diff --git a/packages/tools/installer/install b/packages/tools/installer/install
index 6b79503f16..d353be7822 100755
--- a/packages/tools/installer/install
+++ b/packages/tools/installer/install
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 
 $SCRIPTS/install dialog
 $SCRIPTS/install parted
+$SCRIPTS/install syslinux
 $SCRIPTS/install flashrom
+
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/arch b/packages/tools/syslinux/arch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7414689203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/arch
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+i386
+x86_64
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/build b/packages/tools/syslinux/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..c1e153137e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/build
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+
+# ensure we dont use size optimization.
+  CFLAGS=`echo $CFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O2|"`
+  CXXFLAGS=`echo $CXXFLAGS | sed -e "s|-Os|-O2|"`
+
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I`ls -d $ROOT/$BUILD/$1*`/libinstaller"
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -I`ls -d $ROOT/$BUILD/$1*`/libfat"
+
+SUBDIRS="codepage core libinstaller mtools"
+[ $TARGET_ARCH = i386 ] && SUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS mbr"
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+make CC=$CC \
+     AR=$AR \
+     RANLIB=$RANLIB \
+     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+     CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -fomit-frame-pointer -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64" \
+     BSUBDIRS="$SUBDIRS"
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/install b/packages/tools/syslinux/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..7bb548ae36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/install
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/extlinux/extlinux $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/linux/syslinux $INSTALL/usr/bin
diff --git a/packages/tools/syslinux/url b/packages/tools/syslinux/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cc722a141a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tools/syslinux/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/boot/syslinux/syslinux-4.00.tar.bz2
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