diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..57cdf26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+SUMMARY = "An Internet printing system for Unix"
+SECTION = "console/utils"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2 & LGPLv2"
+DEPENDS = "gnutls libpng jpeg dbus dbus-glib zlib libusb"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://www.cups.org/software/${PV}/${BP}-source.tar.bz2 \
+           file://use_echo_only_in_init.patch \
+           file://0001-don-t-try-to-run-generated-binaries.patch \
+           file://cups_serverbin.patch \
+           file://cups.socket \
+           file://cups.path \
+           file://cups.service \
+	  "
+
+LEAD_SONAME = "libcupsdriver.so"
+
+CLEANBROKEN = "1"
+
+inherit autotools-brokensep binconfig useradd systemd
+
+USERADD_PACKAGES = "${PN}"
+GROUPADD_PARAM_${PN} = "--system lpadmin"
+
+SYSTEMD_SERVICE_${PN} = "cups.socket cups.path cups.service"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'zeroconf', 'avahi', '', d)} \
+                   ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'pam', 'pam', '', d)}"
+PACKAGECONFIG[avahi] = "--enable-avahi,--disable-avahi,avahi"
+PACKAGECONFIG[acl] = "--enable-acl,--disable-acl,acl"
+PACKAGECONFIG[pam] = "--enable-pam, --disable-pam, libpam"
+
+EXTRA_OECONF = " \
+               --enable-gnutls \
+               --enable-dbus \
+               --enable-browsing \
+               --disable-gssapi \
+               --enable-debug \
+               --disable-relro \
+               --enable-libusb \
+               --without-php \
+               --without-perl \
+               --without-python \
+               --without-java \
+               "
+
+EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autoheader"
+
+do_compile () {
+	echo "all:"    >  man/Makefile
+	echo "libs:" >> man/Makefile
+	echo "install:" >> man/Makefile
+	echo "install-data:" >> man/Makefile
+	echo "install-exec:" >> man/Makefile
+	echo "install-headers:" >> man/Makefile
+	echo "install-libs:" >> man/Makefile
+
+	oe_runmake
+}
+
+do_install () {
+	oe_runmake "DSTROOT=${D}" install
+
+	# Remove /var/run from package as cupsd will populate it on startup
+	rm -fr ${D}/${localstatedir}/run
+	rmdir ${D}/${libdir}/${BPN}/driver
+
+	# Remove sysinit script and symlinks if sysvinit is not in DISTRO_FEATURES
+	if ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES','sysvinit','false','true',d)}; then
+	    rm -rf ${D}${sysconfdir}/init.d/
+	    rm -rf ${D}${sysconfdir}/rc*
+	fi
+
+	# Install systemd unit files
+	install -d ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/cups.socket ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/cups.path ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	install -m 0644 ${WORKDIR}/cups.service ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system
+	sed -i -e 's,@SBINDIR@,${sbindir},g' ${D}${systemd_unitdir}/system/cups.service
+}
+
+python do_package_append() {
+    import subprocess
+    # Change permissions back the way they were, they probably had a reason...
