diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index e00ad639e..994248e54 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ source "package/distcc/Config.in"
 source "package/dm/Config.in"
 source "package/dnsmasq/Config.in"
 source "package/dropbear/Config.in"
+source "package/ethtool/Config.in"
 source "package/expat/Config.in"
 source "package/e2fsprogs/Config.in"
 source "package/fakeroot/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/ethtool/Config.in b/package/ethtool/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bab7c00f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ethtool/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_ETHTOOL
+	bool "ethtool"
+	default n
+	help
+	  ethtool is a small utility for examining and tuning your
+	  ethernet-based network interface.
+
+	  http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel/
diff --git a/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk b/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df007dea7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ethtool/ethtool.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# ethtool
+#
+#############################################################
+
+ETHTOOL_VERSION=3
+ETHTOOL_SOURCE=ethtool-$(ETHTOOL_VERSION).tar.gz
+ETHTOOL_SITE=http://$(BR2_SOURCEFORGE_MIRROR).dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ethtool/
+ETHTOOL_DIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/${shell basename $(ETHTOOL_SOURCE) .tar.gz}
+ETHTOOL_WORKDIR=$(BUILD_DIR)/ethtool-$(ETHTOOL_VERSION)
+ETHTOOL_CAT:=zcat
+
+$(DL_DIR)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE):
+	$(WGET) -P $(DL_DIR) $(ETHTOOL_SITE)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE)
+
+$(ETHTOOL_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE)
+	$(ETHTOOL_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+	touch $(ETHTOOL_DIR)/.unpacked
+
+$(ETHTOOL_DIR)/.configured: $(ETHTOOL_DIR)/.unpacked
+	(cd $(ETHTOOL_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
+		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		./configure \
+		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+		--prefix=/usr \
+		--sysconfdir=/etc \
+	);
+	touch $(ETHTOOL_DIR)/.configured
+
+$(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/ethtool: $(ETHTOOL_DIR)/.configured
+	$(MAKE) CC=$(TARGET_CC) -C $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)
+
+$(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/.installed: $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/ethtool
+	cp $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/ethtool $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin
+	touch $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/.installed
+
+ethtool:	uclibc $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/.installed
+
+ethtool-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE)
+
+ethtool-clean:
+	@if [ -d $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)/Makefile ] ; then \
+		$(MAKE) -C $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR) clean ; \
+	fi;
+
+ethtool-dirclean:
+	rm -rf $(ETHTOOL_DIR) $(ETHTOOL_WORKDIR)
+#############################################################
+#
+# Toplevel Makefile options
+#
+#############################################################
+ifeq ($(strip $(BR2_PACKAGE_ETHTOOL)),y)
+TARGETS+=ethtool
+endif