diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/Makefile b/openwrt/package/mysql/Makefile
index 2c54c42326..c471d9c453 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/mysql/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/mysql/Makefile
@@ -19,40 +19,103 @@ PKG_SOURCE_CAT := zcat
 PKG_SOURCE_DIR := $(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_BUILD_DIR := $(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_DIR)
 PKG_IPK := $(PACKAGE_DIR)/libmysqlclient_$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)_$(ARCH).ipk
-
+PKG_IPK_DIR := $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg
 
 $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE):
 	mkdir -p $(DL_DIR)
 	$(SCRIPT_DIR)/download.pl $(DL_DIR) $(PKG_SOURCE_FILE) $(PKG_MD5SUM) $(PKG_SOURCE_SITE)
 
-$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
-	mkdir -p $(TOOL_BUILD_DIR)
-	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.patched: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
 	$(PKG_SOURCE_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
 	$(PATCH) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) ./patches
-	cp -fpR ./ipkg $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/
-	chmod a+x $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
-	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
+	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.patched
 
-$(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
-	cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
-	INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-	./ipkg/rules package
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.patched
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
+		touch configure.in; \
+		touch aclocal.m4; \
+		touch Makefile.in; \
+		touch config.h.in; \
+		touch configure; \
+		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		CFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
+		LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
+		OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		OPTIMIZE_CXXFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		ac_atomic_add=yes \
+		ac_atomic_sub=yes \
+		ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \
+		ac_cv_conv_longlong_to_float=yes \
+		mysql_cv_compress=yes \
+		mysql_cv_gethostname_style=glibc2 \
+		./configure \
+		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+		--prefix=/ \
+		--exec-prefix=/ \
+		--bindir=/usr/bin \
+		--sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+		--libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+		--sysconfdir=/etc \
+		--datadir=/usr/share \
+		--localstatedir=/var \
+		--mandir=/usr/man \
+		--infodir=/usr/info \
+		--enable-shared \
+		--enable-static \
+		--disable-assembler \
+		--with-pthread \
+		--without-raid \
+		--with-unix-socket-path=/tmp \
+		--without-libwrap \
+		--without-pstack \
+		--with-low-memory \
+		--without-server \
+		--without-embedded-server \
+		--without-query-cache \
+		--without-mysqlfs \
+		--without-vio \
+		--without-openssl \
+		--without-docs \
+		--without-bench \
+		--without-readline \
+		$(DISABLE_NLS) \
+		$(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+	);
+	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libmysql/.libs/libmysqlclient.so: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
+	$(MAKE) -C "$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libmysql" \
+		CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
+		LINK="$(HOSTCC) -o conf_to_src -lc" \
+		CFLAGS="" \
+		conf_to_src
+	$(MAKE) -C "$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)" \
+		SUBDIRS="include libmysql" \
+		all
+
+$(STAGING_DIR)/include/mysql/mysql.h: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libmysql/.libs/libmysqlclient.so
+	$(MAKE) -C "$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)" \
+		DESTDIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
+		SUBDIRS="include libmysql" \
+		install
+
+$(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/libmysql/.libs/libmysqlclient.so
+	$(SCRIPT_DIR)/make-ipkg-dir.sh $(PKG_IPK_DIR) libmysqlclient.control $(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE) $(ARCH)
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/lib
+	cp $< $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/lib/
+	mkdir -p $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
 
 $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/libmysqlclient.list: $(PKG_IPK)
 	$(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
 
-source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE_FILE)
-prepare: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg/rules
-compile: $(PKG_IPK)
+source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+prepare: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.patched
+compile: $(STAGING_DIR)/include/mysql/mysql.h $(PKG_IPK)
 install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/libmysqlclient.list
 
