diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
index abf5b043eba98899e0e3f3f623fe102a16ece5f6..f7a731619b0cc61b8f5e500d9dca609dab5903e5 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile
+++ b/tools/Makefile
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@ tools-y += libressl
 $(curdir)/mkimage/compile += $(curdir)/libressl/install
 $(curdir)/firmware-utils/compile += $(curdir)/libressl/install
 endif
+ifneq ($(HOST_OS),Linux)
+  tools-y += coreutils
+endif
 
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_CCACHE)$(CONFIG_SDK),)
 $(foreach tool, $(filter-out patch,$(tools-y)), $(eval $(curdir)/$(tool)/compile += $(curdir)/ccache/install))
diff --git a/tools/coreutils/Makefile b/tools/coreutils/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..8e0585044c139bc1e371240b4671fd48b63379d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/coreutils/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2015 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=coreutils
+PKG_VERSION:=8.25
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION).tar.xz
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=@GNU/coreutils
+PKG_MD5SUM:=070e43ba7f618d747414ef56ab248a48
+
+HOST_BUILD_PARALLEL := 1
+
+BUILD_PROGRAMS = date
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+
+BUILD_BINS = $(patsubst %,src/%,$(BUILD_PROGRAMS))
+
+HOST_CONFIGURE_ARGS += \
+	 --enable-install-program=date
+
+HOST_MAKE_FLAGS += \
+	PROGRAMS="$(BUILD_BINS)" \
+	LIBRARIES= MANS= SUBDIRS=.
+
+define Host/Install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/bin
+	$(CP) $(patsubst %,$(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/%,$(BUILD_BINS)) $(1)/bin/
+endef
+
+$(eval $(call HostBuild))