--- /dev/null
+################################################################################
+#
+# mkpasswd
+#
+################################################################################
+
+# source included in buildroot, taken from
+# https://github.com/rfc1036/whois/blob/master/
+# at revision 5a0f08500fa51608b6d3b73ee338be38c692eadb
+HOST_MKPASSWD_SOURCE =
+HOST_MKPASSWD_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+
+HOST_MKPASSWD_VERSION = buildroot-$(BR2_VERSION)
+
+define HOST_MKPASSWD_BUILD_CMDS
+ $(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) \
+ package/mkpasswd/mkpasswd.c package/mkpasswd/utils.c \
+ -o $(@D)/mkpasswd -lcrypt
+endef
+
+define HOST_MKPASSWD_INSTALL_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -D -m 755 $(@D)/mkpasswd $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mkpasswd
+endef
+
+$(eval $(host-generic-package))
+
+MKPASSWD = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mkpasswd