diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/Makefile.am-do-not-ship-version.h.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/Makefile.am-do-not-ship-version.h.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..16875e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/Makefile.am-do-not-ship-version.h.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+From bfd32d68cfc9f1e31dab88e07446d1c02bc80b5e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
+Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 00:39:29 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile.am: do not ship version.h
+
+The HEADERS' name has been changed to pkginclude_HEADERS, so use
+nodist_pkginclude_HEADERS, otherwise version.h would be shipped.
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
+---
+ Makefile.am |    4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 3334790..69cd58f 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ pkginclude_HEADERS = include/types.h include/log.h include/plugin.h \
+ 			include/tlv.h include/setting.h include/device.h \
+ 			include/nfc_copy.h include/snep.h
+ 
+-nodist_include_HEADERS = include/version.h
++nodist_pkginclude_HEADERS = include/version.h
+ 
+ noinst_HEADERS = include/dbus.h
+ 
+-local_headers = $(foreach file,$(pkginclude_HEADERS) $(nodist_include_HEADERS) \
++local_headers = $(foreach file,$(pkginclude_HEADERS) $(nodist_pkginclude_HEADERS) \
+ 			$(noinst_HEADERS), include/near/$(notdir $(file)))
+ 
+ gdbus_sources = gdbus/gdbus.h gdbus/mainloop.c gdbus/watch.c \
+-- 
+1.7.9.5
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/Makefile.am-fix-parallel-issue.patch b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/Makefile.am-fix-parallel-issue.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4660676
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/Makefile.am-fix-parallel-issue.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+From 43acc56d5506c7e318f717fb3634bc16e3438913 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
+Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:12:07 -0800
+Subject: [PATCH] Makefile.am: fix parallel issue
+
+There might be no src dir if src/builtin.h runs earlier, create it to
+fix the race issue:
+
+src/genbuiltin nfctype1 nfctype2 nfctype3 nfctype4 p2p > src/builtin.h
+/bin/sh: src/builtin.h: No such file or directory
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
+---
+ Makefile.am |    1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 3241311..a43eaa2 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in \
+ src/plugin.$(OBJEXT): src/builtin.h
+ 
+ src/builtin.h: src/genbuiltin $(builtin_sources)
++	$(AM_V_at)$(MKDIR_P) src
+ 	$(AM_V_GEN)$(srcdir)/src/genbuiltin $(builtin_modules) > $@
+ 
+ $(src_neard_OBJECTS) \
+-- 
+1.7.9.5
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/neard.in b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/neard.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a47d4d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard/neard.in
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# start/stop neard daemon.
+
+### BEGIN INIT INFO
+# Provides:          neard
+# Required-Start:    $network
+# Required-Stop:     $network
+# Default-Start:     S 2 3 4 5
+# Default-Stop:      0 1 6
+# Short-Description: NFC daemon
+# Description:       neard is a daemon used to enable NFC features
+### END INIT INFO
+
+DAEMON=@installpath@/neard
+PIDFILE=/var/run/neard.pid
+DESC="Linux NFC daemon"
+
+if [ -f /etc/default/neard ] ; then
+	. /etc/default/neard
+fi
+
+set -e
+
+do_start() {
+	$DAEMON
+}
+
+do_stop() {
+	start-stop-daemon --stop --name neard --quiet
+}
+
+case "$1" in
+  start)
+	echo "Starting $DESC"
+	do_start
+	;;
+  stop)
+	echo "Stopping $DESC"
+	do_stop
+	;;
+  restart|force-reload)
+	echo "Restarting $DESC"
+	do_stop
+	sleep 1
+	do_start
+	;;
+  *)
+	echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|force-reload}" >&2
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.15.bb b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.15.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8adf70c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-connectivity/neard/neard_0.15.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+SUMMARY = "Linux NFC daemon"
+DESCRIPTION = "A daemon for the Linux Near Field Communication stack"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://01.org/linux-nfc"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+
+DEPENDS = "dbus glib-2.0 libnl"
+
+SRC_URI = "${KERNELORG_MIRROR}/linux/network/nfc/${BP}.tar.xz \
+           file://neard.in \
+           file://Makefile.am-fix-parallel-issue.patch \
+           file://Makefile.am-do-not-ship-version.h.patch \
+          "
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "b746ce62eeef88e8de90765e00a75a1c"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "651f6513d32cdaf8a426255d03aff38a6620a89b0567ec2b36606c6330a93353"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=12f884d2ae1ff87c09e5b7ccc2c4ca7e \
+ file://src/near.h;beginline=1;endline=20;md5=358e4deefef251a4761e1ffacc965d13 \
+ "
+
+inherit autotools pkgconfig systemd update-rc.d bluetooth
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'systemd', 'systemd', '', d)}"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG[systemd] = "--enable-systemd --with-systemdsystemunitdir=${systemd_unitdir}/system/ --with-systemduserunitdir=${systemd_unitdir}/user/,--disable-systemd"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF += "--enable-tools"
+
+# This would copy neard start-stop shell and test scripts
+do_install_append() {
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'true', 'false', d)}; then
+		install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
+		sed "s:@installpath@:${libexecdir}/nfc:" ${WORKDIR}/neard.in \
+		  > ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/neard
+		chmod 0755 ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/neard
+	fi
+
+	# Install the tests for neard-tests
+	install -d ${D}${libdir}/neard
+	install -m 0755 ${S}/test/* ${D}${libdir}/${BPN}/
+	install -m 0755 ${B}/tools/nfctool/nfctool ${D}${libdir}/${BPN}/
+}
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-tests"
+
+FILES_${PN}-tests = "${libdir}/${BPN}/*-test"
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/${BPN}/*/.debug"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} = "dbus python python-dbus python-pygobject"
+
+# Bluez & Wifi are not mandatory except for handover
+RRECOMMENDS_${PN} = "\
+                     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'bluetooth', '${BLUEZ}', '', d)} \
+                     ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'wifi','wpa-supplicant', '', d)} \
+                    "
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN}-tests = "python python-dbus python-pygobject"
+
+INITSCRIPT_NAME = "neard"
+INITSCRIPT_PARAMS = "defaults 64"
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "neard.service"