diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile b/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile
index 96ccc5ffcf40e272963b3c3431dbb2ca28d6c323..3fdf2d006004dc263e6b1538c6abd6143a6f186d 100644
--- a/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/Makefile
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ define Host/Compile
 	$(call cc,mkdapimg)
 	$(call cc, mkcameofw, -Wall)
 	$(call cc,seama md5)
+	$(call cc,fix-u-media-header cyg_crc32,-Wall)
 endef
 
 define Host/Install
diff --git a/tools/firmware-utils/src/fix-u-media-header.c b/tools/firmware-utils/src/fix-u-media-header.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..21f184e66daa9dfceeb47354d62eca02b5fdee9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/firmware-utils/src/fix-u-media-header.c
@@ -0,0 +1,354 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright (C) 2012 Gabor Juhos <juhosg@openwrt.org>
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+ *  under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 as published
+ *  by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ */
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <unistd.h>     /* for unlink() */
+#include <libgen.h>
+#include <getopt.h>     /* for getopt() */
+#include <stdarg.h>
+#include <errno.h>
+#include <sys/stat.h>
+
+#include "cyg_crc.h"
+
+#include <arpa/inet.h>
+#include <netinet/in.h>
+
+#define IH_MAGIC	0x27051956	/* Image Magic Number		*/
+#define IH_NMLEN	32		/* Image Name Length		*/
+
+#define UM_MAGIC	0x55525F46
+#define UM_HEADER_LEN	12
+
+/*
+ * all data in network byte order (aka natural aka bigendian)
+ */
+struct u_media_header {
+	uint32_t	ih_magic;	/* Image Header Magic Number	*/
+	uint32_t	ih_hcrc;	/* Image Header CRC Checksum	*/
+	uint32_t	ih_time;	/* Image Creation Timestamp	*/
+	uint32_t	ih_size;	/* Image Data Size		*/
+	uint32_t	ih_load;	/* Data	 Load  Address		*/
+	uint32_t	ih_ep;		/* Entry Point Address		*/
+	uint32_t	ih_dcrc;	/* Image Data CRC Checksum	*/
+	uint8_t		ih_os;		/* Operating System		*/
+	uint8_t		ih_arch;	/* CPU architecture		*/
+	uint8_t		ih_type;	/* Image Type			*/
+	uint8_t		ih_comp;	/* Compression Type		*/
+	uint8_t		ih_name[IH_NMLEN - UM_HEADER_LEN]; /* Image Name		*/
+
+	uint32_t	ih_UMedia_magic;	/* U-Media magic number	*/
+	uint32_t	ih_UMedia_boardID;	/* U-Media board ID	*/
+	uint8_t		ih_UMedia_imageType;	/* U-Media image type */
+	uint8_t		ih_UMedia_LoadDefault;	/* U-Media load to factory default setting */
+	uint8_t		ih_UMedia_temp1;	/* U-Media didn't use this tag */
+	uint8_t		ih_UMedia_temp2;	/* U-Media didn't use this tag */
+} __attribute__ ((packed));
+
+struct if_info {
+	char		*file_name;	/* name of the file */
+	uint32_t	file_size;	/* length of the file */
+};
+
+static char *progname;
+static char *ofname;
+static struct if_info if_info;
+static int factory_defaults;
+static uint32_t board_id;
+static uint8_t image_type;
+
+/*
+ * Message macros
+ */
+#define ERR(fmt, ...) do { \
+	fflush(0); \
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s] *** error: " fmt "\n", \
+			progname, ## __VA_ARGS__ ); \
+} while (0)
+
+#define ERRS(fmt, ...) do { \
+	int save = errno; \
+	fflush(0); \
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s] *** error: " fmt " (%s)\n", \
+			progname, ## __VA_ARGS__, strerror(save)); \
+} while (0)
+
+#define DBG(fmt, ...) do { \
+	fprintf(stderr, "[%s] " fmt "\n", progname, ## __VA_ARGS__ ); \
+} while (0)
+
+static void usage(int status)
+{
+	FILE *stream = (status != EXIT_SUCCESS) ? stderr : stdout;
+
+	fprintf(stream, "Usage: %s [OPTIONS...]\n", progname);
+	fprintf(stream,
+"\n"
+"Options:\n"
+"  -B <board_id>   set board ID to <board_id>\n"
+"  -i <file>       read input from the file <file>\n"
+"  -F              load factory defaults\n"
+"  -o <file>       write output to the file <file>\n"
+"  -T <type>       set image type to <type>\n"
+"  -h              show this screen\n"
+	);
+
+	exit(status);
+}
+
+static int str2u32(char *arg, uint32_t *val)
+{
+	char *err = NULL;
+	uint32_t t;
+
+	errno=0;
+	t = strtoul(arg, &err, 0);
+	if (errno || (err==arg) || ((err != NULL) && *err)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	*val = t;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int str2u8(char *arg, uint8_t *val)
+{
+	char *err = NULL;
+	uint32_t t;
+
+	errno=0;
+	t = strtoul(arg, &err, 0);
+	if (errno || (err==arg) || ((err != NULL) && *err)) {
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (t > 255)
