diff --git a/13-libassuan.sh b/13-libassuan.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7622c5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/13-libassuan.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ "`whoami`" == "root" ]; then
+  echo "Danger, Will Robinson!"
+  echo "Do not execute me as r00t"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+TARBALL="libassuan-3.0.1.tar.bz2"
+DNL="https://www.gnupg.org/ftp/gcrypt/libassuan/libassuan-3.0.1.tar.bz2"
+SHA256="c8f0f42e6103dea4b1a6a483cb556654e97302c7465308f58363778f95f194b1"
+
+[ -d libassuan-3.0.1 ] && rm -rf libassuan-3.0.1
+
+if [ ! -f ${TARBALL} ]; then
+  wget ${DNL}
+  if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "Could not retrieve ${DNL}"
+    echo "Sorry."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+CHECK="`sha256sum ${TARBALL} |awk ' { print $1 } ' `"
+if [ "${CHECK}" != "${SHA256}" ]; then
+  echo "${TARBALL} does not match expected SHA256. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+tar -jxf ${TARBALL} && cd libassuan-3.0.1
+
+./configure --prefix=/usr
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Configure script failed for libassuan. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+make
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  echo "Failed building libgcrypt. Sorry."
+  exit 1
+fi
+make -C doc html
+makeinfo --html --no-split -o doc/assuan_nochunks.html doc/assuan.texi
+makeinfo --plaintext       -o doc/assuan.txt           doc/assuan.texi
+
+echo "running make check"
+make check > libassuan.check.log 2>&1
+
+cat > makeinstall.sh << "EOF"
+#!/bin/bash
+make install
+
+install -d -m755 /usr/share/doc/libassuan-3.0.1/html
+install -m644 doc/assuan.html/* \
+  /usr/share/doc/libassuan-3.0.1/html
+install -m644 doc/assuan_nochunks.html \
+  /usr/share/doc/libassuan-3.0.1
+install -m644 doc/assuan.{txt,texi}
+  /usr/share/doc/libassuan-3.0.1
+EOF
+
+echo
+echo "Inspect libassuan-3.0.1/libassuan.check.log and if all good, as root:"
+echo
+echo "  cd libassuan-3.0.1"
+echo "  bash makeinstall.sh"
+echo
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e41e1a1..616e2a1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@ Justification: Needed to build RPM itself. Depends upon UnZip for documentation.
 Dependency Three: libgpg-error
 ------------------------------
 
-Justification: Needed to build libgcrypt. No build dependencies outside of LFS.
+Justification: Needed to build libgcrypt and libassuan. No build dependencies
+outside of LFS.
 
 * Script: [`03-libgpg-error.sh`](03-libgpg-error.sh)
 * Status: Script Works
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ Justification: Needed to build libgcrypt. No build dependencies outside of LFS.
 Dependency Four: libgcrypt
 --------------------------
 
-Justification: Needed to build RPM itself. Depends upon libgpg-error.
+Justification: Needed to build RPM itself and GnuPG. Depends upon libgpg-error.
 
 * Script: [`04-libgcrypt.sh`](04-libgcrypt.sh)
 * Status: Script Works
@@ -106,4 +107,16 @@ Dependency Twelve: Lua
 Justification: Needed to build RPM. No build dependencies outside of LFS.
 
 * Script: [`12-lua.sh`](12-lua.sh)
+* Status: Script Works
+
+Dependency Thirteen: libassuan
+------------------------------
+
+Justification: Needed to build GnuPG
+
+* Script: [`13-libassuan.sh`](13-libassuan.sh)
 * Status: Script Untested
+
+
+
+