diff --git a/openwrt/package/cups/Makefile b/openwrt/package/cups/Makefile
index 9b22a3879d..5c5c3e2e4e 100644
--- a/openwrt/package/cups/Makefile
+++ b/openwrt/package/cups/Makefile
@@ -11,77 +11,106 @@ PKG_SOURCE_URL:=http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/mirrors/ftp.easysw.com/ftp.easysw.com/pu
 	http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/ftp.easysw.com/ftp/pub/cups/$(PKG_VERSION) \
 	ftp://ftp3.easysw.com/pub/cups/$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-source.tar.bz2
+PKG_CAT:=bzcat
+
 PKG_BUILD_DIR:=$(BUILD_DIR)/$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
 PKG_INSTALL_DIR:=$(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/ipkg-install
-PKG_CAT:=bzcat
 
 include $(TOPDIR)/package/rules.mk
 
 $(eval $(call PKG_template,CUPS,$(PKG_NAME),$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_RELEASE),$(ARCH)))
 
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.configured:
-	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.cache; \
-		ac_cv_path_STRIP="$(STRIP)" \
+	(cd $(PKG_BUILD_DIR); rm -rf config.{cache,status} ; \
 		$(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) \
 		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS)" \
+		CPPFLAGS="-I$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include" \
+		LDFLAGS="-L$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib" \
 		./configure \
-		--target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
-		--build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
-		--prefix=$(CUPS_IPK_DIR)/usr \
-		--exec-prefix=/usr \
-		--bindir=/usr/bin \
-		--sbindir=/usr/sbin \
-		--libexecdir=/usr/lib \
-		--sysconfdir=/etc \
-		--datadir=/usr/share \
-		--localstatedir=/var \
-		--mandir=/usr/man \
-		--infodir=/usr/info \
-		--program-prefix="" \
-		--with-gnu-ld \
-		--with-cups-user=root \
-		--with-cups-group=root \
-		--without-perl \
-		--without-python \
-		--without-php \
-		--disable-slp \
-		--disable-gnutls \
-		--disable-openssl \
-		--disable-cdsassl \
-		--disable-ssl \
-		--disable-slp \
+		  --target=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		  --host=$(GNU_TARGET_NAME) \
+		  --build=$(GNU_HOST_NAME) \
+		  --program-prefix="" \
+		  --program-suffix="" \
+		  --prefix=/usr \
+		  --exec-prefix=/usr \
+		  --bindir=/usr/bin \
+		  --datadir=/usr/share \
+		  --includedir=/usr/include \
+		  --infodir=/usr/share/info \
+		  --libdir=/usr/lib \
+		  --libexecdir=/usr/lib \
+		  --localstatedir=/var \
+		  --mandir=/usr/share/man \
+		  --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
+		  --sysconfdir=/etc \
+		  $(DISABLE_NLS) \
+		  $(DISABLE_LARGEFILE) \
+		  --with-gnu-ld \
+		  --with-cups-user=root \
+		  --with-cups-group=root \
+		  --without-perl \
+		  --without-python \
+		  --without-php \
+		  --disable-slp \
+		  --disable-gnutls \
+		  --disable-openssl \
+		  --disable-cdsassl \
+		  --disable-ssl \
+		  --disable-slp \
 	);
 	touch $@
 
 $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)
-	$(MAKE) STRIP=$(STRIP) DSTROOT=$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) install
-	cp -a $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/* $(STAGING_DIR)/lib/
-	cp -a $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/* $(STAGING_DIR)/include/
+	rm -rf $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILD_DIR) \
+		DSTROOT="$(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)" \
+		STRIP="/bin/true" \
+		all install
 	touch $@
 
 $(IPKG_CUPS):
-	cp -a $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/* $(IDIR_CUPS)/
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/etc/cups
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/etc/cups/* $(IDIR_CUPS)/etc/cups/
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/bin
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/* $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/bin/
 	rm -f $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/bin/cups-config
-	rm -f $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib/*.a
-	rm -f $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/doc/cups/* || true
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/doc/cups/??
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/locale
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/banners
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/charsets
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/fonts
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/model
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/data
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/templates/??
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/include
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/var
-	rm -rf $(IDIR_CUPS)/etc/*.d
-	$(STRIP) $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/bin/*
-	$(STRIP) $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib/cups/backend/*
-	$(STRIP) $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib/cups/cgi-bin/*
-	$(STRIP) $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib/cups/daemon/*
-	cp -a ./files/* $(IDIR_CUPS)/
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libcups.so.* $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib/
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/cups $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/lib/
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/templates
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/cups/templates/*.tmpl $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/cups/templates/
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/doc/cups
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/doc/cups/index.html $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/doc/cups/
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/share/doc/cups/images $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/share/doc/cups/
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/sbin
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/sbin/* $(IDIR_CUPS)/usr/sbin/
+	# overwrite default config with our own
+	cp -fpR ./files/etc/cups/* $(IDIR_CUPS)/etc/cups/
+	# install initscript with priority 60
+	install -d -m0755 $(IDIR_CUPS)/etc/init.d
+	install -m0755 ./files/cupsd.init $(IDIR_CUPS)/etc/init.d/S60cupsd
 	find $(IDIR_CUPS) -name CVS | xargs rm -rf
+	$(RSTRIP) $(IDIR_CUPS)
 	$(IPKG_BUILD) $(IDIR_CUPS) $(PACKAGE_DIR)
 
