diff --git a/packages/debug/dstat/install b/packages/debug/dstat/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4a8bc9bff7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/dstat/install
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
+#
+#  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, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+. config/options $1
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin/
+cp $PKG_BUILD/dstat $INSTALL/usr/bin/
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/dstat/
+cp $PKG_BUILD/plugins/dstat_*.py $INSTALL/usr/share/dstat/
diff --git a/packages/debug/dstat/meta b/packages/debug/dstat/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f339ea007d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/debug/dstat/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2013 Dag Wieers (dag@wieers.com)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="dstat"
+PKG_VERSION="0.7.2"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/"
+PKG_URL="http://dag.wieers.com/home-made/dstat/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="python"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain python"
+PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="dstat: versatile resource statistics tool"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Dstat is a versatile replacement for vmstat, iostat, netstat and ifstat. Dstat overcomes some of their limitations and adds some extra features, more counters and flexibility. Dstat is handy for monitoring systems during performance tuning tests, benchmarks or troubleshooting."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/debug/meta b/packages/debug/meta
index ec0d08a6b6..57ecc573d3 100644
--- a/packages/debug/meta
+++ b/packages/debug/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.openelec.tv"
 PKG_URL=""
-PKG_DEPENDS="acpica cpuid dmidecode evtest gdb hddtemp htop i2c-tools pmtools powertop strace"
+PKG_DEPENDS="acpica cpuid dmidecode dstat evtest gdb hddtemp htop i2c-tools pmtools powertop strace"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="debug"