diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_bcm2835-bootloader b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_bcm2835-bootloader
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+#!/bin/sh
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  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
+################################################################################
+
+echo "getting sources..."
+  if [ ! -d bcm2835-bootloader.git ]; then
+    git clone git://github.com/raspberrypi/tools.git bcm2835-bootloader.git
+  fi
+
+  cd bcm2835-bootloader.git
+    git pull
+    GIT_REV=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
+  cd ..
+
+echo "copying sources..."
+  rm -rf bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV
+  cp -R bcm2835-bootloader.git bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV
+
+echo "cleaning sources..."
+  rm -rf bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV/.git
+  rm -rf bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV/arm-bcm2708
+
+echo "packing sources..."
+  tar cvJf bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV.tar.xz bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV
+
+echo "remove temporary sourcedir..."
+  rm -rf bcm2835-bootloader-$GIT_REV