--- /dev/null
+################################################################################
+#
+# makedevs
+#
+################################################################################
+
+# source included in buildroot
+MAKEDEVS_SOURCE =
+HOST_MAKEDEVS_SOURCE =
+
+MAKEDEVS_VERSION = buildroot-$(BR2_VERSION)
+MAKEDEVS_LICENSE = GPLv2
+
+define MAKEDEVS_BUILD_CMDS
+ $(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) \
+ package/makedevs/makedevs.c -o $(@D)/makedevs
+endef
+
+define MAKEDEVS_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/makedevs $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/sbin/makedevs
+endef
+
+define HOST_MAKEDEVS_BUILD_CMDS
+ $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) \
+ package/makedevs/makedevs.c -o $(@D)/makedevs
+endef
+
+define HOST_MAKEDEVS_INSTALL_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/makedevs $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/makedevs
+endef
+
+$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))