diff --git a/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-f9f627f_dynamic_linked_iscsistart.patch b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-f9f627f_dynamic_linked_iscsistart.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27d30311b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/initramfs/sysutils/open-iscsi/patches/open-iscsi-f9f627f_dynamic_linked_iscsistart.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/usr/Makefile	2011-08-05 11:54:52.000000000 +0200
++++ b/usr/Makefile	2011-08-05 11:55:06.000000000 +0200
+@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
+ 
+ iscsistart: $(ISCSI_LIB_SRCS) $(INITIATOR_SRCS) $(FW_BOOT_SRCS) \
+ 		iscsistart.o statics.o
+-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -static $^ -o $@
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $^ -o $@
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f *.o $(PROGRAMS) .depend $(LIBSYS)
+ 
diff --git a/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_open-iscsi b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_open-iscsi
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..aff497e137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/mkpkg/mkpkg_open-iscsi
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+echo "getting sources..."
+  if [ ! -d open-iscsi.git ]; then
+    git clone https://github.com/mikechristie/open-iscsi -b release open-iscsi.git
+  fi
+
+  cd open-iscsi.git
+    git pull
+    GIT_REV=`git log -n1 --format=%h`
+  cd ..
+
+echo "copying sources..."
+  rm -rf open-iscsi-$GIT_REV
+  cp -R open-iscsi.git open-iscsi-$GIT_REV
+
+echo "cleaning sources..."
+  rm -rf open-iscsi-$GIT_REV/.git
+
+echo "packing sources..."
+  tar cvJf open-iscsi-$GIT_REV.tar.xz open-iscsi-$GIT_REV
+
+echo "remove temporary sourcedir..."
+  rm -rf open-iscsi-$GIT_REV