 clean:
-	-cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
-	TOPDIR="$(TOPDIR)" IPKG_RULES_INC="$(TOPDIR)/rules.mk" \
-	INSTALL_DIR="$(STAGING_DIR)" \
-	./ipkg/rules clean
 	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
 	rm -f $(PKG_IPK)
-
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/libmysqlclient-dev/CONTROL/control b/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/libmysqlclient-dev/CONTROL/control
deleted file mode 100644
index 15dafcd224..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/libmysqlclient-dev/CONTROL/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-Package: libmysqlclient-dev
-Priority: optional
-Section: devel
-Version: [TBDL]
-Architecture: [TBDL]
-Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/mysql/
-Description: MySQL client library (development)
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/libmysqlclient/CONTROL/control b/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/libmysqlclient/CONTROL/control
deleted file mode 100644
index 6773242cb1..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/libmysqlclient/CONTROL/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Package: libmysqlclient
-Priority: optional
-Section: libs
-Version: [TBDL]
-Architecture: [TBDL]
-Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/mysql/
-Description: MySQL client library
-Depends: zlib
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/mysql-utils/CONTROL/control b/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/mysql-utils/CONTROL/control
deleted file mode 100644
index d9da480bba..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/mysql-utils/CONTROL/control
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-Package: mysql-utils
-Priority: optional
-Section: admin
-Version: [TBDL]
-Architecture: [TBDL]
-Maintainer: Nico <nthill@free.fr>
-Source: http://nthill.free.fr/openwrt/sources/mysql/
-Description: some MySQL client utilities
-Depends: libmysqlclient, zlib
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/rules b/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/rules
deleted file mode 100644
index f3a9cea3c8..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/rules
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,191 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/make -f
-
-ifneq ($(strip ${IPKG_RULES_INC}),)
- include $(IPKG_RULES_INC)
-endif
-
-##
-
-PKG_VERSION := $(shell cat ./ipkg/version)
-CURRENT_DIR := $(shell pwd)
-INSTALL_DIR ?= $(CURRENT_DIR)/ipkg-install
-
-unexport INSTALL_DIR
-
-I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT := ipkg/libmysqlclient
-I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV := ipkg/libmysqlclient-dev
-I_MYSQL_UTILS := ipkg/mysql-utils
-
-BUILD_DEPS := \
-	$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/ncurses.h \
-#	$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/zlib.h \
-
-CONFIGURE_OPTS = \
-	--enable-shared \
-	--enable-static \
-	--disable-assembler \
-	--with-pthread \
-	--without-raid \
-	--with-unix-socket-path=/tmp \
-	--without-libwrap \
-	--without-pstack \
-	--with-low-memory \
-	--without-server \
-	--without-embedded-server \
-	--without-query-cache \
-	--without-mysqlfs \
-	--without-vio \
-	--without-openssl \
-	--without-docs \
-	--without-bench \
-	--without-readline \
-
-##
-
-all: package
-
-
-.stamp-configured: $(BUILD_DEPS)
-
-	touch configure.in 
-	touch aclocal.m4 
-	touch Makefile.in
-	touch config.h.in
-	touch configure
-
-	rm -rf config.cache
-	$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-	CFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
-	LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
-	OPTIMIZE_CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-	OPTIMIZE_CXXFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
-	ac_atomic_add=yes \
-	ac_atomic_sub=yes \
-	ac_cv_sys_restartable_syscalls=yes \
-	ac_cv_conv_longlong_to_float=yes \
-	mysql_cv_compress=yes \
-	mysql_cv_gethostname_style=glibc2 \
-	./configure \
-	  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-	  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-	  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
-	  --program-prefix="" \
-	  --program-suffix="" \
-	  --prefix=/usr \
-	  --exec-prefix=/usr \
-	  --bindir=/usr/bin \
-	  --datadir=/usr/share \
-	  --includedir=/usr/include \
-	  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
-	  --libdir=/usr/lib \
-	  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
-	  --localstatedir=/var \
-	  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
-	  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
-	  --sysconfdir=/etc \
-	  $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
-	  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
-	  $(CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
-
-	touch .stamp-configured
-
-
-.stamp-built: .stamp-configured
-
-	$(MAKE) -C "libmysql" \
-	  CC="$(HOSTCC)" \
-	  LINK="$(HOSTCC) -o conf_to_src -lc" \
-	  CFLAGS="" \
-	 conf_to_src
-
-	$(MAKE) \
-	  SUBDIRS="include libmysql" \
-	 all
-
-	$(MAKE) -C "client" mysqladmin mysqlshow
-
-	touch .stamp-built
-
-
-$(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/mysql/mysql.h: .stamp-built
-
-	mkdir -p $(INSTALL_DIR)
-
-	$(MAKE) \
-	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-	  SUBDIRS="include libmysql" \
-	 install
-	 
-	$(MAKE) -C "client" \
-	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-	  bin_PROGRAMS="mysqladmin mysqlshow" \
-	 install
-
-
-configure: .stamp-configured
-
-
-build: .stamp-built
-
-
-install: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/mysql/mysql.h
-
-
-package: $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/mysql/mysql.h
-
-	mkdir -p $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT)/usr/lib/
-	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so.* $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT)/usr/lib/
-	$(STRIP) $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT)/usr/lib/libmysqlclient.so.*
-
-	mkdir -p $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/usr/include
-	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/mysql $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/usr/include/
-	mkdir -p $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/usr/lib/mysql
-	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.a $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/usr/lib/mysql/
-	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/mysql/libmysqlclient.so* $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/usr/lib/mysql/
-	
-	mkdir -p $(I_MYSQL_UTILS)/usr/bin
-	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/mysqladmin $(I_MYSQL_UTILS)/usr/bin/
-	cp -fpR $(INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/mysqlshow $(I_MYSQL_UTILS)/usr/bin/
-	$(STRIP) $(I_MYSQL_UTILS)/usr/bin/*
-
-	chmod 0755 ipkg/*/CONTROL/
-	chmod 0644 ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-
-	perl -pi -e "s/^Arch.*:.*/Architecture: $(ARCH)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-ifneq ($(strip $(PKG_VERSION)),)
-	perl -pi -e "s/^Vers.*:.*/Version: $(PKG_VERSION)/g" ipkg/*/CONTROL/control
-endif
-
-	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(I_MYSQL_UTILS) $(IPKG_TARGET_DIR)
-
-
-clean:
-
-	-$(MAKE) -C "client" \
-	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-	  bin_PROGRAMS="mysqladmin mysqlshow" \
-	 uninstall
-
-	-$(MAKE) \
-	  DESTDIR="$(INSTALL_DIR)" \
-	 uninstall clean
-	
-	rm -rf .stamp-* \
-	  $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT)/usr \
-	  $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/usr \
-	  $(I_MYSQL_UTILS)/usr \
-
-
-control:
-
-	@cat $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT)/CONTROL/control
-	@echo
-	@cat $(I_LIBMYSQLCLIENT_DEV)/CONTROL/control
-	@echo
-	@cat $(I_MYSQL_UTILS)/CONTROL/control
-	@echo
-	
-
-.PHONY: configure build install package clean control
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/version b/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/version
deleted file mode 100644
index e6b6b37127..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/mysql/ipkg/version
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-4.0.24-2
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mysql/libmysqlclient.control b/openwrt/package/mysql/libmysqlclient.control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..29711ab2ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/mysql/libmysqlclient.control
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+Package: libmysqlclient
+Priority: optional
+Section: libs
+Maintainer: Felix Fietkau <nbd@vd-s.ath.cx>
+Source: buildroot internal
+Depends: zlib
+Description: MySQL client library