diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 96b03e3a12..a2e992d466 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -7791,6 +7791,7 @@ utils/fppkg/pkghandler.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/fppkg/pkgmessages.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/fppkg/pkgmkconv.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/fppkg/pkgropts.pp svneol=native#text/plain
+utils/fppkg/pkgsynapse.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/fppkg/pkgwget.pp svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/fppkg/rep2xml.lpi svneol=native#text/plain
 utils/fppkg/rep2xml.lpr svneol=native#text/plain
diff --git a/utils/fppkg/pkgsynapse.pp b/utils/fppkg/pkgsynapse.pp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05772618b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/fppkg/pkgsynapse.pp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+{$mode objfpc}
+{$h+}
+unit pkgsynapse; 
+
+interface
+
+uses Classes,pkgdownload;
+
+Type 
+  TSynapseDownloader = Class(TBasePackageDownloader)
+  Protected
+    Procedure FTPDownload(Const URL : String; Dest : TStream); override;
+    Procedure HTTPDownload(Const URL : String; Dest : TStream); override;
+ end;   
+
+implementation
+
+uses sysutils,uriparser,httpsend,ftpsend,pkgmessages;
+
+Procedure TSynapseDownloader.FTPDownload(Const URL : String; Dest : TStream);
+
+Var
+  URI : TURI;
+  FN : String;
+  F : TFileStream;
+  
+begin
+  // Download in temporary file.
+  FN:=GetTempFileName();
+  try
+    URI:=ParseURI(URL);
+    with TFTPSend.Create do
+      try
+        if URI.UserName <> '' then
+         begin
+         Username := URI.UserName;
+         Password := URI.Password;
+         end;
+        TargetHost := URI.Host;
+        if (URI.Port<>0) then
+          TargetPort := IntToStr(URI.Port);
+        if not Login then
+          Error(SErrLoginFailed);
+        DirectFileName := FN;
+        DirectFile:=True;
+        If (URI.Path<>'') then
+          if not ChangeWorkingDir(URI.Path) then
+            Error(SErrCWDFailed,[URI.PATH]); 
+        BinaryMode:=True;
+        If Not RetrieveFile(URI.Document, False) then
+           Error(SErrGETFailed,[URI.Document]);
+        Logout;
+      finally
+        Free;
+      end;
+    F:=TFileStream.Create(FN,fmOpenRead);
+    Try
+      Dest.CopyFrom(F,0);
+    Finally
+      F.Free;
+    end;
+  finally
+    // Delete temporary file.
+    If FileExists(FN) then
+      DeleteFile(FN);
+  end;
+end;
+
+Procedure TSynapseDownloader.HTTPDownload(Const URL : String; Dest : TStream); 
+
+begin
+  If Not HttpGetBinary(URL,Dest) then
+     Error(SErrHTTPGetFailed);
+end;
+
+end.
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