diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/build b/packages/devel/elfutils/build
deleted file mode 100755
index 8eccebec23..0000000000
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/build
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-################################################################################
-#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2014 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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 of the License, or
-#  (at your option) any later version.
-#
-#  OpenELEC 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.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
-################################################################################
-
-. config/options $1
-
-strip_lto
-
-CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
-
-cd $PKG_BUILD
-./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
-            --build=$HOST_NAME \
-            --prefix=/usr \
-            --disable-werror \
-            --disable-progs \
-            --with-zlib \
-            --without-bzlib \
-            --without-lzma \
-
-make V=1 -C libelf libelf.a
-make V=1 -C libebl libebl.a
-make V=1 -C libdwfl libdwfl.a
-make V=1 -C libdw libdw.a
-
-make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libelf install-includeHEADERS install-pkgincludeHEADERS
-make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libdw install-includeHEADERS install-pkgincludeHEADERS
-
-mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
-  cp libelf/libelf.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
-  cp libdw/libdw.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
-
-  
diff --git a/packages/devel/elfutils/meta b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
similarity index 65%
rename from packages/devel/elfutils/meta
rename to packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
index f80df85009..95b05b5a0b 100644
--- a/packages/devel/elfutils/meta
+++ b/packages/devel/elfutils/package.mk
@@ -23,12 +23,41 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="https://fedorahosted.org/elfutils/"
 PKG_URL="https://fedorahosted.org/releases/e/l/elfutils/$PKG_VERSION/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="zlib"
-PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain zlib"
+PKG_DEPENDS_TARGET="zlib"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS_TARGET="toolchain zlib"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="devel"
 PKG_SHORTDESC="elfutils: collection of utilities to handle ELF objects"
 PKG_LONGDESC="Elfutils is a collection of utilities, including eu-ld (a linker), eu-nm (for listing symbols from object files), eu-size (for listing the section sizes of an object or archive file), eu-strip (for discarding symbols), eu-readelf (to see the raw ELF file structures), and eu-elflint (to check for well-formed ELF files)."
-PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
 PKG_AUTORECONF="yes"
+
+PKG_CONFIGURE_OPTS_TARGET="--disable-werror \
+                           --disable-progs \
+                           --with-zlib \
+                           --without-bzlib \
+                           --without-lzma"
+
+pre_configure_target() {
+# elfutils fails to build with LTO support
+  strip_lto
+
+  export CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fPIC -DPIC"
+}
+
+make_target() {
+  make V=1 -C libelf libelf.a
+  make V=1 -C libebl libebl.a
+  make V=1 -C libdwfl libdwfl.a
+  make V=1 -C libdw libdw.a
+}
+
+makeinstall_target() {
+  make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libelf install-includeHEADERS install-pkgincludeHEADERS
+  make DESTDIR="$SYSROOT_PREFIX" -C libdw install-includeHEADERS install-pkgincludeHEADERS
+
+  mkdir -p $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+    cp libelf/libelf.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+    cp libdw/libdw.a $SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib
+}