diff --git a/appliances/bird.gns3a b/appliances/bird.gns3a
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03ca33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/appliances/bird.gns3a
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+    "name": "BIRD",
+    "category": "router",
+    "description": "The BIRD project aims to develop a fully functional dynamic IP routing daemon primarily targeted on (but not limited to) Linux, FreeBSD and other UNIX-like systems and distributed under the GNU General Public License.",
+    "vendor_name": "CZ.NIC Labs",
+    "vendor_url": "http://bird.network.cz/",
+    "documentation_url": "http://bird.network.cz/?get_doc&f=bird.html",
+    "product_name": "BIRD internet routing daemon",
+    "registry_version": 1,
+    "status": "stable",
+    "maintainer": "GNS3 Team",
+    "maintainer_email": "developers@gns3.net",
+    "usage": "Configure interfaces in /opt/bootlocal.sh, BIRD configuration is done in /usr/local/etc/bird",
+
+    "qemu": {
+        "adapter_type": "e1000",
+        "adapters": 4,
+        "ram": 128,
+        "arch": "x86_64",
+        "console_type": "telnet"
+    },
+
+    "images": [
+        {
+            "filename": "bird-tinycore64.img",
+            "version": "1.5.0",
+            "filesize": 22413312,
+            "md5sum": "3745838f18f345febe85232d74d1627a",
+            "download_url": "https://sourceforge.net/projects/gns-3/files/Qemu%20Appliances/",
+            "direct_download_url": "http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gns-3/Qemu%20Appliances/bird-tinycore64.img"
+        }
+    ],
+
+    "versions": [
+        {
+            "name": "1.5.0",
+            "images": {
+                "hda_disk_image": "bird-tinycore64.img"
+            }
+        }
+    ]
+}
diff --git a/packer/tinycore-linux/README.rst b/packer/tinycore-linux/README.rst
index 2ca0642..f91f536 100644
--- a/packer/tinycore-linux/README.rst
+++ b/packer/tinycore-linux/README.rst
@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ The only added packages are:
 
     packer build core-linux.json
 
+
+BIRD
+'''''
+
+A build of Core with BIRD Internet Routing Daemon preinstalled.
+
+.. code:: bash
+
+    packer build -var-file=bird.json core64-linux.json
+
+
 Openvswitch
 ''''''''''''
 
diff --git a/packer/tinycore-linux/bird.json b/packer/tinycore-linux/bird.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b04077a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/tinycore-linux/bird.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+    "vm_name": "bird-tinycore64.img",
+    "setup_script": "bird.sh",
+    "disk_size": "500"
+}
diff --git a/packer/tinycore-linux/scripts/bird.sh b/packer/tinycore-linux/scripts/bird.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b1ae2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packer/tinycore-linux/scripts/bird.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Original instructions: http://brezular.com/2011/01/20/linux-core-as-router-and-l3-switch-appliance/
+
+set -x
+
+tce-load -wi bird
+
+# disable automatic interface configuration with dhcp
+sudo sed -i -e '/label .*core/,/append / s/\(append .*\)/\1 nodhcp/' /mnt/sda1/boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
+
+# create seperate directory for bird configuration
+sudo mkdir /usr/local/etc/bird
+sudo mv /usr/local/etc/bird.conf /usr/local/etc/bird/bird.conf.example
+sudo cp -p /usr/local/etc/bird/bird.conf.example /usr/local/etc/bird/bird.conf
+sudo ln -s bird/bird.conf /usr/local/etc/bird.conf
+sudo mv /usr/local/etc/bird6.conf /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf.example
+sudo cp -p /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf.example /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf
+sudo ln -s bird/bird6.conf /usr/local/etc/bird6.conf
+sudo sed -i -e 's/^#\( *router  *id \)/\1/' /usr/local/etc/bird/bird6.conf
+sudo chown -R gns3:staff /usr/local/etc/bird
+
+# add bird configuration to backup list
+echo "usr/local/etc/bird/" >> /opt/.filetool.lst
+echo "usr/local/etc/bird.conf/" >> /opt/.filetool.lst
+echo "usr/local/etc/bird6.conf/" >> /opt/.filetool.lst
+
+#  add startup script for bird
+cat >> /opt/bootlocal.sh <<'EOF'
+
+# Boot parameter "nodhcp": network interfaces are configured statically
+if grep -q -w nodhcp /proc/cmdline; then
+	# This waits until all devices have registered
+	/sbin/udevadm settle --timeout=10
+
+	# configure static interface addresses and routes
+	#ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask 255.255.255.0 up
+	#route add default gw y.y.y.y
+fi
+
+/usr/local/sbin/bird -u gns3 -g staff
+/usr/local/sbin/bird6 -u gns3 -g staff
+EOF
+
+exit 0