diff --git a/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildiptables.py b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildiptables.py
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+++ b/meta/lib/oeqa/sdk/buildiptables.py
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+from oeqa.oetest import oeSDKTest
+from oeqa.utils.decorators import *
+from oeqa.utils.targetbuild import SDKBuildProject
+
+
+class BuildIptablesTest(oeSDKTest):
+
+    @classmethod
+    def setUpClass(self):
+        self.project = SDKBuildProject(oeSDKTest.tc.sdktestdir + "/iptables/", oeSDKTest.tc.sdkenv, oeSDKTest.tc.d,
+                        "http://netfilter.org/projects/iptables/files/iptables-1.4.13.tar.bz2")
+        self.project.download_archive()
+
+    def test_iptables(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_configure(), 0,
+                        msg="Running configure failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_make(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make failed")
+
+        self.assertEqual(self.project.run_install(), 0,
+                        msg="Running make install failed")
+
+    @classmethod
+    def tearDownClass(self):
+        self.project.clean()