diff --git a/package/mkelfimage/Makefile b/package/mkelfimage/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2433c7203
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mkelfimage/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=mkelfimage
+PKG_VERSION:=2.7
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mkelfimage/
+PKG_MD5SUM:=e505cb87e9c0cdc44cf03d2c4ea8c74b
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/mkelfimage
+  SECTION:=base
+  CATEGORY:=Base system
+  TITLE:=mkelfimage
+  HIDDEN:=1
+  DEPENDS:=@i386
+  DEFAULT:=y if TARGET_x86
+endef
+
+CONFIGURE_VARS += AS="$(TARGET_CROSS)as"
+MAKE_FLAGS += HOST_CC="$(HOSTCC)" DEFS="-I$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/include"
+
+define Build/InstallDev
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/objdir/sbin/mkelfImage $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,mkelfimage))
diff --git a/tools/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch b/package/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from tools/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch
rename to package/mkelfimage/patches/no-stack-protector.patch
diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index a49e0cf97..80c2d1162 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ tools-y += sstrip ipkg-utils genext2fs e2fsprogs mtd-utils mkimage
 tools-y += firmware-utils patch-cmdline quilt yaffs2 flock
 tools-y += mm-macros xorg-macros xfce-macros missing-macros xz cmake
 tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion_generic) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
-tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu mkelfimage
+tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx),)
 tools-y += lzma-old squashfs 
 endif
diff --git a/tools/mkelfimage/Makefile b/tools/mkelfimage/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 75cff88d9..000000000
--- a/tools/mkelfimage/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-# 
-# Copyright (C) 2006 OpenWrt.org
-#
-# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
-# See /LICENSE for more information.
-#
-include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
-
-PKG_NAME:=mkelfimage
-PKG_VERSION:=2.7
-
-PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)_$(PKG_VERSION).orig.tar.gz
-PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.debian.org/debian/pool/main/m/mkelfimage/
-PKG_MD5SUM:=e505cb87e9c0cdc44cf03d2c4ea8c74b
-
-include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
-
-define Host/Install
-	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/objdir/sbin/mkelfImage $(STAGING_DIR_HOST)/bin
-endef
-
-$(eval $(call HostBuild))