diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
index f7e57f61ca..30baa014f3 100755
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/build
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/build dbus
-$SCRIPTS/build libnl
+cd $PKG_BUILD/$1
+
+cp $ROOT/$PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config .config
+[ $DEBUG = no ] && echo "CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG=y" >> .config
 
-cd $PKG_BUILD/wpa_supplicant
 make
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install
index 9ac0944faf..b14034672f 100755
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/install
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/install dbus
-$SCRIPTS/install libnl
-
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc/dbus-1/system.d
   cp $PKG_BUILD/wpa_supplicant/dbus/dbus-wpa_supplicant.conf $INSTALL/etc/dbus-1/system.d
 
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e0ca3a17b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="wpa_supplicant"
+PKG_VERSION="0.7.3"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/"
+PKG_URL="http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS="dbus libnl"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain dbus libnl"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="network"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="wpa_supplicant: An IEEE 802.11i supplicant implementation"
+PKG_LONGDESC="The wpa_supplicant is a free software implementation of an IEEE 802.11i supplicant. In addition to being a full-featured WPA2 supplicant, it also has support for WPA and older wireless LAN security protocols."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/bcm-custom_event-0.7.2.diff b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-bcm_custom_event.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/bcm-custom_event-0.7.2.diff
rename to packages/network/wpa_supplicant/patches/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-bcm_custom_event.patch
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/unpack b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/unpack
deleted file mode 100755
index 27438d7b98..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/unpack
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-. config/options $1
-
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
-WPA_SUPPLICANT=`ls -d $PKG_BUILD`/wpa_supplicant
-
-cp $PKG_DIR/config/makefile.config $WPA_SUPPLICANT/.config
-
-if [ $DEBUG = no ]; then
-  echo "CONFIG_NO_STDOUT_DEBUG=y" >> $WPA_SUPPLICANT/.config
-fi
diff --git a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url b/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e1807ae92..0000000000
--- a/packages/network/wpa_supplicant/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://hostap.epitest.fi/releases/wpa_supplicant-0.7.3.tar.gz