diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/eee-acpi-scripts/files/powerbtn.patch b/meta/recipes-bsp/eee-acpi-scripts/files/powerbtn.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..403e556
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/eee-acpi-scripts/files/powerbtn.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+ actions/power.sh |    3 +++
+ events/powerbtn  |    2 ++
+ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [enable feature]
+
+Index: git/events/powerbtn
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ git/events/powerbtn	2008-10-08 17:43:35.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++event=button/power PWRF
++action=/etc/acpi/actions/power.sh
+Index: git/actions/power.sh
+===================================================================
+--- /dev/null	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ git/actions/power.sh	2008-10-08 17:45:26.000000000 +0200
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++#!/bin/sh
++
++/sbin/shutdown -h now "Power button pressed"