diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
index 5b71b6ae22..05d9367280 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ fi
 # optimize for size
   CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-O?|-Os|"`
 
+# Fails to compile using the gold linker.
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-ld=gold||"`
+  LDFLAGS=`echo $LDFLAGS | sed -e "s|-fuse-linker-plugin||"`
+
 cd $BUILD/busybox*
 
 # Build Busybox for system
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf
index eac032f123..1a41ef7974 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
-# Busybox version: 1.17.3
-# Thu Oct 28 23:38:16 2010
+# Busybox version: 1.18.0
+# Tue Nov 23 18:26:37 2010
 #
 CONFIG_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y
 
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ CONFIG_DESKTOP=y
 # CONFIG_EXTRA_COMPAT is not set
 # CONFIG_INCLUDE_SUSv2 is not set
 # CONFIG_USE_PORTABLE_CODE is not set
+CONFIG_PLATFORM_LINUX=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_USE_MALLOC is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_ON_STACK=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_BUFFERS_GO_IN_BSS is not set
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@ CONFIG_SHOW_USAGE=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_VERBOSE_USAGE=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_USAGE is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_INSTALLER is not set
+# CONFIG_INSTALL_NO_USR is not set
 # CONFIG_LOCALE_SUPPORT is not set
 CONFIG_UNICODE_SUPPORT=y
 # CONFIG_UNICODE_USING_LOCALE is not set
@@ -37,8 +39,8 @@ CONFIG_LAST_SUPPORTED_WCHAR=767
 CONFIG_LONG_OPTS=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_DEVPTS=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_CLEAN_UP is not set
-CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_WTMP=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_UTMP=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_PIDFILE=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SUID_CONFIG is not set
@@ -73,9 +75,8 @@ CONFIG_NO_DEBUG_LIB=y
 # CONFIG_EFENCE is not set
 
 #
-# Installation Options
+# Installation Options ("make install" behavior)
 #
-# CONFIG_INSTALL_NO_USR is not set
 CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SYMLINKS=y
 # CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_HARDLINKS is not set
 # CONFIG_INSTALL_APPLET_SCRIPT_WRAPPERS is not set
@@ -92,6 +93,7 @@ CONFIG_PASSWORD_MINLEN=6
 CONFIG_MD5_SIZE_VS_SPEED=1
 CONFIG_FEATURE_FAST_TOP=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ETC_NETWORKS is not set
+CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_MAX_LEN=1024
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_EDITING_VI is not set
@@ -172,6 +174,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST=y
 CONFIG_TR=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_TR_CLASSES=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_TR_EQUIV=y
+# CONFIG_BASE64 is not set
 # CONFIG_CAL is not set
 # CONFIG_CATV is not set
 # CONFIG_CHGRP is not set
@@ -294,6 +297,10 @@ CONFIG_WHOAMI=y
 # Common options for df, du, ls
 #
 CONFIG_FEATURE_HUMAN_READABLE=y
+
+#
+# Common options for md5sum, sha1sum, sha256sum, sha512sum
+#
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_MD5_SHA1_SUM_CHECK is not set
 
 #
@@ -338,6 +345,7 @@ CONFIG_WHICH=y
 #
 # Editors
 #
+# CONFIG_PATCH is not set
 CONFIG_AWK=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_LIBM=y
 # CONFIG_CMP is not set
@@ -345,7 +353,6 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_AWK_LIBM=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_DIFF_LONG_OPTIONS is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_DIFF_DIR is not set
 # CONFIG_ED is not set
-# CONFIG_PATCH is not set
 CONFIG_SED=y
 CONFIG_VI=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_VI_MAX_LEN=4096
@@ -405,6 +412,9 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_XARGS_SUPPORT_ZERO_TERM=y
 CONFIG_BOOTCHARTD=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_BOOTCHARTD_BLOATED_HEADER=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_BOOTCHARTD_CONFIG_FILE=y
+CONFIG_HALT=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_CALL_TELINIT is not set
+CONFIG_TELINIT_PATH=""
 # CONFIG_INIT is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_INITTAB is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_KILL_REMOVED is not set
@@ -414,30 +424,30 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_KILL_DELAY=0
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_EXTRA_QUIET is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_INIT_COREDUMPS is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_INITRD is not set
-CONFIG_HALT=y
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_CALL_TELINIT is not set
-CONFIG_TELINIT_PATH=""
+CONFIG_INIT_TERMINAL_TYPE=""
 # CONFIG_MESG is not set
 
