diff --git a/packages/sysutils/acpid/arch b/packages/sysutils/acpid/arch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7414689203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/acpid/arch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+i386
+x86_64
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/acpid/build b/packages/sysutils/acpid/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9edd261c0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/acpid/build
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+make CC=$CC CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DVERSION=\"\" -D_GNU_SOURCE"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/acpid/config/powerbtn b/packages/sysutils/acpid/config/powerbtn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..609132e2b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/acpid/config/powerbtn
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+event=button[ /]power.*
+action=/sbin/poweroff
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/acpid/init.d.old/25_acpi b/packages/sysutils/acpid/init.d.old/25_acpi
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..619669007a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/acpid/init.d.old/25_acpi
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# start the ACPI daemon subsystem
+#
+# runlevels: geexbox, debug, configure
+
+echo "### Starting ACPI daemon subsystem ###"
+acpid 2>&1 > /dev/null
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/acpid/install b/packages/sysutils/acpid/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..570f9336ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/acpid/install
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/acpid $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  [ "$DEVTOOLS" = yes ] && \
+    cp $PKG_BUILD/acpi_listen $INSTALL/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/acpi/events
+  cp $PKG_DIR/config/* $INSTALL/etc/acpi/events
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/acpi/scripts
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/acpid/url b/packages/sysutils/acpid/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..384aed222f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/acpid/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://switch.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/acpid/acpid-1.0.10.tar.gz