+    workdir = d.getVar('WORKDIR', True)
+    subprocess.call('chmod 0511 %s/install/cups/var/run/cups/certs' % workdir, shell=True)
+}
+
+PACKAGES =+ "${PN}-lib ${PN}-libimage"
+
+RDEPENDS_${PN} += "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'sysvinit', 'procps', '', d)}"
+FILES_${PN} += "${libdir}/cups/backend \
+		${libdir}/cups/cgi-bin \
+		${libdir}/cups/filter \
+		${libdir}/cups/monitor \
+		${libdir}/cups/notifier \
+		${libdir}/cups/daemon \
+	       "
+
+FILES_${PN}-lib = "${libdir}/libcups.so.*"
+
+FILES_${PN}-libimage = "${libdir}/libcupsimage.so.*"
+
+FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${libdir}/cups/backend/.debug \
+                    ${libdir}/cups/cgi-bin/.debug \
+                    ${libdir}/cups/filter/.debug \
+                    ${libdir}/cups/monitor/.debug \
+                    ${libdir}/cups/notifier/.debug \
+                    ${libdir}/cups/daemon/.debug \
+                   "
+
+#package the html for the webgui inside the main packages (~1MB uncompressed)
+
+FILES_${PN} += "${datadir}/doc/cups/images \
+                ${datadir}/doc/cups/*html \
+                ${datadir}/doc/cups/*.css \
+                ${datadir}/icons/ \
+               "
+CONFFILES_${PN} += "${sysconfdir}/cups/cupsd.conf"
+
+SYSROOT_PREPROCESS_FUNCS += "cups_sysroot_preprocess"
+cups_sysroot_preprocess () {
+	sed -i ${SYSROOT_DESTDIR}${bindir_crossscripts}/cups-config -e 's:cups_datadir=.*:cups_datadir=${datadir}/cups:' -e 's:cups_serverbin=.*:cups_serverbin=${libdir}/cups:'
+}
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/0001-don-t-try-to-run-generated-binaries.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/0001-don-t-try-to-run-generated-binaries.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5379eb6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/0001-don-t-try-to-run-generated-binaries.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+From 90069586167b930befce7303aea57078f04b4ed8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>
+Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 16:37:27 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] don't try to run generated binaries
+
+Signed-off-by: Koen Kooi <koen@dominion.thruhere.net>
+---
+ ppdc/Makefile |   30 +++++++++++++++---------------
+ 1 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
+
+Index: cups-2.0.0/ppdc/Makefile
+===================================================================
+--- cups-2.0.0.orig/ppdc/Makefile
++++ cups-2.0.0/ppdc/Makefile
+@@ -242,8 +242,8 @@ genstrings:		genstrings.o libcupsppdc.a
+ 	$(CXX) $(ARCHFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o genstrings genstrings.o \
+ 		libcupsppdc.a ../cups/$(LIBCUPSSTATIC) $(LIBGSSAPI) $(SSLLIBS) \
+ 		$(DNSSDLIBS) $(COMMONLIBS) $(LIBZ)
+-	echo Generating localization strings...
+-	./genstrings >sample.c
++#	echo Generating localization strings...
++#	./genstrings >sample.c
+ 
+ 
+ #
+@@ -260,9 +260,9 @@ ppdc-static:		ppdc.o libcupsppdc.a ../cu
+ 	$(CXX) $(ARCHFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o ppdc-static ppdc.o libcupsppdc.a \
+ 		../cups/$(LIBCUPSSTATIC) $(LIBGSSAPI) $(SSLLIBS) $(DNSSDLIBS) \
+ 		$(COMMONLIBS) $(LIBZ)
+-	echo Testing PPD compiler...
+-	./ppdc-static -l en,fr -I ../data foo.drv
+-	./ppdc-static -l en,fr -z -I ../data foo.drv
++#	echo Testing PPD compiler...
++#	./ppdc-static -l en,fr -I ../data foo.drv
++#	./ppdc-static -l en,fr -z -I ../data foo.drv
+ 
+ 
+ #
+@@ -288,17 +288,17 @@ ppdi-static:		ppdc-static ppdi.o libcups
+ 	$(CXX) $(ARCHFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o ppdi-static ppdi.o libcupsppdc.a \
+ 		../cups/$(LIBCUPSSTATIC) $(LIBGSSAPI) $(SSLLIBS) $(DNSSDLIBS) \
+ 		$(COMMONLIBS) $(LIBZ)
+-	echo Testing PPD importer...
+-	$(RM) -r ppd ppd2 sample-import.drv
+-	./ppdc-static -l en -I ../data sample.drv
+-	./ppdi-static -I ../data -o sample-import.drv ppd/*
+-	./ppdc-static -l en -I ../data -d ppd2 sample-import.drv
+-	if diff -r ppd ppd2 >/dev/null; then \
+-		echo PPD import OK; \
+-	else \
+-		echo PPD import FAILED; \
+-		exit 1; \
+-	fi
++#	echo Testing PPD importer...
