diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/build b/packages/network/ethtool/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..01f86c4d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ethtool/build
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/init.d/14_ethtool b/packages/network/ethtool/init.d/14_ethtool
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..16a797d44b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ethtool/init.d/14_ethtool
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
+#      http://www.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, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+# enable WOL on eth0 and eth1
+#
+# runlevels: openelec, textmode
+
+. /etc/profile
+
+progress "enable WOL on eth0 and (maybe) eth1"
+  /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth0 wol g  > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+  /usr/sbin/ethtool -s eth1 wol g  > /dev/null 2>&1 &
diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/install b/packages/network/ethtool/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..6c0133eb2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ethtool/install
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/sbin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/ethtool $INSTALL/usr/sbin
diff --git a/packages/network/ethtool/url b/packages/network/ethtool/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4df1bb236e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/ethtool/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/gkernel/ethtool/2.6.35/ethtool-2.6.35.tar.gz
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/network/install b/packages/network/install
index e5101d6dde..6cf002937f 100755
--- a/packages/network/install
+++ b/packages/network/install
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/install connman
 $SCRIPTS/install dropbear
+$SCRIPTS/install ethtool
 #$SCRIPTS/install wicd
 $SCRIPTS/install netmount
 $SCRIPTS/install wireless_tools