diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/iproute2-fhs.patch b/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/iproute2-fhs.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f2d9c8a400c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/iproute2/patches/iproute2-fhs.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+--- Makefile	2009-11-11 22:05:21.251407668 +0100
++++ Makefile	2009-11-11 22:07:09.891833516 +0100
+@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
+ DESTDIR=/usr/
+ ROOTDIR=$(DESTDIR)
+ LIBDIR=/usr/lib/
+-SBINDIR=/sbin
++SBINDIR=/usr/sbin
+ CONFDIR=/etc/iproute2
+-DOCDIR=/share/doc/iproute2
+-MANDIR=/share/man
++DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2
++MANDIR=/usr/share/man
+ ARPDDIR=/var/lib/arpd
++SHAREDIR=/usr/share
+
+ # Path to db_185.h include
+ DBM_INCLUDE:=$(ROOTDIR)/usr/include
+--- netem/Makefile	2009-11-11 22:05:21.284750207 +0100
++++ netem/Makefile	2009-11-11 22:07:54.674736924 +0100
+@@ -20,9 +20,9 @@
+ 	$(HOSTCC) $(CCOPTS) -I../include -o $@ $@.c -lm
+ 
+ install: all
+-	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/lib/tc
++	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)/${SHAREDIR}/tc
+ 	for i in $(DISTDATA); \
+-	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)/lib/tc; \
++	do install -m 755 $$i $(DESTDIR)/${SHAREDIR}/tc; \
+ 	done
+ 
+ clean:
+--- tc/tc_util.c	2009-11-11 22:05:21.298076943 +0100
++++ tc/tc_util.c	2009-11-11 22:09:32.865152646 +0100
+@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@
+ #include "utils.h"
+ #include "tc_util.h"
+ 
+-#ifndef LIBDIR
+-#define LIBDIR "/usr/lib/"
++#ifndef SHAREDIR
++#define SHAREDIR "/usr/share"
+ #endif
+ 
+ const char *get_tc_lib(void)
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
+ 
+ 	lib_dir = getenv("TC_LIB_DIR");
+ 	if (!lib_dir)
+-		lib_dir = LIBDIR "/tc/";
++		lib_dir = SHAREDIR "/tc/";
+ 
+ 	return lib_dir;
+ }
diff --git a/srcpkgs/iproute2/template b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4719464f59a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/iproute2/template
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Template file for 'iproute2'
+pkgname=iproute2
+version=2.6.31
+distfiles="http://devresources.linux-foundation.org/dev/iproute2/download/iproute2-$version.tar.bz2"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="IP Routing Utilities"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=56875eaed9c581645422d89e00fa7da512256c82ac3dae3c5051ff6827e83152
+long_desc="
+ Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP networking
+ and traffic control in Linux."
+
+conf_files="
+/etc/iproute2/ematch_map
+/etc/iproute2/rt_dsfield
+/etc/iproute2/rt_protos
+/etc/iproute2/rt_realms
+/etc/iproute2/rt_scopes
+/etc/iproute2/rt_tables"
+
+Add_dependency run glibc
+Add_dependency run db
+Add_dependency full perl
+Add_dependency build db-devel