diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
index 0568b3569e..4476274f91 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/build
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
-$SCRIPTS/unpack busybox
-$SCRIPTS/build Linux-PAM
-
 if [ -f $PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/busybox/$1.conf ]; then
   BUSYBOX_CFG_FILE=$PROJECT_DIR/$PROJECT/busybox/$1.conf
 else
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/install b/packages/sysutils/busybox/install
index 380af979d3..133db6eaec 100755
--- a/packages/sysutils/busybox/install
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/install
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 
 . config/options $1
 
-$SCRIPTS/build busybox-hosttools
-$SCRIPTS/install Linux-PAM
-
 ROOT_PWD="`$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/cryptpw $ROOT_PASSWORD`"
 USER_PWD="`$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/cryptpw $USER_PASSWORD`"
 
@@ -62,7 +59,3 @@ USER_PWD="`$ROOT/$TOOLCHAIN/bin/cryptpw $USER_PASSWORD`"
 
   mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/share/udhcpc
     cp $PKG_DIR/scripts/udhcp.script $INSTALL/usr/share/udhcpc/default.script
-
-# we need an full-featured grep and bash for pm-utils, so we install this :-(
-  $SCRIPTS/install grep
-  $SCRIPTS/install bash
diff --git a/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa8dce0323
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/sysutils/busybox/meta
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+PKG_NAME="busybox"
+PKG_VERSION="1.17.0"
+PKG_REV="1"
+PKG_ARCH="any"
+PKG_LICENSE="GPL"
+PKG_SITE="http://www.busybox.net"
+PKG_URL="http://busybox.net/downloads/$PKG_NAME-$PKG_VERSION.tar.bz2"
+PKG_DEPENDS="Linux-PAM grep bash"
+PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="toolchain busybox-hosttools Linux-PAM"
+PKG_PRIORITY="required"
+PKG_SECTION="system"
+PKG_SHORTDESC="BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux"
+PKG_LONGDESC="BusyBox combines tiny versions of many common UNIX utilities into a single small executable. It provides replacements for most of the utilities you usually find in GNU fileutils, shellutils, etc. The utilities in BusyBox generally have fewer options than their full-featured GNU cousins; however, the options that are included provide the expected functionality and behave very much like their GNU counterparts. BusyBox provides a fairly complete environment for any small or embedded system."
+PKG_IS_ADDON="no"