diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/groff-1.18.1.4-fix-bindir.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/groff-1.18.1.4-fix-bindir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..559ae72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/groff-1.18.1.4-fix-bindir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded]
+
+Signed-off-by: Ming Liu <ming.liu@windriver.com>
+---
+ Makefile.sub |   10 +++++-----
+ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/contrib/groffer/Makefile.sub
++++ b/contrib/groffer/Makefile.sub
+@@ -38,16 +38,16 @@ groffer: groffer.sh groffer2.sh version.
+ 	$(RM) $@;
+ 	sed \
+             -e "s|@g@|$(g)|g" \
+-	    -e "s|@BINDIR@|$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)|g" \
++	    -e "s|@BINDIR@|$(bindir)|g" \
+ 	    -e "s|@libdir@|$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)|g" \
+ 	    -e "s|@VERSION@|$(version)$(revision)|g" \
+ 	    $(srcdir)/groffer.sh >$@;
+ 	chmod +x $@
+ 
+ install_data: groffer
+-	-test -d $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) || $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)
+-	-$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/groffer
+-	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) groffer $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/groffer
++	-test -d $(bindir) || $(mkinstalldirs) $(bindir)
++	-$(RM) $(bindir)/groffer
++	$(INSTALL_SCRIPT) groffer $(bindir)/groffer
+ 	-test -d $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer || \
+           $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer
+ 	-$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer/groffer2.sh
+@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ install_data: groffer
+ 	$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer/version.sh
+ 
+ uninstall_sub:
+-	-$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/groffer
++	-$(RM) $(bindir)/groffer
+ 	-$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer/groffer2.sh
+ 	-$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer/version.sh
+ 	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/groff/groffer
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/groff-1.18.1.4-remove-mom.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/groff-1.18.1.4-remove-mom.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c24eff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/groff-1.18.1.4-remove-mom.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded]
+
+Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
+---
+ groff-1.18.1.4/Makefile.in |    7 +------
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/Makefile.in
++++ b/Makefile.in
+@@ -460,27 +460,22 @@ OTHERDIRS=\
+   src/roff/grog \
+   src/roff/nroff \
+   contrib/mm \
+   contrib/pic2graph \
+   contrib/eqn2graph \
+-  contrib/groffer \
+-  contrib/mom \
+-  doc
++  contrib/groffer
+ ALLDIRS=$(INCDIRS) $(LIBDIRS) $(PROGDIRS) \
+   $(DEVDIRS) $(OTHERDEVDIRS) $(TTYDEVDIRS) $(OTHERDIRS)
+ EXTRADIRS=\
+   font/devps/generate \
+   font/devdvi/generate \
+   font/devlj4/generate \
+-  src/xditview \
+   doc
+ NOMAKEDIRS=\
+   arch/djgpp \
+   contrib/mm/examples \
+   contrib/mm/mm \
+-  contrib/mom/examples \
+-  contrib/mom/momdoc \
+   src/libs/snprintf
+ DISTDIRS=\
+   $(INCDIRS) $(LIBDIRS) $(PROGDIRS) $(DEVDIRS) $(OTHERDEVDIRS) \
+   $(ALLTTYDEVDIRS) $(OTHERDIRS) $(EXTRADIRS) $(NOMAKEDIRS)
+ TARGETS=all install install_bin install_data clean distclean mostlyclean \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/man-local.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/man-local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3f1aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/man-local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded]
+
+Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: groff-1.18.1.4/tmac/man.local
+===================================================================
+--- groff-1.18.1.4.orig/tmac/man.local	2000-10-26 22:15:17.000000000 +0800
++++ groff-1.18.1.4/tmac/man.local	2010-08-24 14:17:52.070006664 +0800
+@@ -1,2 +1,27 @@
+ .\" This file is loaded after an-old.tmac.
+ .\" Put any local modifications to an-old.tmac here.
++.
++.if n \{\
++.  \" Debian: Map \(oq to ' rather than ` in nroff mode for devices other
++.  \" than utf8.
++.  if !'\*[.T]'utf8' \
++.    tr \[oq]'
++.
++.  \" Debian: Disable the use of SGR (ANSI colour) escape sequences by
++.  \" grotty.
++.  if '\V[GROFF_SGR]'' \
++.    output x X tty: sgr 0
++.
++.  \" Debian: Map \- to the Unicode HYPHEN-MINUS character, to make
++.  \" searching in man pages easier.
++.  if '\*[.T]'utf8' \
++.    char \- \N'45'
++.
++.  \" Debian: Many UTF-8 man pages use "-" instead of "\-" for dashes such
++.  \" as those in command-line options. This is a bug in those pages, but
++.  \" too many fonts are missing the Unicode HYPHEN character, so we render
++.  \" this as the ASCII-compatible HYPHEN-MINUS instead.
