diff --git a/packages/tools/dialog/build b/packages/tools/dialog/build
deleted file mode 100755
index e9990e34b2..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/dialog/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-NCURSES_CONFIG="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config" \
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --disable-nls \
-            --without-dbmalloc \
-            --without-dmalloc \
-            --with-ncurses \
-            --disable-widec \
-            --disable-rc-file \
-            --disable-Xdialog \
-            --disable-form \
-            --disable-mixedform \
-            --disable-tailbox \
-
-make
diff --git a/packages/tools/dialog/install b/packages/tools/dialog/install
deleted file mode 100755
index 06b1f8f2a7..0000000000
--- a/packages/tools/dialog/install
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
-  cp $PKG_BUILD/dialog $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/tools/dialog/meta b/packages/tools/dialog/package.mk
similarity index 72%
rename from packages/tools/dialog/meta
rename to packages/tools/dialog/package.mk
index 21b6b30310..0211474de9 100644
--- a/packages/tools/dialog/meta
+++ b/packages/tools/dialog/package.mk
@@ -24,11 +24,28 @@ PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://invisible-island.net/dialog/"
 PKG_URL="ftp://invisible-island.net/dialog/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tgz"
 PKG_DEPENDS="ncurses"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain ncurses"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain ncurses"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="tools"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="dialog: A utility for creating TTY dialog boxes"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Dialog is a utility that allows you to show dialog boxes (containing questions or messages) in TTY (text mode) interfaces from shell scripts. Dialog is initally written by Savio Lam and various branches do exist (e.g. lxdialog which is used for a linux kernel make menuconfig). This is the branch maintained by Thomas Dickey."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-nls \
+                           --without-dbmalloc \
+                           --without-dmalloc \
+                           --with-ncurses \
+                           --disable-widec \
+                           --disable-rc-file \
+                           --disable-Xdialog \
+                           --disable-form \
+                           --disable-mixedform \
+                           --disable-tailbox"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+  export LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -ltinfo"
+  export NCURSES_CONFIG="$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/ncurses-config"
+}
+