diff --git a/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.conf b/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.conf
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31c64235b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+# --- ROCK-COPYRIGHT-NOTE-BEGIN ---
+# 
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+# 
+# ROCK Linux: rock-src/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.conf
+# ROCK Linux is Copyright (C) 1998 - 2003 Clifford Wolf
+# 
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
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+# (at your option) any later version. A copy of the GNU General Public
+# License can be found at Documentation/COPYING.
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+
+var_insert makeinstopt ' ' "PREFIX=$root/usr"
diff --git a/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.desc b/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.desc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1c9905d28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mips/lcdutils/lcdutils.desc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
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+
+[I] small utilities to play with cobalts front panel buttons and lcd
+
+[T] this package includes two utilites, one to control the buttons, and one
+[T] to play with the lcd display on the front panel of cobalt machines like
+[T] the raq or qube.
+
+[A] Paul Martin <pm@debian.org>
+[M] fake <fake@rocklinux.org>
+
+[C] base/tool
+[R] + mips
+
+[L] GPL
+[S] Stable
+[V] 0.2
+[P] X -----5---9 612.000
+
+[D] 738589617 lcdutils-0.2.tar.gz http://people.debian.org/~pm/mips-cobalt/
+
diff --git a/package/mips/lcdutils/makefile-useprefix.patch b/package/mips/lcdutils/makefile-useprefix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7eb6076c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mips/lcdutils/makefile-useprefix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- ./Makefile.orig	2004-01-30 19:04:40.000000000 +0100
++++ ./Makefile	2004-01-30 19:04:17.000000000 +0100
+@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
+ #LDFLAGS=-static
+ 
+ CFLAGS=-O2 -Wall
++PREFIX=/usr/local
+ 
+ all: putlcd buttond
+ 
+ install: all
+-	install putlcd /usr/local/sbin
+-	install buttond /usr/local/sbin
++	install putlcd ${PREFIX}/sbin
++	install buttond ${PREFIX}/sbin
+ 
+ clean:
+ 	rm -f putlcd buttond *.o
diff --git a/package/mips/lcdutils/use-devfs-lcddev.patch b/package/mips/lcdutils/use-devfs-lcddev.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09abf3c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/mips/lcdutils/use-devfs-lcddev.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ./liblcd.c.orig	2002-07-08 15:39:10.000000000 +0200
++++ ./liblcd.c	2004-01-30 19:02:16.000000000 +0100
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ #define DEBOUNCE_SELECT 150
+ #define DEBOUNCE_OTHER  5
+ 
+-#define LCDDEV "/dev/lcd"
++#define LCDDEV "/dev/misc/lcd"
+ 
+ void lcd_op(const int operation,
+ 	    struct lcd_display *disp, const char *error)