gistfile1.erl

{deps, [
       {eleveldb, {git, "https://github.com/basho/eleveldb.git", {branch, "master"}}}
]}.

{overrides,
 [{override, eleveldb, [
                       {pre_hooks, [{compile, "c_src/build_deps.sh get-deps"},
                                    {compile, "c_src/build_deps.sh"}]},

                       {post_hooks, [{clean, "c_src/build_deps.sh clean"}]},

                       {plugins, [
                                 {pc, {git, "git@github.com:blt/port_compiler.git", {branch, "master"}}}
                                 ]},

                       {provider_hooks, [
                                        {post,
                                         [
                                         {compile, {pc, compile}},
                                         {clean, {pc, clean}}
                                         ]
                                        }]
                       }
                    ]
 }]}.

I tried using this approach to compile elevedb and then tested it by loading the module in the shell
erl -pa ebin it gives the following error

1> l(eleveldb).
{error,on_load_failure}

=ERROR REPORT==== 3-Jun-2015::12:01:07 ===
The on_load function for module eleveldb returned {error,
                                                   {bad_lib,
                                                    "Failed to find library init function: 'ebin/../priv/eleveldb.so: undefined symbol: _nif_init'"}}

on the other hand it works well when compiled manually.