diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index b4938d3a08c..93aa5b3e6c4 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ tools-y += m4 libtool autoconf automake flex bison pkg-config sed mklibs
 tools-y += sstrip ipkg-utils genext2fs e2fsprogs mtd-utils mkimage
 tools-y += firmware-utils patch-image patch quilt yaffs2 flock padjffs2
 tools-y += mm-macros xorg-macros xfce-macros missing-macros xz cmake scons bc
-tools-y += findutils gengetopt
+tools-y += findutils gengetopt patchelf
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion_generic) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
 tools-$(CONFIG_powerpc) += upx
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ $(curdir)/cloog/compile := $(curdir)/ppl/install
 $(curdir)/bc/compile := $(curdir)/bison/install
 $(curdir)/findutils/compile := $(curdir)/bison/install
 $(curdir)/gengetopt/compile := $(curdir)/libtool/install
+$(curdir)/patchelf/compile := $(curdir)/libtool/install
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_CCACHE),)
 $(foreach tool, $(tools-y), $(eval $(curdir)/$(tool)/compile += $(curdir)/ccache/install))
diff --git a/tools/patchelf/Makefile b/tools/patchelf/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ef8730e2d8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/patchelf/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=patchelf
+PKG_VERSION:=0.8
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.bz2
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://nixos.org/releases/patchelf/patchelf-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_MD5SUM:=5b151e3c83b31f5931b4a9fc01635bfd
+
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+HOST_FIXUP:=autoreconf
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+
+define Host/Install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/src/patchelf $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin/patchelf
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))