 #
 # Login/Password Management Utilities
 #
+# CONFIG_ADD_SHELL is not set
+# CONFIG_REMOVE_SHELL is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SHADOWPASSWDS is not set
 CONFIG_USE_BB_PWD_GRP=y
 # CONFIG_USE_BB_SHADOW is not set
 CONFIG_USE_BB_CRYPT=y
 CONFIG_USE_BB_CRYPT_SHA=y
+# CONFIG_ADDUSER is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_ADDUSER_LONG_OPTIONS is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_NAMES is not set
+CONFIG_FIRST_SYSTEM_ID=0
+CONFIG_LAST_SYSTEM_ID=0
 # CONFIG_ADDGROUP is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ADDGROUP_LONG_OPTIONS is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ADDUSER_TO_GROUP is not set
+# CONFIG_DELUSER is not set
 # CONFIG_DELGROUP is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_DEL_USER_FROM_GROUP is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_CHECK_NAMES is not set
-# CONFIG_ADDUSER is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_ADDUSER_LONG_OPTIONS is not set
-CONFIG_FIRST_SYSTEM_ID=0
-CONFIG_LAST_SYSTEM_ID=0
-# CONFIG_DELUSER is not set
 CONFIG_GETTY=y
 CONFIG_LOGIN=y
 # CONFIG_PAM is not set
@@ -496,6 +506,7 @@ CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEPMOD_FILE="modules.dep"
 #
 # Linux System Utilities
 #
+# CONFIG_BLOCKDEV is not set
 # CONFIG_REV is not set
 # CONFIG_ACPID is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_ACPID_COMPAT is not set
@@ -514,6 +525,7 @@ CONFIG_FDISK_SUPPORT_LARGE_DISKS=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SGI_LABEL is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SUN_LABEL is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_OSF_LABEL is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_GPT_LABEL is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_FDISK_ADVANCED is not set
 CONFIG_FINDFS=y
 CONFIG_FLOCK=y
@@ -546,7 +558,6 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_HWCLOCK_LONG_OPTIONS=y
 CONFIG_MKSWAP=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_MKSWAP_UUID=y
 CONFIG_MORE=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_USE_TERMIOS=y
 # CONFIG_MOUNT is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_FAKE is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_MOUNT_VERBOSE is not set
@@ -599,10 +610,13 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_VOLUMEID_LINUXRAID=y
 # Miscellaneous Utilities
 #
 # CONFIG_CONSPY is not set
+# CONFIG_NANDWRITE is not set
+# CONFIG_NANDDUMP is not set
 # CONFIG_UBIATTACH is not set
 # CONFIG_UBIDETACH is not set
 # CONFIG_ADJTIMEX is not set
 # CONFIG_BBCONFIG is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_COMPRESS_BBCONFIG is not set
 # CONFIG_BEEP is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_BEEP_FREQ=0
 CONFIG_FEATURE_BEEP_LENGTH_MS=0
@@ -682,6 +696,7 @@ CONFIG_TTYSIZE=y
 #
 # Networking Utilities
 #
+CONFIG_NBDCLIENT=y
 CONFIG_NC=y
 # CONFIG_NC_SERVER is not set
 # CONFIG_NC_EXTRA is not set
@@ -717,6 +732,7 @@ CONFIG_HOSTNAME=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ENCODE_URL_STR is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_ERROR_PAGES is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_PROXY is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_HTTPD_GZIP is not set
 CONFIG_IFCONFIG=y
 CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_STATUS=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_IFCONFIG_SLIP is not set
@@ -811,6 +827,7 @@ CONFIG_IFUPDOWN_UDHCPC_CMD_OPTIONS=""
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_STATUSBAR is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_AUTHENTICATION is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_LONG_OPTIONS is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_WGET_TIMEOUT is not set
 # CONFIG_ZCIP is not set
 
