diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0335135
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/apt.conf
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+Dir "${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}/"
+{
+   State "var/lib/apt/"
+   {
+      Lists "#APTCONF#/lists/";
+      status "#ROOTFS#/var/lib/dpkg/status";
+   };
+   Cache "var/cache/apt/"
+   {
+      Archives "archives/";
+      pkgcache "";
+      srcpkgcache "";
+   };
+   Bin "${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/"
+   {
+      methods "${STAGING_LIBDIR}/apt/methods/";
+      gzip "/bin/gzip";
+      dpkg "dpkg";
+      dpkg-source "dpkg-source";
+      dpkg-buildpackage "dpkg-buildpackage";
+      apt-get "apt-get";
+      apt-cache "apt-cache";
+   };
+   Etc "#APTCONF#"
+   {
+      Preferences "preferences";
+   };
+};
+
+APT
+{
+  Install-Recommends "true";
+  Immediate-Configure "false";
+  Architecture "i586";
+  Get
+  {
+     Assume-Yes "true";
+     Force-Yes "true"
+  };
+};
+
+DPkg::Options {"--root=#ROOTFS#";"--admindir=#ROOTFS#/var/lib/dpkg";"--force-all";"--no-debsig"};
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/db_linking_hack.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/db_linking_hack.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a61d4b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/db_linking_hack.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Index: apt-0.7.3/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- apt-0.7.3.orig/configure.ac	2007-07-01 10:38:45.000000000 +0000
++++ apt-0.7.3/configure.ac	2007-08-21 13:39:26.000000000 +0000
+@@ -67,8 +67,20 @@
+       [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BDB)
+        BDBLIB="-ldb"
+        AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
+-      [BDBLIB=""
+-       AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
++
++       LIBS="$LIBS -lpthread"
++       [AC_MSG_CHECKING(if we can link against BerkeleyDB with pthread)
++        AC_LINK_IFELSE(
++        [AC_LANG_PROGRAM(
++         [#include <db.h>],
++         [int r, s, t; db_version(&r, &s, &t);]
++        )],
++        [AC_DEFINE(HAVE_BDB)
++         BDBLIB="-ldb -lpthread"
++         AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)],
++        [BDBLIB=""
++         AC_MSG_RESULT(no)]
++      )]       
+     )]
+ )
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/environment.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/environment.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a03038
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/environment.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Upstream-Status: Backport
+
+Index: apt-0.6.46.2/buildlib/environment.mak.in
+===================================================================
+--- apt-0.6.46.2.orig/buildlib/environment.mak.in	2007-03-29 11:38:58.000000000 +0100
++++ apt-0.6.46.2/buildlib/environment.mak.in	2007-03-29 11:39:12.000000000 +0100
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@
+ 
+ # Shared library things
+ HOST_OS = @host_os@
+-ifneq ($(words $(filter linux-gnu gnu% %gnu,$(HOST_OS))),0)
++ifneq ($(words $(filter linux-gnu linux-gnueabi gnu% %gnu,$(HOST_OS))),0)
+    SONAME_MAGIC=-Wl,-soname -Wl,
+    LFLAGS_SO=
+ else
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/no-curl.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/no-curl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30238fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/apt/files/no-curl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+---
+ configure.in     |    6 ------
+ methods/makefile |    7 -------
+ 2 files changed, 13 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -86,12 +86,6 @@ AC_CHECK_HEADER(db.h,
+ 
+ LIBS="$saveLIBS"
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_LIB(curl, curl_easy_init,
+-     [AC_CHECK_HEADER(curl/curl.h,
+-        curl_ok=yes,
+-        curl_ok=no)],
+-     AC_MSG_ERROR([failed: I need CURL due https support]),
+-)
+ 
+ AC_SUBST(BDBLIB)
+ 
+--- a/methods/makefile
++++ b/methods/makefile
+@@ -51,13 +51,6 @@ LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+ SOURCE = http.cc http_main.cc rfc2553emu.cc connect.cc server.cc
+ include $(PROGRAM_H)
+ 
+-# The https method
+-PROGRAM=https
+-SLIBS = -lapt-pkg -lcurl $(INTLLIBS)
+-LIB_MAKES = apt-pkg/makefile
+-SOURCE = https.cc server.cc
+-include $(PROGRAM_H)
+-
+ # The ftp method
+ PROGRAM=ftp
+ SLIBS = -lapt-pkg $(SOCKETLIBS) $(INTLLIBS)