3 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/package/Config.in b/package/Config.in
index 41cbb8c1a..c582f8a5e 100644
--- a/package/Config.in
+++ b/package/Config.in
@@ -197,6 +197,7 @@ source "package/lvm2/Config.in"
 source "package/makedevs/Config.in"
 source "package/mdadm/Config.in"
 source "package/memtester/Config.in"
+source "package/minicom/Config.in"
 source "package/mtd/Config.in"
 source "package/ntfs-3g/Config.in"
 source "package/ntfsprogs/Config.in"
diff --git a/package/minicom/Config.in b/package/minicom/Config.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8a263538
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/minicom/Config.in
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+config BR2_PACKAGE_MINICOM
+	bool "minicom"
+	depends on BR2_USE_WCHAR
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBICONV if !BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_NCURSES
+	help
+	  Minicom is a menu driven communications program.
+	  It emulates ANSI and VT102 terminals. It has a
+	  dialing directory and auto zmodem download.
+
+	  http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom
+
+comment "minicom requires a toolchain with WCHAR support"
+	depends on !BR2_USE_WCHAR
diff --git a/package/minicom/minicom.mk b/package/minicom/minicom.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb09b839f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/minicom/minicom.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#############################################################
+#
+# minicom
+#
+#############################################################
+MINICOM_VERSION = 2.6
+MINICOM_SOURCE = minicom-$(MINICOM_VERSION).tar.gz
+MINICOM_SITE = http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/3689/
+
+# pkg-config is only used to check for liblockdev, which we don't have
+# in BR, so instead of adding host-pkg-config as a dependency, simply
+# make sure the host version isn't used so we don't end up with problems
+# if people have liblockdev1-dev installed
+MINICOM_CONF_ENV = PKG_CONFIG=/bin/false
+
+MINICOM_DEPENDENCIES = ncurses $(if $(BR2_ENABLE_LOCALE),,libiconv)
+
+$(eval $(call AUTOTARGETS))