--- /dev/null
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2010 Gianluigi Tiesi <sherpya@netfarm.it>
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=axel
+PKG_VERSION:=2.4
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3015
+PKG_MD5SUM:=a2a762fce0c96781965c8f9786a3d09d
+
+PKG_INSTALL:=1
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/axel
+ SECTION:=net
+ CATEGORY:=Network
+ TITLE:=Axel Download Accelerator
+ DEPENDS:=+libpthread
+ URL:=http://axel.alioth.debian.org/
+ MAINTAINER:=Gianluigi Tiesi <sherpya@netfarm.it>
+endef
+
+define Package/axel/description
+ Axel tries to accelerate HTTP/FTP downloading process by using multiple connections for one file.
+ It can use multiple mirrors for a download. Axel has no dependencies and is lightweight,
+ so it might be useful as a wget clone on byte-critical systems.
+endef
+
+# notes:
+# - I'm using = and not += because it is not a standard configure script
+# - I ask not to strip, because it should be handled by the toolchain
+CONFIGURE_ARGS = \
+ --prefix=/usr \
+ --etcdir=/etc \
+ --debug=0 \
+ --i18n=0 \
+ --strip=0
+
+define Package/axel/install
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
+ $(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/axel $(1)/usr/bin/
+ $(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/etc
+ $(INSTALL_DATA) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/axelrc.example $(1)/etc/axelrc
+ echo "alternate_output = 1" >> $(1)/etc/axelrc
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,axel))