diff --git a/packages/debug/install b/packages/debug/install
index 3b3a45094e..f4f0a88558 100755
--- a/packages/debug/install
+++ b/packages/debug/install
@@ -5,5 +5,7 @@
 $SCRIPTS/install strace
 $SCRIPTS/install gdb
 $SCRIPTS/install mesa-demos
-$SCRIPTS/install htop
+$SCRIPTS/install htop # on user request
+$SCRIPTS/install nano # on user request
+
 
diff --git a/packages/debug/nano/build b/packages/debug/nano/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..f607cf6eea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/nano/build
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build ncurses
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/debug/nano/install b/packages/debug/nano/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..8ece062176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/nano/install
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+$SCRIPTS/install ncurses
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/src/nano $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/debug/nano/url b/packages/debug/nano/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a76d3ecd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/nano/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://www.nano-editor.org/dist/v2.2/nano-2.2.5.tar.gz
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