diff --git a/openwrt/package/Config.in b/openwrt/package/Config.in
index b90930d1c8..1ea07647e5 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/Config.in
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ source "package/l2tpd/Config.in"
 source "package/lighttpd/Config.in"
 source "package/maradns/Config.in"
 source "package/mini_httpd/Config.in"
+source "package/mini_sendmail/Config.in"
 source "package/ndisc/Config.in"
 source "package/net-snmp/Config.in"
 source "package/nfs-server/Config.in"
diff --git a/openwrt/package/Makefile b/openwrt/package/Makefile
index bf65d83dd8..0806cbaf7e 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/Makefile
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MATRIXSSL) += matrixssl
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MICROCOM) += microcom
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MICROPERL) += microperl
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MINI_HTTPD) += mini_httpd
+package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MINI_SENDMAIL) += mini_sendmail
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MONIT) += monit
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_MYSQL) += mysql
 package-$(BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES) += ncurses
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/Config.in b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2af7289f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MINI_SENDMAIL
+	tristate "mini-sendmail - A small sendmail-compatible mail forwarder"
+	default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
+	help
+	 mini_sendmail reads its standard input up to an end-of-file and sends a 
+	 copy of the message found there to all of the addresses listed.
+	 The message is sent by connecting to a local SMTP server. This means 
+	 mini_sendmail can be used to send email from inside a chroot(2) area. 
+	 
+	 http://www.acme.com/software/mini_sendmail/
+	 
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/Makefile b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30a799be60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# $Id$
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=mini-sendmail
+PKG_VERSION:=1.3.5
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+PKG_MD5SUM:=
+
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://www.acme.com/software/mini_sendmail/
+PKG_SOURCE:=mini_sendmail-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_CAT:=zcat
+
+PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/mini_sendmail-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
+
+$(eval $(call PKG_template,MINI_SENDMAIL,mini-sendmail,$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
+
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured:
+	touch $@
+
+$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built:
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		CC=$(TARGET_CC) \
+		OFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		all
+	touch $@
+
+$(IPKG_MINI_SENDMAIL):
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_MINI_SENDMAIL)/usr/sbin
+	install -m0755 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/mini_sendmail $(IDIR_MINI_SENDMAIL)/usr/sbin/
+	ln -sf mini_sendmail $(IDIR_MINI_SENDMAIL)/usr/sbin/sendmail
+	$(RSTRIP) $(IDIR_MINI_SENDMAIL)
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_MINI_SENDMAIL) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/ipkg/mini-sendmail.control b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/ipkg/mini-sendmail.control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f846dbe4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/ipkg/mini-sendmail.control
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+Package: mini-sendmail
+Priority: optional
+Section: net
+Version: [TBDL]
+Architecture: [TBDL]
+Maintainer: OpenWrt Developers Team <bugs@openwrt.org>
+Source: http://openwrt.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/openwrt/package/mini_httpd/
+Description: A small sendmail-compatible mail forwarder
diff --git a/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/patches/500-flags.patch b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/patches/500-flags.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb5d65a1a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/mini_sendmail/patches/500-flags.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+--- mini_sendmail-1.3.5/Makefile.orig	2002-01-04 07:05:25.000000000 +0100
++++ mini_sendmail-1.3.5/Makefile	2005-06-17 01:57:06.000000000 +0200
+@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
+ BINDIR =	/usr/local/sbin
+ MANDIR =	/usr/local/man
+ CC =		gcc
+-CFLAGS =	-O
++OFLAGS =	-O
++CFLAGS =	$(OFLAGS)
+ #CFLAGS =	-g
+-LDFLAGS =	-s -static
++LDFLAGS =
+ #LDFLAGS =	-g -static
+ LDLIBS =	$(SYSV_LIBS)
+