diff --git a/openwrt/package/dropbear/Config.in b/openwrt/package/dropbear/Config.in
index 0c4b2f4527f0e4c6fc4f278cf5fcb59d17733bc0..5ed76a550603892a2e18be7310aa91a2904c6c52 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/dropbear/Config.in
+++ b/openwrt/package/dropbear/Config.in
@@ -2,9 +2,13 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR
 	prompt "dropbear.......................... Small SSH 2 client/server"
 	tristate
 	default y
-	select BR2_PACKAGE_ZLIB
 	help
 	  A small SSH 2 server/client designed for small memory environments.
 	  
 	  http://matt.ucc.asn.au/dropbear/
 
+config BR2_PACKAGE_DBCONVERT
+	prompt "dropbearconvert................... Utility for converting SSH keys"
+	tristate
+	default m if CONFIG_DEVEL
+	depends BR2_PACKAGE_DROPBEAR
diff --git a/openwrt/package/dropbear/Makefile b/openwrt/package/dropbear/Makefile
index 36548877db25c57343bc517cab16a6dda96239c1..d43e70cfce7f35dc8c8fdbae5bb60a7fa818166d 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/dropbear/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/dropbear/Makefile
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
 
 $(eval $(call PKG_template,DROPBEAR,$(PKG_NAME),$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
+$(eval $(call PKG_template,DBCONVERT,dropbearconvert,$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
 
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured:
 	$(SED) 's,^/\* #define PKG_MULTI.*,#define PKG_MULTI,g' $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/options.h
@@ -58,15 +59,25 @@ $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured:
 		--disable-loginfunc \
 		--disable-pututline \
 		--disable-pututxline \
+		--disable-zlib \
 	);
 	touch $@
 
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built:
 	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
 		LD=$(TARGET_CC) \
-		PROGRAMS="dropbear dbclient dropbearkey dropbearconvert scp" \
+		PROGRAMS="dropbear dbclient dropbearkey scp" \
 		MULTI=1 SCPPROGRESS=1
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		LD=$(TARGET_CC) \
+		PROGRAMS="dropbearconvert"
 	touch $@
+	
+$(IPKG_DBCONVERT):
+	mkdir -p $(IDIR_DBCONVERT)/usr/bin
+	install -m 755 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/dropbearconvert \
+		$(IDIR_DBCONVERT)/usr/bin/dropbearconvert
+	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_DBCONVERT) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
 
 $(IPKG_DROPBEAR):
 	mkdir -p $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/usr/bin
@@ -78,7 +89,6 @@ $(IPKG_DROPBEAR):
 	ln -sf ../sbin/dropbear $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/usr/bin/ssh
 	ln -sf ../sbin/dropbear $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/usr/bin/dbclient
 	ln -sf ../sbin/dropbear $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/usr/bin/dropbearkey
-	ln -sf ../sbin/dropbear $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/usr/bin/dropbearconvert
 	mkdir -p $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/etc/init.d
 	install -m 755 ./files/S50dropbear $(IDIR_DROPBEAR)/etc/init.d/
 	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_DROPBEAR) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
diff --git a/openwrt/package/dropbear/ipkg/dropbearconvert.control b/openwrt/package/dropbear/ipkg/dropbearconvert.control
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..9dd5ecd1aadbfd34325276e22780f6dbce07a916
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/dropbear/ipkg/dropbearconvert.control
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package: dropbearconvert
+Priority: optional
+Depends: zlib
+Section: net
+Description: Utility for converting SSH keys
diff --git a/openwrt/package/dropbear/patches/150-dbconvert_standalone.patch b/openwrt/package/dropbear/patches/150-dbconvert_standalone.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..50c035ae8c802cf086ca05022fd941d09143da15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/dropbear/patches/150-dbconvert_standalone.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- dropbear-0.47.old/options.h	2006-01-31 13:36:25.301562500 +0100
++++ dropbear-0.47.dev/options.h	2006-01-31 13:37:41.846346250 +0100
+@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
+ #ifndef _OPTIONS_H_
+ #define _OPTIONS_H_
+ 
++#if !defined(DROPBEAR_CLIENT) && !defined(DROPBEAR_SERVER)
++#define DROPBEAR_SERVER
++#define DROPBEAR_CLIENT
++#endif
++
+ /******************************************************************
+  * Define compile-time options below - the "#ifndef DROPBEAR_XXX .... #endif"
+  * parts are to allow for commandline -DDROPBEAR_XXX options etc.