diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 28bfc3576d..9d8b4a775a 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ source "package/haserl/Config.in"
 source "package/microperl/Config.in"
 source "package/strace/Config.in"
 source "package/lcd4linux/Config.in"
+source "package/setserial/Config.in"
 
 comment "Networking"
 source "package/tcpdump/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/Makefile b/package/Makefile
index 0f1193db48..299a61245f 100644
--- a/package/Makefile
+++ b/package/Makefile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_PPTP) += pptp
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_PPTPD) += pptpd
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_QUAGGA) += quagga
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_SER) += ser
+package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_SETSERIAL) += setserial
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_STRACE) += strace
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_TCPDUMP) += tcpdump
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_WOL) += wol
diff --git a/package/setserial/Config.in b/package/setserial/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..477896769e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/setserial/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_SETSERIAL
+	tristate "setserial"
+	default m
+	help
+	  setserial  is a program designed to set and/or report the
+	  configuration information associated with a serial port.  This
+	  information  includes what I/O port and IRQ a particular
+	  serial port is using, and whether or not the break key should
+	  be interpreted as the Secure  Attention  Key, and so on.
+
diff --git a/package/setserial/Makefile b/package/setserial/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d42eaecafe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/setserial/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=setserial
+PKG_VERSION:=2.17
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_MD5SUM:=c4867d72c41564318e0107745eb7a0f2
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/setserial
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+PKG_CAT:=zcat
+PKG_IPK:=$(PACKAGE_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE)_$(ARCH).ipk
+PKG_IPK_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg
+
+$(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE):
+	 $(SCRIPT_DIR)/download.pl $(DL_DIR) $(PKG_SOURCE) $(PKG_MD5SUM) $(PKG_SOURCE_URL)
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+	$(PKG_CAT) $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE) | tar -C $(BUILD_DIR) $(TAR_OPTIONS) -
+	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
+		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+		./configure \
+		  --prefix=/ \
+		  --target=$(REAL_GNU_TARGET_NAME) --host=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+	)
+	touch $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+	 CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
+	 CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+	 all
+
+$(PKG_IPK): $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/sbin
+	cp -a ./ipkg/* $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/
+	$(SCRIPT_DIR)/make-ipkg-dir.sh $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PKG_NAME).control $(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE) $(ARCH)
+	chmod +x $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/etc/init.d/*
+	cp $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/setserial $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/sbin/
+	$(STRIP) $(PKG_IPK_DIR)/usr/sbin/*
+	mkdir -p $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+	find $(PKG_IPK_DIR) -name CVS | xargs rm -rf
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(PKG_IPK_DIR) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
+
+$(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/setserial.list: $(PKG_IPK)
+	$(IPKG) install $(PKG_IPK)
+
+source: $(DL_DIR)/$(PKG_SOURCE)
+prepare: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.unpacked
+compile: $(PKG_IPK)
+install: $(IPKG_STATE_DIR)/info/$(PKG_NAME).list
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
+	rm -f $(PKG_IPK)
diff --git a/package/setserial/ipkg/etc/init.d/S15serial b/package/setserial/ipkg/etc/init.d/S15serial
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ffd729e1e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/setserial/ipkg/etc/init.d/S15serial
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+/usr/sbin/setserial /dev/tts/1 irq 3
diff --git a/package/setserial/setserial.control b/package/setserial/setserial.control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6f54d72f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/setserial/setserial.control
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+Package: setserial
+Priority: optional
+Section: console
+Maintainer: Georg Lukas <georg@boerde.de>
+Source: buildroot internal
+Description: configuration utility for serial ports