diff --git a/common/recipes-bsp/skiboot/pflash.bb b/common/recipes-bsp/skiboot/pflash.bb
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+SUMMARY = "pflash programmer for OpenPower"
+DESCRIPTION = "pflash firmware programming tool for OpenPower machines"
+
+require skiboot.inc
+EXTRA_OEMAKE_append = " PFLASH_VERSION=${PV} LINKAGE=dynamic"
diff --git a/common/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc b/common/recipes-bsp/skiboot/skiboot.inc
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+HOMEPAGE = "https://github.com/open-power"
+LICENSE = "Apache-2.0"
+
+SRC_URI += "git://github.com/open-power/skiboot.git"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://${S}/LICENCE;md5=3b83ef96387f14655fc854ddc3c6bd57"
+
+SRCREV = "skiboot-5.3.0"
+PV = "5.3.0"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX} SKIBOOT_VERSION=${PV} V=1"
+
+SKIBOOT_SUBDIR ?= "external/${PN}"
+
+do_compile() {
+    oe_runmake -C ${SKIBOOT_SUBDIR} all
+}
+
+do_install() {
+    oe_runmake -C ${SKIBOOT_SUBDIR} install DESTDIR=${D} PREFIX=${D}/usr
+}
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"