diff --git a/Config.in.legacy b/Config.in.legacy
index 00661dbc7..9e8be3d14 100644
--- a/Config.in.legacy
+++ b/Config.in.legacy
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ comment "build, or run, in unpredictable ways.               "
 comment "----------------------------------------------------"
 endif
 
+###############################################################################
+comment "Legacy options removed in 2014.08"
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS
+	bool "procps has been replaced by procps-ng"
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS_NG
+	select BR2_LEGACY
+	help
+	  The procps package has been replaced by the equivalent procps-ng.
+
 ###############################################################################
 comment "Legacy options removed in 2014.05"
 
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 1282066d8..9c0a769ea 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -1106,7 +1106,7 @@ source "package/numactl/Config.in"
 source "package/nut/Config.in"
 source "package/polkit/Config.in"
 if BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS
-source "package/procps/Config.in"
+source "package/procps-ng/Config.in"
 source "package/psmisc/Config.in"
 endif
 source "package/quota/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/procps/Config.in b/package/procps-ng/Config.in
similarity index 63%
rename from package/procps/Config.in
rename to package/procps-ng/Config.in
index 48baf7b6a..0dea84aad 100644
--- a/package/procps/Config.in
+++ b/package/procps-ng/Config.in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-config BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS
-	bool "procps"
+config BR2_PACKAGE_PROCPS_NG
+	bool "procps-ng"
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
 	help
 	  Standard informational utilities and process-handling tools.
 	  Provides things like kill, ps, uptime, free, top, etc...
 
