diff --git a/net/etherwake/Makefile b/net/etherwake/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3a7e249c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/etherwake/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=etherwake
+PKG_VERSION:=1.09
+PKG_RELEASE:=3
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/etherwake
+PKG_MD5SUM:=628e8b2a28d47f262e4c26c989402a59
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).orig
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/etherwake
+  SECTION:=net
+  CATEGORY:=Network
+  TITLE:=WoL client for magic packets via ethernet frames
+  URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/e/etherwake
+endef
+
+define Package/etherwake/description
+	You can wake up WOL compliant Computers which have been powered down to
+	sleep mode or start WOL compliant Computers with a BIOS feature.
+	WOL is an abbreviation for Wake-on-LAN. It is a standard that allows you
+	to turn on a computer from another location over a network connection.
+	ether-wake also supports WOL passwords.
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) -D__UCLIBC__ $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ether-wake.c -o $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/etherwake
+endef
+
+define Package/etherwake/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/etherwake $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/config
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) files/$(PKG_NAME).config $(1)/etc/config/$(PKG_NAME)
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) files/$(PKG_NAME).init $(1)/etc/init.d/$(PKG_NAME)
+endef
+
+define Package/etherwake/conffiles
+/etc/config/etherwake
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,etherwake))
diff --git a/net/etherwake/files/etherwake.config b/net/etherwake/files/etherwake.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d8e5158c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/etherwake/files/etherwake.config
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+config 'etherwake' 'setup'
+	# possible program pathes
+	option 'pathes' '/usr/bin/etherwake /usr/bin/ether-wake'
+	# use sudo, defaults to off
+	option 'sudo' 'off'
+	# interface, defaults to 'eth0'
+	# -i <ifname>
+	option 'interface' ''
+	# send wake-up packet to the broadcast address, defaults to off
+	# -b
+	option 'broadcast' 'off'
+
+config 'target'
+	# name for the target
+	option 'name' 'example'
+	# mac address to wake up
+	option 'mac' '11:22:33:44:55:66'
+	# password in hex without any delimiters
+	option 'password' 'AABBCCDDEEFF'
+	# wake up on system start, defaults to off
+	option 'wakeonboot' 'off'
+
+# To add a new target use:
+#  uci add etherwake target
+#  uci set etherwake.@target[-1].name=example
+#  uci set etherwake.@target[-1].mac=11:22:33:44:55:66
+#  uci set etherwake.@target[-1].password=AABBCCDDEEFF
+#  uci set etherwake.@target[-1].wakeonboot=off
diff --git a/net/etherwake/files/etherwake.init b/net/etherwake/files/etherwake.init
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0504cf1c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/etherwake/files/etherwake.init
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+#!/bin/sh /etc/rc.common
+# Copyright (C) 2009 OpenWrt.org
+
+NAME='etherwake'
+START=60
+PROGRAM=''
+
+start()
+{
+	local searchlist=''
+	local section=''
+	local value=''
+
+	config_load "${NAME}"
+
+	# check for available program
+	config_get searchlist 'setup' 'pathes'
+	PROGRAM=$(search_program "${searchlist}")
+	[ -z "${PROGRAM}" ] && {
+		echo "${initscript}: No ${NAME} program installed. Check: opkg list | grep ${NAME}"
+		exit 1
+	}
+
+	# sudo
+	config_get_bool value 'setup' 'sudo' '0'
+	[ "${value}" -ne 0 ] && PROGRAM="sudo ${PROGRAM}"
+
+	# interface
+	config_get value 'setup' 'interface'
+	[ -n "${value}" ] && append PROGRAM "-i ${value}"
+
+	# broadcast
+	config_get_bool value 'setup' 'broadcast' '0'
+	[ "${value}" -ne 0 ] && append PROGRAM '-b'
+
+	# wake up targets
+	config_foreach etherwake_start target $*
+}
+
+etherwake_start()
+{
+	local section="$1"
+	shift
+
+	local names="$*"
+
+	local value=''
+	local target=''
+
+	if [ -z "${names}" ]
+	 then
+		# check if boot target
+		config_get_bool value "${section}" 'wakeonboot' '0'
+		[ "${value}" -eq 0 ] && return 0
+
+		# wake up target
+		do_etherwake "${section}"
+		return $?
+	else
+		# name
+		config_get value "${section}" 'name'
+		[ -z "${value}" ] && return 0
+
+		for target in ${names}
+		 do
+			[ "${value}" != "${target}" ] && continue
+
+			# wake up target
+			do_etherwake "${section}"
+			return $?
+		done
+	fi
+}
+
+# execute etherwake command for target
+do_etherwake()
+{
+	local section="$1"
+	local value=''
+	local password=''
+	local args=''
+
+	# password
+	config_get value "${section}" 'password'
+	[ -n "${value}" ] && {
+		password=$(etherwake_password "${value}")
+		append args "-p ${password}"
+	}
+
+	# mac address
+	config_get value "${section}" 'mac'
+	[ -z "${value}" ] && { echo "${initscript}: Target ${section} has no MAC address"; return 1; }
+	append args "${value}"
+
+	# name
+	config_get value "${section}" 'name'
+	[ -z "${value}" ] && value="{section}"
+
+	# execute command
+	echo "${initscript}: Waking up ${value} via ${PROGRAM}${args:+ ${args}}"
+	${PROGRAM} ${args}
+	return $?
+}
+
+
+# find first available program from searchlist
+search_program()
+{
+	local searchlist="$1"
+	local test=''
+	local program=''
+
+	for test in ${searchlist} ; do
+		[ -x "${test}" ] && {
+			program="${test}"
+			break;
+		}
+	done
+
+	[ -n "${program}" ] && echo "${program}"
+
+	return
+}
+
+# prepare hex password
+etherwake_password()
+{
+	local delimiter=':'
+	local password=`echo "$1" | sed "s/../&${delimiter}/g"`
+	echo "${password%${delimiter}}"
+	return
+}
diff --git a/net/etherwake/patches/100-no_ether_hostton.patch b/net/etherwake/patches/100-no_ether_hostton.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e33c06b11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net/etherwake/patches/100-no_ether_hostton.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--- etherwake-1.09.orig/ether-wake.c	2005-07-10 20:44:25.000000000 +0200
++++ etherwake-1.09.orig.no_ether_hostton/ether-wake.c	2007-04-29 19:03:41.000000000 +0200
+@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@
+ "	an optional password appended.\n"
+ "\n"
+ "	The single required parameter is the Ethernet MAC (station) address\n"
++#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
+ "	of the machine to wake or a host ID with known NSS 'ethers' entry.\n"
++#else
++"	of the machine to wake.\n"
++#endif
+ "	The MAC address may be found with the 'arp' program while the target\n"
+ "	machine is awake.\n"
+ "\n"
+@@ -289,16 +293,22 @@
+ 		if (debug)
+ 			fprintf(stderr, "The target station address is %s.\n",
+ 					ether_ntoa(eaddr));
++#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
+ 	} else if (ether_hostton(hostid, eaddr) == 0) {
+ 		if (debug)
+ 			fprintf(stderr, "Station address for hostname %s is %s.\n",
+ 					hostid, ether_ntoa(eaddr));
++#endif
+ 	} else {
+ 		(void)fprintf(stderr,
+ 					  "ether-wake: The Magic Packet host address must be "
+ 					  "specified as\n"
++#if !defined(__UCLIBC__)
+ 					  "  - a station address, 00:11:22:33:44:55, or\n"
+ 					  "  - a hostname with a known 'ethers' entry.\n");
++#else
++					  "  - a station address, 00:11:22:33:44:55\n");
++#endif
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 	return 0;