diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/build b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..9fd488499b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/build
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  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
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --bindir=/bin \
+            --with-gnu-ld \
+            --disable-job-control \
+            --without-bash-malloc \
+            --without-installed-readline \
+            --disable-nls \
+            --disable-rpath \
+            --with-gnu-ld \
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell b/packages/sysutils/bash/init.d/03_debugshell
similarity index 89%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell
rename to packages/sysutils/bash/init.d/03_debugshell
index dd3d3fbe71..40c70c4d71 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/03_debugshell
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/init.d/03_debugshell
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ################################################################################
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
-#      http://www.openelec.tv
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 #
 #  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
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
-
 # start debug shell
 #
 # runlevels: openelec, installer, textmode
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/99_shell b/packages/sysutils/bash/init.d/99_shell
similarity index 88%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/99_shell
rename to packages/sysutils/bash/init.d/99_shell
index b055838970..f81366c2c2 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/init.d/99_shell
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/init.d/99_shell
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ################################################################################
-#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
-#      http://www.openelec.tv
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
 #
 #  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
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
 #  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
 ################################################################################
-
 # start text mode shell
 #
 # runlevels: textmode
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/install b/packages/sysutils/bash/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..3316266f0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/install
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  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/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/bash $INSTALL/bin
+  ln -sf bash $INSTALL/bin/sh
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/meta b/packages/sysutils/bash/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b7d7c0359
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+################################################################################
+#      This file is part of OpenELEC - http://www.openelec.tv
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2012 Stephan Raue (stephan@openelec.tv)
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 51 Franklin Street, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02110, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+PKG_NAME="bash"
+PKG_VERSION="4.2"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.gnu.org/software/bash"
+PKG_URL="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/$PKG_NAME/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
+PKG_DEPENDS=""
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
+PKG_PRIORITY="required"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="bash: Bourne Again Shell"
+PKG_LONGDESC="Bash is the shell, or command language interpreter, that will appear in the GNU operating system. Bash is an sh-compatible shell that incorporates useful features from the Korn shell (ksh) and C shell (csh). It is intended to conform to the IEEE POSIX P1003.2/ISO 9945.2 Shell and Tools standard. It offers functional improvements over sh for both programming and interactive use. In addition, most sh scripts can be run by Bash without modification."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"
+
+PKG_AUTORECONF="no"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/bash/patches/bash-4.2-001-fix_job_control-0.1.patch b/packages/sysutils/bash/patches/bash-4.2-001-fix_job_control-0.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..98d79342a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/bash/patches/bash-4.2-001-fix_job_control-0.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+diff -Naur bash-4.2/execute_cmd.c bash-4.2.patch/execute_cmd.c
+--- bash-4.2/execute_cmd.c	2011-02-09 23:32:25.000000000 +0100
++++ bash-4.2.patch/execute_cmd.c	2011-02-16 14:30:36.517222120 +0100
+@@ -2202,7 +2202,11 @@
+   /* If the `lastpipe' option is set with shopt, and job control is not
+      enabled, execute the last element of non-async pipelines in the
+      current shell environment. */
++#if defined (JOB_CONTROL)
+   if (lastpipe_opt && job_control == 0 && asynchronous == 0 && pipe_out == NO_PIPE && prev > 0)
++#else
++  if (lastpipe_opt && asynchronous == 0 && pipe_out == NO_PIPE && prev > 0)
++#endif /* JOB_CONTROL */
+     {
+       lstdin = move_to_high_fd (0, 0, 255);
+       if (lstdin > 0)
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/home.conf b/packages/sysutils/bash/profile.d/home.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/home.conf
rename to packages/sysutils/bash/profile.d/home.conf
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/path.conf b/packages/sysutils/bash/profile.d/path.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/path.conf
rename to packages/sysutils/bash/profile.d/path.conf
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/shell.conf b/packages/sysutils/bash/profile.d/shell.conf
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/sysutils/busybox/profile.d/shell.conf
rename to packages/sysutils/bash/profile.d/shell.conf
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf
index 4b256205a0..d824893e9f 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/config/busybox.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #
 # Automatically generated make config: don't edit
 # Busybox version: 1.19.4
-# Fri Feb 17 21:39:51 2012
+# Fri Mar 16 20:36:09 2012
 #
 CONFIG_HAVE_DOT_CONFIG=y
 
@@ -942,20 +942,20 @@ CONFIG_SV_DEFAULT_SERVICE_DIR=""
 #
 # Shells
 #
-CONFIG_ASH=y
-CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT=y
-CONFIG_ASH_IDLE_TIMEOUT=y
-CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL=y
-CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS=y
-CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS=y
-CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO=y
-CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_PRINTF=y
-CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_TEST=y
-CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD=y
+# CONFIG_ASH is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_BASH_COMPAT is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_IDLE_TIMEOUT is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_JOB_CONTROL is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_ALIAS is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_GETOPTS is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_ECHO is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_PRINTF is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_BUILTIN_TEST is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_CMDCMD is not set
 # CONFIG_ASH_MAIL is not set
-CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE=y
-CONFIG_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT=y
-CONFIG_ASH_EXPAND_PRMT=y
+# CONFIG_ASH_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_RANDOM_SUPPORT is not set
+# CONFIG_ASH_EXPAND_PRMT is not set
 # CONFIG_CTTYHACK is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_BASH_COMPAT is not set
@@ -974,15 +974,15 @@ CONFIG_ASH_EXPAND_PRMT=y
 # CONFIG_HUSH_EXPORT_N is not set
 # CONFIG_HUSH_MODE_X is not set
 # CONFIG_MSH is not set
-CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_ASH is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_HUSH is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_NONE is not set
-CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_ASH=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_IS_NONE=y
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_ASH is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_HUSH is not set
-# CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_NONE is not set
-CONFIG_SH_MATH_SUPPORT=y
-CONFIG_SH_MATH_SUPPORT_64=y
-CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET=y
+CONFIG_FEATURE_BASH_IS_NONE=y
+# CONFIG_SH_MATH_SUPPORT is not set
+# CONFIG_SH_MATH_SUPPORT_64 is not set
+# CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_EXTRA_QUIET is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_STANDALONE is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_NOFORK is not set
 # CONFIG_FEATURE_SH_HISTFILESIZE is not set
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
index 4d49a0a96b..8395d48252 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
 PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
-PKG_DEPENDS="kexec-tools v86d splashutils hdparm speedcontrol pastebinit"
+PKG_DEPENDS="bash kexec-tools v86d splashutils hdparm speedcontrol pastebinit"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools"
 PKG_PRIORITY="required"
 PKG_SECTION="system"
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta b/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta
index 998ed9501d..858fe7dd3c 100644
--- a/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta
+++ b/packages/sysutils/pm-utils/meta
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ PKG_ARCH="any"
 PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
 PKG_SITE="http://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/wiki/"
 PKG_URL="http://pm-utils.freedesktop.org/releases/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.gz"
-PKG_DEPENDS="busybox"
+PKG_DEPENDS="busybox bash"
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain"
 PKG_PRIORITY="optional"
 PKG_SECTION="system"