srcdir)/config/common.am
+
+# This is prepared for compilation, but currently only used for packaging,
+# because configure support for compilation is still missing.
+
+noinst_LIBRARIES = liblyxzlib.a
+
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	CMakeLists.txt \
+	1.2.8/README \
+	1.2.8/treebuild.xml \
+	1.2.8/zconf.h.cmakein \
+	1.2.8/zlib.3 \
+	1.2.8/zlib.map \
+	1.2.8/zlib.pc.cmakein
+
+liblyxzlib_a_SOURCES = \
+	1.2.8/adler32.c \
+	1.2.8/compress.c \
+	1.2.8/crc32.c \
+	1.2.8/crc32.h \
+	1.2.8/deflate.c \
+	1.2.8/deflate.h \
+	1.2.8/gzclose.c \
+	1.2.8/gzguts.h \
+	1.2.8/gzlib.c \
+	1.2.8/gzread.c \
+	1.2.8/gzwrite.c \
+	1.2.8/infback.c \
+	1.2.8/inffast.c \
+	1.2.8/inffast.h \
+	1.2.8/inffixed.h \
+	1.2.8/inflate.c \
+	1.2.8/inflate.h \
+	1.2.8/inftrees.c \
+	1.2.8/inftrees.h \
+	1.2.8/trees.c \
+	1.2.8/trees.h \
+	1.2.8/uncompr.c \
+	1.2.8/zlib.h \
+	1.2.8/zutil.c \
+	1.2.8/zutil.c
+
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index b4b432754a..023828f99c 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS = -I m4 -I config
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES += $(srcdir)/aclocal.m4 $(srcdir)/configure \
 	$(srcdir)/config.h.in
 
-DIST_SUBDIRS = autotests m4 config development po boost src sourcedoc lib
+DIST_SUBDIRS = 3rdparty autotests m4 config development po boost src sourcedoc lib
 
 if BUILD_CLIENT_SUBDIR
 CLIENT = src/client
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index afc3de94e7..2856b0757c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -349,6 +349,10 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED([LYX_RELEASE_PATCH],$lyx_patch,[Patch version number])
 
 AC_CONFIG_FILES([Makefile \
       lyx.1:lyx.1in \
+      3rdparty/Makefile \
+      3rdparty/hunspell/Makefile \
+      3rdparty/libiconv/Makefile \
+      3rdparty/zlib/Makefile \
       autotests/Makefile \
       boost/Makefile \
       config/Makefile \