--- /dev/null
+################################################################################
+#
+# start-stop-daemon
+#
+################################################################################
+
+# Debian start-stop-daemon is part of dpkg. Since start-stop-daemon is the only
+# interesting tool in it, we call the buildroot package start-stop-daemon.
+
+START_STOP_DAEMON_VERSION = 1.16.15
+START_STOP_DAEMON_SOURCE = dpkg_$(START_STOP_DAEMON_VERSION).tar.xz
+START_STOP_DAEMON_SITE = http://snapshot.debian.org/archive/debian/20140616T044945Z/pool/main/d/dpkg
+START_STOP_DAEMON_CONF_OPTS = \
+ --disable-dselect \
+ --disable-update-alternatives \
+ --disable-install-info \
+ --exec-prefix=/
+START_STOP_DAEMON_CONF_ENV = \
+ dpkg_cv_va_copy=yes \
+ dpkg_cv_c99_snprintf=yes
+START_STOP_DAEMON_DEPENDENCIES = host-pkgconf \
+ $(if $(BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX),busybox)
+# Patching m4/dpkg-arch.m4
+START_STOP_DAEMON_AUTORECONF = YES
+START_STOP_DAEMON_LICENSE = GPLv2+
+START_STOP_DAEMON_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING
+
+define START_STOP_DAEMON_BUILD_CMDS
+ $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/lib/compat
+ $(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE) -C $(@D)/utils
+endef
+
+define START_STOP_DAEMON_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
+ $(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/utils/start-stop-daemon \
+ $(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/start-stop-daemon
+endef
+
+$(eval $(autotools-package))