++.  if '\*[.T]'utf8' \
++.    char - \N'45'
++.\}
++
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/mdoc-local.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/mdoc-local.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..409c1a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.18.1.4/mdoc-local.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded]
+
+Signed-off-by: Saul Wold <sgw@linux.intel.com>
+
+Index: groff-1.18.1.4/tmac/mdoc.local
+===================================================================
+--- groff-1.18.1.4.orig/tmac/mdoc.local	2001-03-23 08:17:51.000000000 +0800
++++ groff-1.18.1.4/tmac/mdoc.local	2010-08-24 14:20:22.014006846 +0800
+@@ -1,2 +1,26 @@
+ .\" This file is loaded after doc.tmac.
+ .\" Put any local modifications to doc.tmac here.
++.
++.if n \{\
++.  \" Debian: Map \(oq to ' rather than ` in nroff mode for devices other
++.  \" than utf8.
++.  if !'\*[.T]'utf8' \
++.    tr \[oq]'
++.
++.  \" Debian: Disable the use of SGR (ANSI colour) escape sequences by
++.  \" grotty.
++.  if '\V[GROFF_SGR]'' \
++.    output x X tty: sgr 0
++.
++.  \" Debian: Map \- to the Unicode HYPHEN-MINUS character, to make
++.  \" searching in man pages easier.
++.  if '\*[.T]'utf8' \
++.    char \- \N'45'
++.
++.  \" Debian: Many UTF-8 man pages use "-" instead of "\-" for dashes such
++.  \" as those in command-line options. This is a bug in those pages, but
++.  \" too many fonts are missing the Unicode HYPHEN character, so we render
++.  \" this as the ASCII-compatible HYPHEN-MINUS instead.
++.  if '\*[.T]'utf8' \
++.    char - \N'45'
++.\}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.22.3/0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.22.3/0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b61b432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.22.3/0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+From b9565dc2fe0c4f7daaec91b7e83bc7313dee2f4a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2015 17:02:13 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] Unset need_charset_alias when building for musl
+
+localcharset uses ac_cv_gnu_library_2_1 from glibc21.m4
+which actually shoudl be fixed in gnulib and then all downstream
+projects will get it eventually. For now we apply the fix to
+coreutils
+
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+---
+ lib/gnulib.mk | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+Index: groff-1.22.3/src/libs/gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
+===================================================================
+--- groff-1.22.3.orig/src/libs/gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
++++ groff-1.22.3/src/libs/gnulib/lib/Makefile.am
+@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ install-exec-localcharset: all-local
+ 	  case '$(host_os)' in \
+ 	    darwin[56]*) \
+ 	      need_charset_alias=true ;; \
+-	    darwin* | cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc*) \
++	    darwin* | cygwin* | mingw* | pw32* | cegcc* | linux-musl*) \
+ 	      need_charset_alias=false ;; \
+ 	    *) \
+ 	      need_charset_alias=true ;; \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.22.3/groff-1.22.2-correct-man.local-install-path.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.22.3/groff-1.22.2-correct-man.local-install-path.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c73328a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff-1.22.3/groff-1.22.2-correct-man.local-install-path.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+Correct the install path of man.local to fix following error:
+    /yocto/build/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/share/groff/1.22.2/tmac/an-old.tmac:690: warning: can't find macro file `man.local'
+
+Signed-off-by: Zhenhua Luo <zhenhua.luo@freescale.com>
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+diff --git a/tmac/Makefile.sub b/tmac/Makefile.sub
+index 1506232..f1468c5 100644
+--- a/tmac/Makefile.sub
++++ b/tmac/Makefile.sub
+@@ -121,9 +121,9 @@ install_data: $(NORMALFILES) $(SPECIALFILES) man.local \
+ 	  $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(mdocdir)/$$f; \
+ 	  $(INSTALL_DATA) $$f-s $(DESTDIR)$(mdocdir)/$$f; \
+ 	done
+-	-test -f $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/man.local \
++	-test -f $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/man.local \
+ 	  || $(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/man.local \
+-	       $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/man.local
++	       $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/man.local
+ 	-test -f $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/mdoc.local \
+ 	  || $(INSTALL_DATA) mdoc.local-s $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/mdoc.local
+ 
+@@ -164,9 +164,9 @@ uninstall_sub:
+ 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/$(tmac_s_prefix)s.tmac
+ 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/$(tmac_an_prefix)an.tmac
+ 	$(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/www.tmac
+-	-if cmp -s $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/man.local \
++	-if cmp -s $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/man.local \
+ 	           $(srcdir)/man.local; then \
+-	  $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/man.local; \
++	  $(RM) $(DESTDIR)$(tmacdir)/man.local; \
+ 	fi
+ 	-if cmp -s $(DESTDIR)$(localtmacdir)/mdoc.local \
+ 	           $(srcdir)/mdoc.local; then \
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.18.1.4.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.18.1.4.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd786a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.18.1.4.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+SUMMARY = "GNU Troff software"
+DESCRIPTION = "The groff (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads plain text mixed with \
+formatting commands and produces formatted output."
