diff --git a/utils/acpid/Makefile b/utils/acpid/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..657ff70bed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/acpid/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2012-2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=acpid
+PKG_VERSION:=2.0.23
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/acpid2 
+PKG_MD5SUM:=d7bcdcdefcd53b03730e50ba842554ea
+PKG_MAINTAINER:=Thomas Heil<heil@terminal-consulting.de>
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
+PKG_LICENSE_FILES:=COPYING
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/acpid
+  SECTION:=utils
+  CATEGORY:=Utilities
+  TITLE:=The ACPI Daemon (acpid) With Netlink Support
+  URL:=http://tedfelix.com/linux/acpid-netlink.html
+  DEPENDS:=@(TARGET_x86||TARGET_x86_64) +kmod-input-evdev 
+endef
+
+define Package/acpid/description
+  The ACPI Daemon (acpid) With Netlink Support
+endef
+
+define Build/Compile
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		CC="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+		LD="$(TARGET_CC)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)" \
+		all
+endef
+
+define Package/acpid/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/acpid $(1)/usr/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/acpi_listen $(1)/usr/sbin/
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/acpi/events
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/default $(1)/etc/acpi/events/default
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/init.d
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/acpid.init $(1)/etc/init.d/acpid
+	chmod 0750 $(1)/etc/init.d/acpid
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/input/
+	$(INSTALL_CONF) ./files/acpid.hotplug $(1)/etc/hotplug.d/input/
+endef
+
+define Package/acpid/postinst
+#!/bin/sh
+[ -n "$${IPKG_INSTROOT}" ] || {
+	echo "waiting for input devices to come up"
+	/etc/init.d/acpid enable
+	sleep 5
+	/etc/init.d/acpid start
+	echo "please try the power button"
+	exit 0
+}
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,acpid))
diff --git a/utils/acpid/files/acpid.hotplug b/utils/acpid/files/acpid.hotplug
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6e08d01a22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/acpid/files/acpid.hotplug
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. /lib/functions.sh
+
+if [ "$ACTION" = add ] && [ "$DEVICENAME" = event0 ]; then
+        ( /etc/init.d/acpid/stop; sleep 3; /usr/sbin/acpid )&
+fi
diff --git a/utils/acpid/files/acpid.init b/utils/acpid/files/acpid.init
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3365aa0221
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/acpid/files/acpid.init
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/ash /etc/rc.common
+# Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenWrt.org
+
+START=99
+STOP=80
+
+ACPID_BIN="/usr/sbin/acpid"
+ACPID_PID="/var/run/acpid.pid"
+
+start() {
+    [ -x "$ACPID_BIN" ] || return 1
+    start-stop-daemon -S -x $ACPID_BIN -p $ACPID_PID
+}
+
+boot() {
+	# Do nothing on boot
+    	[ -x "$ACPID_BIN" ] || return 1
+	start-stop-daemon -S -x $ACPID_BIN -p $ACPID_PID
+	exit 0
+}
+
+stop() {
+	service_kill ${ACPID_BIN##*/} $ACPID_PID
+	rm -f $ACPID_PID
+}
diff --git a/utils/acpid/files/default b/utils/acpid/files/default
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cf8d9a3f24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/acpid/files/default
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# This is a sample ACPID configuration
+
+event=button/power.*
+action=/sbin/poweroff 
+
diff --git a/utils/acpid/patches/001-musl-compat.patch b/utils/acpid/patches/001-musl-compat.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..086361feaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/acpid/patches/001-musl-compat.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/tempfailure.h
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null
++++ acpid-2.0.23/tempfailure.h
+@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
++#ifndef TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY
++#define TEMP_FAILURE_RETRY(expression) \
++  (__extension__                                                              \
++    ({ long int __result;                                                     \
++       do __result = (long int) (expression);                                 \
++       while (__result == -1L && errno == EINTR);                             \
++       __result; }))
++#endif
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/acpi_listen.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/acpi_listen.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/acpi_listen.c
+@@ -39,6 +39,8 @@
+ #include "acpid.h"
+ #include "ud_socket.h"
+ 
++#include "tempfailure.h"
++
+ static int handle_cmdline(int *argc, char ***argv);
+ static char *read_line(int fd);
+ 
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/acpid.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/acpid.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/acpid.c
+@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
+ #include "input_layer.h"
+ #include "inotify_handler.h"
+ #include "netlink.h"
++#include "tempfailure.h"
+ 
+ static int handle_cmdline(int *argc, char ***argv);
+ static void close_fds(void);
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/event.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/event.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/event.c
+@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@
+ #include "sock.h"
+ #include "ud_socket.h"
+ #include "event.h"
++
++#include "tempfailure.h"
++
+ /*
+  * What is a rule?  It's polymorphic, pretty much.
+  */
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/input_layer.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/input_layer.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/input_layer.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@
+ 
+ #define DIM(a)  (sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]))
+ 
++#include "tempfailure.h"
++
+ struct evtab_entry {
+ 	struct input_event event;
+ 	const char *str;
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/kacpimon/libnetlink.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/kacpimon/libnetlink.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/kacpimon/libnetlink.c
+@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "libnetlink.h"
+ 
++#include "../tempfailure.h"
++
+ void rtnl_close(struct rtnl_handle *rth)
+ {
+ 	if (rth->fd >= 0) {
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/netlink.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/netlink.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/netlink.c
+@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
+ #include "connection_list.h"
+ 
+ #include "netlink.h"
++#include "tempfailure.h"
+ 
+ static void
+ format_netlink(struct nlmsghdr *msg)
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/proc.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/proc.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/proc.c
+@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "proc.h"
+ 
++#include "tempfailure.h"
++
+ const char *eventfile = ACPID_EVENTFILE;
+ 
+ static char *read_line(int fd);
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/ud_socket.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/ud_socket.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/ud_socket.c
+@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
+ #include "log.h"
+ #include "ud_socket.h"
+ 
++#include "tempfailure.h"
++
+ int
+ ud_create_socket(const char *name, mode_t socketmode)
+ {
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/libnetlink.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/libnetlink.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/libnetlink.c
+@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "libnetlink.h"
+ 
++#include "tempfailure.h"
++
+ void rtnl_close(struct rtnl_handle *rth)
+ {
+ 	if (rth->fd >= 0) {
diff --git a/utils/acpid/patches/002-dont-use-isfdtype.patch b/utils/acpid/patches/002-dont-use-isfdtype.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd4e062c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/acpid/patches/002-dont-use-isfdtype.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Partially roll back upstream commit 4711119089e1ad08dad206f4fded68f1972fdeed
+since released versions of uClibc don't support isfdtype().
+
+Signed-off-by: Gustavo Zaarias <gustavo@zacarias.com.ar>
+
+Index: acpid-2.0.23/sock.c
+===================================================================
+--- acpid-2.0.23.orig/sock.c
++++ acpid-2.0.23/sock.c
+@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ int non_root_clients;
+ int
+ is_socket(int fd)
+ {
+-    return (isfdtype(fd, S_IFSOCK) == 1);
++	int v;
++	socklen_t l = sizeof(int);
++
++	return (getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_TYPE, (char *)&v, &l) == 0);
+ }
+ 
+ /* accept a new client connection */