diff --git a/package/base/rockplug/rockplug_firmware.patch b/package/base/rockplug/rockplug_firmware.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dfa1a5fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/base/rockplug/rockplug_firmware.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+diff -ruN rockplug-0.0.9/Makefile rockplug-0.0.9-new/Makefile
+--- rockplug-0.0.9/Makefile	2004-03-22 07:08:30.000000000 +0100
++++ rockplug-0.0.9-new/Makefile	2004-10-06 09:31:01.178453224 +0200
+@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+ PACKAGE = rockplug
+-VERSION = 0.0.7
++VERSION = 0.0.9
+ 
+ SCRIPTS = \
+ etc/rockplug/usb.init \
+@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
+ etc/rockplug/scsi.init \
+ etc/rockplug/scsi.plug \
+ etc/rockplug/ieee1394.plug \
++etc/rockplug/firmware.plug \
+ sbin/rockplug \
+ sbin/rockscan
+ 
+diff -ruN rockplug-0.0.9/etc/rockplug/firmware.plug rockplug-0.0.9-new/etc/rockplug/firmware.plug
+--- rockplug-0.0.9/etc/rockplug/firmware.plug	1970-01-01 01:00:00.000000000 +0100
++++ rockplug-0.0.9-new/etc/rockplug/firmware.plug	2004-10-06 09:30:32.561803616 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
++#!/bin/bash
++# Copyright (C) 2003 Juergen "George" Sawinski
++#                    Rene Rebe
++# All rights reserved.
++# Partially copied from/rewritten based on hotplug.
++# See README file for further explanation and
++# LICENCING TERMS (GPL v2 or later).
++
++. /etc/rockplug/functions
++
++# config
++FIRMWARE_DIR=/usr/lib/rockplug/firmware
++[ -f /etc/conf/firmware ] && . /etc/conf/firmware
++
++# sanity checks
++if [ "$FIRMWARE" = "" -o "$ACTION" = "" -o "$DEVPATH" = ""]; then
++  #@FIXME meaningfull message
++  mesg "Invalid invocation of $0"
++  exit 1
++fi
++
++SYSFS=$(sed -n 's/^.* \([^ ]*\) sysfs .*$/\1/p' /proc/mounts)
++
++# use /proc for 2.4 kernels
++if [ "$SYSFS" = "" ]; then
++    SYSFS=/proc
++fi
++
++case $ACTION in 
++  add)
++      mesg "Firmware: Loading $FIRMWARE for $DEVPATH"
++      if [ -f $FIRMWARE_DIR/$FIRMWARE ]; then
++        echo 1 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
++        cp $FIRMWARE_DIR/$FIRMWARE $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/data
++        echo 0 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
++      else
++        echo -1 > $SYSFS/$DEVPATH/loading
++      fi 
++    ;;
++  remove)
++      mesg "Firmware: Not removing anything"
++    ;;
++  *)
++      mesg "Firmware: Nothing to do for $ACTION"
++    ;;
++esac
++
++# Local variables:
++#   mode: shell-script
++#   basic-offset: 2
++# End: