diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/disable_tests.patch b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/disable_tests.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..016cf66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/disable_tests.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Use of $(top_srcdir) in TESTS is an error which causes
+automake-1.13 to abort. Just remove tests.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [disable feature]
+
+Signed-off-by: Marko Lindqvist <cazfi74@gmail.com>
+diff -Nurd popt-1.16/Makefile.am popt-1.16/Makefile.am
+--- popt-1.16/Makefile.am	2010-05-04 23:55:54.000000000 +0300
++++ popt-1.16/Makefile.am	2013-01-02 13:34:29.540361391 +0200
+@@ -34,11 +34,6 @@
+
+ noinst_SCRIPTS = testit.sh
+
+-TESTS_ENVIRONMENT = \
+-test1="$(top_builddir)/test1"
+-
+-TESTS = $(top_srcdir)/testit.sh
+-
+ include_HEADERS = popt.h
+
+ usrlibdir = $(libdir)
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/pkgconfig_fix.patch b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/pkgconfig_fix.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0bddbf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/pkgconfig_fix.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Upstream-Status: Pending
+
+Install the pkgconfig file into libdir.
+
+--- popt-1.16.orig/Makefile.am	2012-04-26 13:42:54.021139813 +0800
++++ popt-1.16/Makefile.am	2012-04-26 13:36:03.552096912 +0800
+@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
+ libpopt_la_SOURCES = popt.c poptparse.c poptconfig.c popthelp.c poptint.c
+ libpopt_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined @LTLIBINTL@ @LTLIBICONV@
+ 
+-pkgconfigdir = $(prefix)/lib/pkgconfig
++pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig
+ pkgconfig_DATA = popt.pc
+ 
+ if HAVE_LD_VERSION_SCRIPT
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/popt_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/popt_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..91bca96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt/popt_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+Upstream-Status: pending
+
+This patch avoids this error with automake 1.12:
+
+| configure.ac:49: error: automatic de-ANSI-fication support has been removed
+
+Signed-Off-By: Nitin A Kamble <nitin.a.kamble@intel.com>
+2012/05/02
+
+Index: popt-1.16/configure.ac
+===================================================================
+--- popt-1.16.orig/configure.ac
++++ popt-1.16/configure.ac
+@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ AC_GCC_TRADITIONAL
+ AC_SYS_LARGEFILE
+ 
+ AC_ISC_POSIX
+-AM_C_PROTOTYPES
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS(float.h fnmatch.h glob.h langinfo.h libintl.h mcheck.h unistd.h)
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt_1.16.bb b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt_1.16.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb13a81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-support/popt/popt_1.16.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+SUMMARY = "Library for parsing command line options"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://rpm5.org/"
+SECTION = "libs"
+
+LICENSE = "MIT"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=cb0613c30af2a8249b8dcc67d3edb06d"
+PR = "r3"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://rpm5.org/files/popt/popt-${PV}.tar.gz \
+           file://pkgconfig_fix.patch \
+           file://popt_fix_for_automake-1.12.patch \
+           file://disable_tests.patch \
+          "
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "3743beefa3dd6247a73f8f7a32c14c33"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e728ed296fe9f069a0e005003c3d6b2dde3d9cad453422a10d6558616d304cc8"
+
+inherit autotools gettext
+
+BBCLASSEXTEND = "native nativesdk"