++#	$(RM) -r ppd ppd2 sample-import.drv
++#	./ppdc-static -l en -I ../data sample.drv
++#	./ppdi-static -I ../data -o sample-import.drv ppd/*
++#	./ppdc-static -l en -I ../data -d ppd2 sample-import.drv
++#	if diff -r ppd ppd2 >/dev/null; then \
++#		echo PPD import OK; \
++#	else \
++#		echo PPD import FAILED; \
++#		exit 1; \
++#	fi
+ 
+ 
+ #
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.path b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.path
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de8cc57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.path
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CUPS Printer Service Spool
+
+[Path]
+PathExistsGlob=/var/spool/cups/d*
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=multi-user.target
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.service b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.service
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7d3e839
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.service
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CUPS Printing Service
+
+[Service]
+ExecStart=@SBINDIR@/cupsd -f
+PrivateTmp=true
+
+[Install]
+Also=cups.socket cups.path
+WantedBy=printer.target
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.socket b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.socket
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3314870
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups.socket
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[Unit]
+Description=CUPS Printing Service Sockets
+
+[Socket]
+ListenStream=/var/run/cups/cups.sock
+
+[Install]
+WantedBy=sockets.target
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups_serverbin.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups_serverbin.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f7b44a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/cups_serverbin.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+Make CUPS_SERVERBIN relative to libdir otherwise on 64bit arches
+e.g. ppc64 where base libdir is lib64 this does not go well
+
+Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem@gmail.com>
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [OE config specific]
+
+Index: cups-1.4.6/config-scripts/cups-directories.m4
+===================================================================
+--- cups-1.4.6.orig/config-scripts/cups-directories.m4	2009-04-12 16:04:51.000000000 -0700
++++ cups-1.4.6/config-scripts/cups-directories.m4	2012-07-21 12:12:05.896405923 -0700
+@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@
+ 	*)
+ 		# All others
+ 		INSTALL_SYSV="install-sysv"
+-		CUPS_SERVERBIN="$exec_prefix/lib/cups"
++		CUPS_SERVERBIN="$libdir/cups"
+ 		;;
+ esac
+ 
+Index: cups-1.4.6/configure
+===================================================================
+--- cups-1.4.6.orig/configure	2012-07-21 12:13:34.512405950 -0700
++++ cups-1.4.6/configure	2012-07-21 12:14:05.724406017 -0700
+@@ -11181,7 +11181,7 @@
+ 	*)
+ 		# All others
+ 		INSTALL_SYSV="install-sysv"
+-		CUPS_SERVERBIN="$exec_prefix/lib/cups"
++		CUPS_SERVERBIN="$libdir/cups"
+ 		;;
+ esac
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/use_echo_only_in_init.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/use_echo_only_in_init.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..696f137
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups/use_echo_only_in_init.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [embedded specific]
+
+Index: cups-1.6.1/scheduler/cups.sh.in
+===================================================================
+--- cups-1.6.1.orig/scheduler/cups.sh.in
++++ cups-1.6.1/scheduler/cups.sh.in
+@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ case "`uname`" in
+ 		ECHO_ERROR=:
+ 		;;
+ 
+-	Linux*)
++	DisableLinux*)
+ 		IS_ON=/bin/true
+ 		if test -f /etc/init.d/functions; then
+ 			. /etc/init.d/functions
diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups_2.0.4.bb b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups_2.0.4.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bad73b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-extended/cups/cups_2.0.4.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+require cups.inc
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://LICENSE.txt;md5=6c5a350596fba02754bd96eb6df3afd0"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "f5c847d9a4fac6c4c66fb0526a7afaae"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "e1d5e68d9f24faca317aeaebc164c34102813bc0f1d69c00b3a59b49c49f4abd"