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2"
+PR = "r1"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=e43fc16fccd8519fba405f0a0ff6e8a3"
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/${BPN}/old/${BP}.tar.gz \
+          file://groff-1.18.1.4-remove-mom.patch;striplevel=1 \
+          file://man-local.patch \
+          file://mdoc-local.patch \
+          file://groff-1.18.1.4-fix-bindir.patch \
+" 
+
+inherit autotools texinfo
+
+EXTRA_OECONF="--without-x --prefix=${D} --exec-prefix=${D} --bindir=${D}${bindir} --datadir=${D}${datadir} --mandir=${D}${datadir}/man --infodir=${D}${datadir}info --with-appresdir=${D}${datadir}"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "ceecb81533936d251ed015f40e5f7287"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "ff3c7c3b6cae5e8cc5062a144de5eff0022e8e970e1774529cc2d5dde46ce50d"
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
+
+do_configure (){
+    oe_runconf
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+	# Some distros have both /bin/perl and /usr/bin/perl, but we set perl location
+	# for target as /usr/bin/perl, so fix it to /usr/bin/perl.
+	for i in afmtodit mmroff; do
+		if [ -f ${D}${bindir}/$i ]; then
+			sed -i -e '1s,#!.*perl,#! ${USRBINPATH}/env perl,' ${D}${bindir}/$i
+		fi
+	done
+
+	mkdir -p ${D}${sysconfdir}/groff
+	cp -rf ${D}${datadir}/groff/site-tmac/* ${D}${sysconfdir}/groff/
+	cp -rf ${D}${datadir}/groff/site-tmac/* ${D}${datadir}/groff/${PV}/tmac/
+}
+
+pkg_postinst_${PN}() {
+	ln -s tbl $D${bindir}/gtbl
+	echo "export GROFF_FONT_PATH=/usr/share/groff/${PV}/font" >> $D${sysconfdir}/profile
+	echo "export GROFF_TMAC_PATH=/usr/share/groff/${PV}/tmac" >> $D${sysconfdir}/profile
+}
+
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.3.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.3.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bffa81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/groff/groff_1.22.3.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+SUMMARY = "GNU Troff software"
+DESCRIPTION = "The groff (GNU troff) software is a typesetting package which reads plain text mixed with \
+formatting commands and produces formatted output."
+SECTION = "base"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gnu.org/software/groff/"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=d32239bcb673463ab874e80d47fae504"
+
+SRC_URI = "${GNU_MIRROR}/groff/groff-${PV}.tar.gz \
+	file://groff-1.22.2-correct-man.local-install-path.patch \
+	file://0001-Unset-need_charset_alias-when-building-for-musl.patch \
+"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "cc825fa64bc7306a885f2fb2268d3ec5"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "3a48a9d6c97750bfbd535feeb5be0111db6406ddb7bb79fc680809cda6d828a5"
+
+DEPENDS = "groff-native"
+DEPENDS_class-native = ""
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "perl sed"
+
+inherit autotools texinfo
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = "--without-x"
+PARALLEL_MAKE = ""
+
+do_configure_prepend() {
+	if [ "${BUILD_SYS}" != "${HOST_SYS}" ]; then
+		sed -i \
+		    -e '/^GROFFBIN=/s:=.*:=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/groff:' \
+		    -e '/^TROFFBIN=/s:=.*:=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/troff:' \
+		    -e '/^GROFF_BIN_PATH=/s:=.*:=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:' \
+		    -e '/^GROFF_BIN_DIR=/s:=.*:=${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}:' \
+		    ${S}/contrib/*/Makefile.sub \
+		    ${S}/doc/Makefile.in \
+		    ${S}/doc/Makefile.sub
+	fi
+}
+
+do_configure_append() {
+    # generate gnulib configure script
+    olddir=`pwd`
+    cd ${S}/src/libs/gnulib/
+    ACLOCAL="$ACLOCAL" autoreconf -Wcross --verbose --install --force ${EXTRA_AUTORECONF} $acpaths || die "autoreconf execution failed."
+    cd ${olddir}
+}
+
+do_install_append() {
+	# Some distros have both /bin/perl and /usr/bin/perl, but we set perl location
+	# for target as /usr/bin/perl, so fix it to /usr/bin/perl.
+	for i in afmtodit mmroff gropdf pdfmom grog; do
+		if [ -f ${D}${bindir}/$i ]; then
+			sed -i -e '1s,#!.*perl,#! ${USRBINPATH}/env perl,' ${D}${bindir}/$i
+		fi
+	done
+	if [ -e ${D}${libdir}/charset.alias ]; then
+		rm -rf ${D}${libdir}/charset.alias
+	fi
+}
+
+do_install_append_class-native() {
+	create_cmdline_wrapper ${D}/${bindir}/groff \
+		-F${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${datadir_native}/groff/${PV}/font \
+		-M${STAGING_DIR_NATIVE}${datadir_native}/groff/${PV}/tmac
+}
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/${BPN}/site-tmac \
+                ${libdir}/${BPN}/groffer/"
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native"