+		return -1;
+
+	*val = t;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int get_file_stat(struct if_info *fdata)
+{
+	struct stat st;
+	int res;
+
+	if (fdata->file_name == NULL)
+		return 0;
+
+	res = stat(fdata->file_name, &st);
+	if (res){
+		ERRS("stat failed on %s", fdata->file_name);
+		return res;
+	}
+
+	fdata->file_size = st.st_size;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int read_to_buf(struct if_info *fdata, char *buf)
+{
+	FILE *f;
+	int ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+	f = fopen(fdata->file_name, "r");
+	if (f == NULL) {
+		ERRS("could not open \"%s\" for reading", fdata->file_name);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fread(buf, fdata->file_size, 1, f);
+	if (errno != 0) {
+		ERRS("unable to read from file \"%s\"", fdata->file_name);
+		goto out_close;
+	}
+
+	ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+out_close:
+	fclose(f);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int check_options(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	if (ofname == NULL) {
+		ERR("no %s specified", "output file");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	if (if_info.file_name == NULL) {
+		ERR("no %s specified", "input file");
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	ret = get_file_stat(&if_info);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int write_fw(char *data, int len)
+{
+	FILE *f;
+	int ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+	f = fopen(ofname, "w");
+	if (f == NULL) {
+		ERRS("could not open \"%s\" for writing", ofname);
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	errno = 0;
+	fwrite(data, len, 1, f);
+	if (errno) {
+		ERRS("unable to write output file");
+		goto out_flush;
+	}
+
+	ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+out_flush:
+	fflush(f);
+	fclose(f);
+	if (ret != EXIT_SUCCESS) {
+		unlink(ofname);
+	}
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int fix_header(void)
+{
+	int buflen;
+	char *buf;
+	uint32_t crc, crc_orig;
+	struct u_media_header *hdr;
+	int ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+	buflen = if_info.file_size;
+	if (buflen < sizeof(*hdr)) {
+		ERR("invalid input file\n");
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	buf = malloc(buflen);
+	if (!buf) {
+		ERR("no memory for buffer\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	ret = read_to_buf(&if_info, buf);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free_buf;
+
+	hdr = (struct u_media_header *) buf;
+	if (ntohl(hdr->ih_magic) != IH_MAGIC) {
+		ERR("invalid input file, bad magic\n");
+		goto out_free_buf;
+	}
+
+	/* verify header CRC */
+	crc_orig = ntohl(hdr->ih_hcrc);
+	hdr->ih_hcrc = 0;
+	crc = cyg_ether_crc32((unsigned char *)hdr, sizeof(*hdr));
+	if (crc != crc_orig) {
+		ERR("invalid input file, bad header CRC\n");
+		goto out_free_buf;
+	}
+
+	hdr->ih_name[IH_NMLEN - UM_HEADER_LEN - 1] = '\0';
+
+	/* set U-Media specific fields */
+	hdr->ih_UMedia_magic = htonl(UM_MAGIC);
+	hdr->ih_UMedia_boardID = htonl(board_id);
+	hdr->ih_UMedia_imageType = image_type;
+	hdr->ih_UMedia_LoadDefault = (factory_defaults) ? 1 : 0;
+
+	/* update header CRC */
+	crc = cyg_ether_crc32((unsigned char *)hdr, sizeof(*hdr));
+	hdr->ih_hcrc = htonl(crc);
+
+	ret = write_fw(buf, buflen);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out_free_buf;
+
+	DBG("U-Media header fixed in \"%s\"", ofname);
+
+	ret = EXIT_SUCCESS;
+
+out_free_buf:
+	free(buf);
+out:
+	return ret;
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char *argv[])
+{
+	int ret = EXIT_FAILURE;
+
+	progname = basename(argv[0]);
+
+	while (1) {
+		int c;
+
+		c = getopt(argc, argv, "B:Fi:o:T:h");
+		if (c == -1)
+			break;
+
+		switch (c) {
+		case 'B':
+			if (str2u32(optarg, &board_id)) {
+				ERR("%s is invalid '%s'",
+				    "board ID", optarg);
+				goto out;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'T':
+			if (str2u8(optarg, &image_type)) {
+				ERR("%s is invalid '%s'",
+				    "image type", optarg);
+				goto out;
+			}
+			break;
+		case 'F':
+			factory_defaults = 1;
+			break;
+		case 'i':
+			if_info.file_name = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'o':
+			ofname = optarg;
+			break;
+		case 'h':
+			usage(EXIT_SUCCESS);
+			break;
+		default:
+			usage(EXIT_FAILURE);
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+
+	ret = check_options();
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+
+	ret = fix_header();
+
+out:
+	return ret;
+}