-	  http://procps.sourceforge.net/
+	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/procps-ng/
diff --git a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng-0000-remove-index.patch b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng-0000-remove-index.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d85b31cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng-0000-remove-index.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+sysctl: remove use of legacy index()
+
+[yann.morin.1998@free.fr: adapt to procps-ng]
+Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
+diff -durN procps-v3.3.9.orig/sysctl.c procps-v3.3.9/sysctl.c
+--- procps-v3.3.9.orig/sysctl.c	2013-12-03 12:16:18.000000000 +0100
++++ procps-v3.3.9/sysctl.c	2014-05-31 00:45:00.869748741 +0200
+@@ -794,7 +794,7 @@
+ 		      program_invocation_short_name);
+ 
+ 	for ( ; *argv; argv++) {
+-		if (WriteMode || index(*argv, '='))
++		if (WriteMode || strchr(*argv, '='))
+ 			ReturnCode += WriteSetting(*argv);
+ 		else
+ 			ReturnCode += ReadSetting(*argv);
diff --git a/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3245e9235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/procps-ng/procps-ng.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+################################################################################
+#
+# procps
+#
+################################################################################
+
+PROCPS_NG_VERSION = 3.3.9
+PROCPS_NG_SOURCE = procps-ng-$(PROCPS_NG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PROCPS_NG_SITE = http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/procps-ng/Production
+PROCPS_NG_LICENSE = GPLv2+, libproc and libps LGPLv2+
+PROCPS_NG_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
+
+PROCPS_NG_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/package/procps/procps-make-3.82.patch b/package/procps/procps-make-3.82.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 2a563561b..000000000
--- a/package/procps/procps-make-3.82.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-[PATCH] procps: fix build with make 3.82
-
-Equivalent to upstream fix:
-http://procps.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/procps/procps/Makefile?r1=1.70&r2=1.71
-
-Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
----
- Makefile |    2 +-
- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
-
-Index: procps-3.2.8/Makefile
-===================================================================
---- procps-3.2.8.orig/Makefile
-+++ procps-3.2.8/Makefile
-@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@
- # want this rule first, use := on ALL, and ALL not filled in yet
- all: do_all
- 
---include */module.mk
-+-include proc/module.mk ps/module.mk
- 
- do_all:    $(ALL)
- 
diff --git a/package/procps/procps-remove-flags.patch b/package/procps/procps-remove-flags.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index cb4dc56d5..000000000
--- a/package/procps/procps-remove-flags.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-diff -u procps-3.2.5/Makefile procps-3.2.5-patched/Makefile
---- procps-3.2.5/Makefile	2005-01-25 22:55:26.000000000 -0600
-+++ procps-3.2.5-patched/Makefile	2007-07-05 23:09:24.251423681 -0500
-@@ -70,9 +70,7 @@
- CURSES := -lncurses
- 
- # Preprocessor flags.
--PKG_CPPFLAGS := -D_GNU_SOURCE -I proc
--CPPFLAGS     := -I/usr/include/ncurses
--ALL_CPPFLAGS := $(PKG_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
-+ALL_CPPFLAGS := -D_GNU_SOURCE -I proc
- 
- # Left out -Wconversion due to noise in glibc headers.
- # Left out -Wunreachable-code and -Wdisabled-optimization
-@@ -91,11 +89,9 @@
-   -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes
- # Note that some stuff below is conditional on CFLAGS containing
- # an option that starts with "-g". (-g, -g2, -g3, -ggdb, etc.)
--CFLAGS       := -O2 -s
- ALL_CFLAGS   := $(PKG_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
- 
- PKG_LDFLAGS  := -Wl,-warn-common
--LDFLAGS      :=
- ALL_LDFLAGS  := $(PKG_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
- 
- ############ Add some extra flags if gcc allows
diff --git a/package/procps/procps-remove-index.patch b/package/procps/procps-remove-index.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f4cfb7bb..000000000
--- a/package/procps/procps-remove-index.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-diff -ur procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c procps-3.2.5-patched/sysctl.c
---- procps-3.2.5/sysctl.c	2005-01-05 15:00:47.000000000 -0600
-+++ procps-3.2.5-patched/sysctl.c	2006-12-04 19:51:36.272843000 -0600
-@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@
-       return 0;
-    } /* end if */
- 
--   equals = index(setting, '=');
-+   equals = strchr(setting, '=');
-  
-    if (!equals) {
-       fprintf(stderr, ERR_NO_EQUALS, setting);
-@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@
-          if (NameOnly && Quiet)   // nonsense
-             return Usage(me);
-          SwitchesAllowed = false;
--         if (WriteMode || index(*argv, '='))
-+         if (WriteMode || strchr(*argv, '='))
-             ReturnCode = WriteSetting(*argv);
-          else
-             ReturnCode = ReadSetting(*argv);
diff --git a/package/procps/procps-wchar.patch b/package/procps/procps-wchar.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 791522994..000000000
--- a/package/procps/procps-wchar.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
---- procps-3.2.7/proc/escape.c	2005-01-06 07:50:26.000000000 +1100
-+++ procps-3.2.7.fixed/proc/escape.c	2008-09-09 11:55:57.000000000 +1000
-@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
- #include "escape.h"
- #include "readproc.h"
- 
--#if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ >= 6)
-+#if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ >= 6) && (!defined(__UCLIBC__) || defined(__UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR__))
- # include <wchar.h>
- # include <wctype.h>
- # include <stdlib.h>  /* MB_CUR_MAX */
-@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
- # include <langinfo.h>
- #endif
- 
--#if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ >= 6)
-+#if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ >= 6) && (!defined(__UCLIBC__) || defined(__UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR__))
- static int escape_str_utf8(char *restrict dst, const char *restrict src, int bufsize, int *maxcells){
-   int my_cells = 0;
-   int my_bytes = 0;
-@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@
-   "********************************"
-   "********************************";
-   
--#if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ >= 6)
-+#if (__GNU_LIBRARY__ >= 6) && (!defined(__UCLIBC__) || defined(__UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR__))
-   static int utf_init=0;
-   
-   if(utf_init==0){
diff --git a/package/procps/procps.mk b/package/procps/procps.mk
deleted file mode 100644
index dc2b8413b..000000000
--- a/package/procps/procps.mk
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-################################################################################
-#
-# procps
-#
-################################################################################
-
-PROCPS_VERSION = 3.2.8
-PROCPS_SITE = http://procps.sourceforge.net/
-PROCPS_LICENSE = GPLv2+, libproc and libps LGPLv2+
-PROCPS_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING.LIB
-
-PROCPS_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses
-
-define PROCPS_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)
-endef
-
-define PROCPS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	mkdir -p $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/,usr/bin bin sbin) \
-		 $(addprefix $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/man/,man1 man5 man8)
-	$(MAKE) -C $(@D) DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR) lib64=lib install=install \
-		ldconfig=true install
-endef
-
-$(eval $(generic-package))