diff --git a/utils/wipe/Makefile b/utils/wipe/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..84053d3145
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/wipe/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=wipe
+PKG_VERSION:=0.24
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://codeload.github.com/berke/$(PKG_NAME)/tar.gz/v$(PKG_VERSION)?
+PKG_HASH:=aefb4403333562f9af5e3e03ecbba4b124e98788c688662240f9b04d80bfdb2f
+
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Toni Uhlig <matzeton@googlemail.com>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0-only
+
+PKG_BUILD_PARALLEL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/wipe
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=securely erase files
+  URL:=http://lambda-diode.com/software/wipe/
+endef
+
+define Package/wipe/description
+  wipe is a little command for securely erasing files from magnetic media.
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) linux \
+		CC_LINUX="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS)"
+endef
+
+define Package/wipe/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/wipe $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,wipe))
diff --git a/utils/wipe/patches/001-ignore_git_version_hash_and_fix_release_version.patch b/utils/wipe/patches/001-ignore_git_version_hash_and_fix_release_version.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..945d63e9a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/wipe/patches/001-ignore_git_version_hash_and_fix_release_version.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 5757ae3..20d52ce 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -157,11 +157,7 @@ wipe.o	:	wipe.c random.h misc.h version.h
+ 		$(CC) $(CCO) $(CCOC) wipe.c -o wipe.o
+ 
+ version.h: always
+-		if which git >/dev/null 2>&1 ; then \
+-			git rev-list --max-count=1 HEAD | sed -e 's/^/#define WIPE_GIT "/' -e 's/$$/"/' >version.h ; \
+-	  else \
+-			echo '#define WIPE_GIT "(unknown, compiled without git)"' >version.h ; \
+-	  fi
++		echo '#define WIPE_GIT "(unknown, compiled without git)"' >version.h ; \
+ 
+ random.o	:	random.c misc.h md5.h
+ 		$(CC) $(CCO) $(CCOC) random.c -o random.o
+diff --git a/wipe.c b/wipe.c
+index 5a215e8..5a4f2ad 100644
+--- a/wipe.c
++++ b/wipe.c
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ 
+ /*** defines */
+ 
+-#define WIPE_VERSION "0.23"
++#define WIPE_VERSION "0.24"
+ #define WIPE_DATE "2016-11-03"
+ 
+ /* exit codes */