diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index 808ea8412..94f7ce699 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ tools-y += m4 autoconf automake bison pkg-config sed mklibs
 tools-y += sstrip ipkg-utils genext2fs libuuid mtd-utils mkimage
 tools-y += firmware-utils patch-cmdline quilt yaffs2
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
+tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_LINUX_2_4)$(CONFIG_LINUX_2_6_25),)
 tools-y += squashfs lzma-old
 else
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ $(curdir)/automake/compile := $(curdir)/m4/install $(curdir)/autoconf/install
 $(curdir)/mpfr/compile := $(curdir)/gmp/install
 $(curdir)/mtd-utils/compile := $(curdir)/libuuid/install
 $(curdir)/mkimage/compile := $(curdir)/sed/install
+$(curdir)/upslug2/compile := $(curdir)/automake/install
 
 $(curdir)/builddirs := $(tools-y) $(tools-dep) $(tools-)
 $(curdir)/builddirs-default := $(tools-y)
diff --git a/tools/qemu/Makefile b/tools/qemu/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d4eb0b30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/qemu/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=qemu
+PKG_VERSION:=0.12.5
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/qemu/
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_MD5SUM:=1d02ee0a04dfae2894340273372c1de4
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+
+define Host/Configure
+	(cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR); \
+		CFLAGS="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
+		LDFLAGS="$(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
+		$(HOST_CONFIGURE_CMD) \
+		--extra-cflags="$(HOST_CFLAGS)" \
+		--enable-uuid \
+	)
+endef
+
+define Host/Compile
+	(cd $(HOST_BUILD_DIR); \
+		make qemu-img \
+	)
+endef
+
+define Host/Install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/qemu-img $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))