diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/build b/packages/network/iptables/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..18a451af7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/build
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+            --disable-static \
+            --enable-shared \
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/install b/packages/network/iptables/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..82912b19b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/install
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/lib
+  cp -P $PKG_BUILD/libiptc/.libs/*.so* $INSTALL/usr/lib
diff --git a/packages/network/iptables/meta b/packages/network/iptables/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b977151b52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/network/iptables/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="iptables"
+PKG_VERSION="1.4.8"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.netfilter.org/"
+PKG_URL="ftp://ftp.netfilter.org/pub/iptables/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="network"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="iptables: IP packet filter administration"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Iptables is used to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules in the Linux kernel. There are several different tables which may be defined, and each table contains a number of built-in chains, and may contain user-defined chains."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"