 #
@@ -834,7 +851,11 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_MIME_CHARSET=""
 #
 # Process Utilities
 #
-# CONFIG_SMEMCAP is not set
+CONFIG_IOSTAT=y
+CONFIG_MPSTAT=y
+CONFIG_PMAP=y
+CONFIG_POWERTOP=y
+CONFIG_SMEMCAP=y
 CONFIG_FREE=y
 CONFIG_FUSER=y
 CONFIG_KILL=y
@@ -910,10 +931,13 @@ CONFIG_SV_DEFAULT_SERVICE_DIR=""
 # CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 # CONFIG_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT is not set
 # CONFIG_ASH_EXPAND_PRMT is not set
+# CONFIG_CTTYHACK is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_BASH_COMPAT is not set
+# CONFIG_HUSH_BRACE_EXPANSION is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_HELP is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_INTERACTIVE is not set
+# CONFIG_HUSH_SAVEHISTORY is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_JOB is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_TICK is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_IF is not set
@@ -921,22 +945,21 @@ CONFIG_SV_DEFAULT_SERVICE_DIR=""
 # CONFIG_HUSH_CASE is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_FUNCTIONS is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_LOCAL is not set
-# CONFIG_HUSH_EXPORT_N is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_RANDOM_SUPPORT is not set
+# CONFIG_HUSH_EXPORT_N is not set
+# CONFIG_HUSH_MODE_X is not set
+# CONFIG_MSH is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_HUSH is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_NONE=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_ASH is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_HUSH is not set
 CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_NONE=y
-# CONFIG_LASH is not set
-# CONFIG_MSH is not set
 # CONFIG_SH_MATH_SUPPORT is not set
 # CONFIG_SH_MATH_SUPPORT_64 is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_NOFORK is not set
-# CONFIG_CTTYHACK is not set
 
 #
 # System Logging Utilities
@@ -951,4 +974,5 @@ CONFIG_FEATURE_IPC_SYSLOG_BUFFER_SIZE=32
 CONFIG_LOGREAD=y
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_LOGREAD_REDUCED_LOCKING is not set
 CONFIG_KLOGD=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_KLOGD_KLOGCTL=y
 CONFIG_LOGGER=y
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
index add8f81c84..cf9e57f84a 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 PKG_NAME="busybox"
-PKG_VERSION="1.17.3"
+PKG_VERSION="1.18.0"
 PKG_REV="1"
 PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
@@ -12,3 +12,5 @@ PKG_SECTION="system"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux"
 PKG_LONGDESC="BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system."
 PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.18.0-00_halt_no_init.patch b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.18.0-00_halt_no_init.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce454f4c07
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/patches/busybox-1.18.0-00_halt_no_init.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur busybox-1.13.2/init/halt.c busybox-1.13.2a/init/halt.c
+--- busybox-1.13.2/init/halt.c	2008-11-09 18:28:19.000000000 +0100
++++ busybox-1.13.2a/init/halt.c	2009-02-01 16:38:37.000000000 +0100
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
+ 
+ 	/* Perform action. */
+ 	rc = 1;
+-	if (!(flags & 4)) { /* no -f */
++	if (ENABLE_INIT && !(flags & 4)) { /* no -f */
+ //TODO: I tend to think that signalling linuxrc is wrong
+ // pity original author didn't comment on it...
+ 		if (ENABLE_FEATURE_INITRD) {