diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/build b/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..2469835fca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/build
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+make PREFIX=/usr \
+     CC="$TARGET_CC" \
+     AR="$TARGET_AR" \
+     CFLAGS="$TARGET_CFLAGS" \
+     CPPFLAGS="$TARGET_CPPFLAGS" \
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/install b/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..943dbb7dcc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/install
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin/
+cp $PKG_BUILD/{biosdecode,dmidecode,ownership,vpddecode} $INSTALL/usr/bin/
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/meta b/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d90c38cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/dmidecode/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="dmidecode"
+PKG_VERSION="2.11"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.nongnu.org/dmidecode/"
+PKG_URL="http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/dmidecode/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="dmidecode: report DMI information"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Dmidecode reports information about your system's hardware as described in your system BIOS according to the SMBIOS/DMI standard (see a sample output). This information typically includes system manufacturer, model name, serial number, BIOS version, asset tag as well as a lot of other details of varying level of interest and reliability depending on the manufacturer. This will often include usage status for the CPU sockets, expansion slots (e.g. AGP, PCI, ISA) and memory module slots, and the list of I/O ports (e.g. serial, parallel, USB)."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/projects/ATV/options b/projects/ATV/options
index 5432431588..c8748d5b22 100755
--- a/projects/ATV/options
+++ b/projects/ATV/options
@@ -309,6 +309,9 @@
 # build with lm_sensors hardware monitoring support (yes / no)
   SENSOR_SUPPORT="yes"
 
+# build with dmidecode support (yes / no)
+  DMIDECODE_SUPPORT="yes"
+
 # build with swap support (yes / no)
   SWAP_SUPPORT="yes"
 
diff --git a/scripts/image b/scripts/image
index dd46401e7a..ed70c69dce 100755
--- a/scripts/image
+++ b/scripts/image
@@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ IMAGE_NAME="$DISTRONAME-$TARGET_VERSION"
 # Sensors support
   [ "$SENSOR_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install lm_sensors
 
+# dmidecode support
+  [ "$DMIDECODE_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install dmidecode
+
 # Update support
   [ "$UPDATE_SUPPORT" = "yes" ] && $SCRIPTS/install autoupdate