diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/chrpath/chrpath/standarddoc.patch b/meta/recipes-devtools/chrpath/chrpath/standarddoc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f96f104
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/chrpath/chrpath/standarddoc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+autoconf/automake set docdir automatically, use their value ensuring 
+doc files are placed into $datadir/doc, not $prefix/doc.
+
+RP 5/7/2011
+
+Index: chrpath-0.13/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- chrpath-0.13.orig/Makefile.am	2011-07-05 23:40:14.769920254 +0100
++++ chrpath-0.13/Makefile.am	2011-07-05 23:40:19.819920635 +0100
+@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
+ SUBDIRS = testsuite deb
+ 
+-docdir = $(prefix)/doc/$(PACKAGE)-$(VERSION)
+-
+ doc_DATA = AUTHORS COPYING ChangeLog INSTALL NEWS README
+ 
+ bin_PROGRAMS = chrpath
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/chrpath/chrpath_0.16.bb b/meta/recipes-devtools/chrpath/chrpath_0.16.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0a3b06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/chrpath/chrpath_0.16.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+SUMMARY = "Tool to edit rpath in ELF binaries"
+DESCRIPTION = "chrpath allows you to change the rpath (where the \
+application looks for libraries) in an application. It does not \
+(yet) allow you to add an rpath if there isn't one already."
+HOMEPAGE = "http://alioth.debian.org/projects/chrpath/"
+BUGTRACKER = "http://alioth.debian.org/tracker/?atid=412807&group_id=31052"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=59530bdf33659b29e73d4adb9f9f6552"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://alioth.debian.org/frs/download.php/file/3979/chrpath-0.16.tar.gz \
+           file://standarddoc.patch"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "2bf8d1d1ee345fc8a7915576f5649982"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "bb0d4c54bac2990e1bdf8132f2c9477ae752859d523e141e72b3b11a12c26e7b"
+
+inherit autotools
+
+# We don't have a staged chrpath-native for ensuring our binary is
+# relocatable, so use the one we've just built
+CHRPATH_BIN_class-native = "${B}/chrpath"
+
+PROVIDES_append_class-native = " chrpath-replacement-native"
+NATIVE_PACKAGE_PATH_SUFFIX = "/${PN}"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"