diff --git a/abook/Makefile b/abook/Makefile
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/abook/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=abook
+PKG_VERSION:=0.5.6
+PKG_RELEASE:=2
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=abook-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@SF/abook
+	PKG_MD5SUM:=87d25df96864a7c507a4965e6d1da49d
+	PKG_CAT:=zcat
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/abook-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/abook
+	SECTION:=utils
+	CATEGORY:=Utilities
+	TITLE:=abook
+	URL:=http://abook.sourceforge.net/
+	DEPENDS:= +libreadline +libncurses @BROKEN
+endef
+
+define Package/abook/description
+	Simple address book program.
+endef
+
+define Build/Configure
+	$(call Build/Configure/Default, \
+		--prefix=/usr \
+	)
+endef
+
+#define Build/Configure
+#	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); \
+#		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
+#		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(FPIC)" \
+#		UNAME_S="Linux" \
+#		./configure \
+#		--host=mipsel \
+#			--prefix=/usr \
+#	);
+#endef
+
+
+define Package/abook/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/abook $(1)/usr/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,abook))
diff --git a/abook/patches/abook_h.patch b/abook/patches/abook_h.patch
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+++ b/abook/patches/abook_h.patch
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+--- abook-0.5.6/abook.h	2005-09-17 12:10:25.000000000 +0200
++++ abook-0.5.6m/abook.h	2010-09-08 19:50:56.316495243 +0200
+@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@
+ 
+ #define Y_STATUSLINE   	(LINES - 2)
+ 
+-#define MIN_LINES	20
+-#define MIN_COLS	70
++#define MIN_LINES	15
++#define MIN_COLS	40
+ 
+ #define DEFAULT_UMASK	066
+ #define DIR_IN_HOME	".abook"