+$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libcups.so: $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/.built
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/cups-config $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include
+	cp -fpR $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/include/cups $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/
+	mkdir -p $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib
+	cp -fp $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/lib/libcups.{a,so*} $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/
+
+install-dev: $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libcups.so
+
+uninstall-dev:
+	rm -rf \
+	  $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/cups-config \
+	  $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/include/cups \
+	  $(STAGING_DIR)/usr/lib/libcups.{a,so*}
+
+compile: install-dev
+clean: uninstall-dev
+
diff --git a/openwrt/package/cups/files/etc/init.d/S60cups b/openwrt/package/cups/files/cupsd.init
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
similarity index 100%
rename from openwrt/package/cups/files/etc/init.d/S60cups
rename to openwrt/package/cups/files/cupsd.init
diff --git a/openwrt/package/cups/files/usr/share/doc/cups/index.html b/openwrt/package/cups/files/usr/share/doc/cups/index.html
deleted file mode 100644
index 368f6cf263..0000000000
--- a/openwrt/package/cups/files/usr/share/doc/cups/index.html
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-<HTML>
-<HEAD>
-	<TITLE>Common UNIX Printing System</TITLE>
-	<LINK REL=STYLESHEET TYPE="text/css" HREF="cups.css">
-	<MAP NAME="navbar">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="12,10,50,20" HREF="http://www.easysw.com" ALT="Easy Software Products Home Page">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="82,10,196,20" HREF="/admin" ALT="Do Administration Tasks">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="216,10,280,20" HREF="/classes" ALT="Manage Printer Classes Status">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="300,10,336,20" HREF="http://www.cups.org/documentation.php" ALT="On-Line Help">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="356,10,394,20" HREF="/jobs" ALT="Manage Jobs">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="414,10,476,20" HREF="/printers" ALT="Manage Printers">
-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="496,10,568,20" HREF="http://www.cups.org" ALT="Download the Current CUPS Software">
-        </MAP>
-</HEAD>
-
-<BODY BGCOLOR="#cccc99" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#FF00FF">
-<CENTER>
-<IMG SRC="/images/navbar.gif" WIDTH="583" HEIGHT="30" USEMAP="#navbar" BORDER="0" ALT="Common UNIX Printing System">
-</CENTER>
-
-<H1><A HREF="admin">Do Administration Tasks</A></H1>
-<H1><A HREF="classes">Manage Printer Classes</A></H1>
-<H1><A HREF="http://www.cups.org/documentation.php">On-Line Help</A></H1>
-<H1><A HREF="jobs">Manage Jobs</A></H1>
-<H1><A HREF="printers">Manage Printers</A></H1>
-<H1><A HREF="http://www.cups.org">Download the Current CUPS Software</A></H1>
-
-<HR>
-
-<P>The Common UNIX Printing System, CUPS, and the CUPS logo are the
-trademark property of <A HREF="http://www.easysw.com">Easy Software
-Products</A>. CUPS is copyright 1997-2005 by Easy Software Products,
-All Rights Reserved.
-
-</BODY>
-</HTML>
diff --git a/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.conffiles b/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.conffiles
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bed6faa3f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/cups/ipkg/cups.conffiles
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+/etc/cups/classes.conf
+/etc/cups/client.conf
+/etc/cups/cupsd.conf
+/etc/cups/printers.conf
diff --git a/openwrt/package/cups/patches/120-documentation-url.patch b/openwrt/package/cups/patches/120-documentation-url.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..07d090c2a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openwrt/package/cups/patches/120-documentation-url.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+--- cups-1.1.23/doc/index.html.orig	2005-01-03 21:13:59.000000000 +0100
++++ cups-1.1.23/doc/index.html	2005-03-23 22:18:15.000000000 +0100
+@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
+ 		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="12,10,50,20" HREF="http://www.easysw.com" ALT="Easy Software Products Home Page">
+ 		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="82,10,196,20" HREF="/admin" ALT="Do Administration Tasks">
+ 		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="216,10,280,20" HREF="/classes" ALT="Manage Printer Classes Status">
+-		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="300,10,336,20" HREF="/documentation.html" ALT="On-Line Help">
++		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="300,10,336,20" HREF="http://www.cups.org/documentation.php" ALT="On-Line Help">
+ 		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="356,10,394,20" HREF="/jobs" ALT="Manage Jobs">
+ 		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="414,10,476,20" HREF="/printers" ALT="Manage Printers">
+ 		<AREA SHAPE="RECT" COORDS="496,10,568,20" HREF="http://www.cups.org" ALT="Download the Current CUPS Software">
+@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
+ 
+ <H1><A HREF="admin">Do Administration Tasks</A></H1>
+ <H1><A HREF="classes">Manage Printer Classes</A></H1>
+-<H1><A HREF="documentation.html">On-Line Help</A></H1>
++<H1><A HREF="http://www.cups.org/documentation.php">On-Line Help</A></H1>
+ <H1><A HREF="jobs">Manage Jobs</A></H1>
+ <H1><A HREF="printers">Manage Printers</A></H1>
+ <H1><A HREF="http://www.cups.org">Download the Current CUPS Software</A></H1>