diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/build b/packages/network/iptables/build
index f0c0a59590..ae02f2cf85 100755
--- a/packages/network/iptables/build
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/build
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build linux
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME \
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/meta b/packages/network/iptables/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f733ad558
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="iptables"
+PKG_VERSION="1.4.10"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.netfilter.org/"
+PKG_URL="http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain linux"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="network"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="iptables: IP packet filter administration"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. There are several different tables which may be defined, and each table contains a number of built-in chains, and may contain user-defined chains."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/url b/packages/network/iptables/url
deleted file mode 100644
index aaee3bf661..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/iptables/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://www.netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.10.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file