diff --git a/packages/debug/strace/build b/packages/debug/strace/build
index 8d7a888fc0..39c2b51643 100755
--- a/packages/debug/strace/build
+++ b/packages/debug/strace/build
@@ -2,9 +2,8 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-
 cd $PKG_BUILD
 ./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
             --build=$HOST_NAME
+
 make
diff --git a/packages/debug/strace/install b/packages/debug/strace/install
index b0a66ddf9c..d2561a25f3 100755
--- a/packages/debug/strace/install
+++ b/packages/debug/strace/install
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
 . config/options $1
 
 mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
-cp $PKG_BUILD/strace $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/strace $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/debug/strace/meta b/packages/debug/strace/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2cb0a1aa35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/strace/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="strace"
+PKG_VERSION="4.5.20"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="BSD"
+PKG_SITE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/strace/"
+PKG_URL="http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/strace/strace/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="debug"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="strace: Trace system calls and signals"
+PKG_LONGDESC="In the simplest case strace runs the specified command until it exits. It intercepts and records the system calls which are called by a process and the signals which are received by a process. The name of each system call, its arguments and its return value are printed on standard error or to the file specified with the -o option."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
diff --git a/packages/debug/strace/url b/packages/debug/strace/url
deleted file mode 100644
index a67ee6c1e1..0000000000
--- a/packages/debug/strace/url
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-http://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/strace/strace/4.5.20/strace-4.5.20.tar.bz2
\ No newline at end of file