diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/avoid_strip.patch b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/avoid_strip.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f34e243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/avoid_strip.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+wireless_tools: Avoid stripping iwmulticall
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [other]
+  The removed code was from upstream.
+
+Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
+
+diff -ur wireless_tools.29.orig/Makefile wireless_tools.29/Makefile
+--- wireless_tools.29.orig/Makefile	2011-06-18 11:35:12.183907453 -0500
++++ wireless_tools.29/Makefile	2011-06-18 11:38:09.995907985 -0500
+@@ -135,9 +135,8 @@
+ 
+ macaddr: macaddr.o $(IWLIB)
+ 
+-# Always do symbol stripping here
+ iwmulticall: iwmulticall.o
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,-s $(XCFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
++	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) $(STRIPFLAGS) $(XCFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+ 
+ # It's a kind of magic...
+ wireless.h:
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/man.patch b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/man.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cea66cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/man.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From f3f846ef06f746cd6aa7a41d277669b5e0c705ad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Moritz Rosenthal <moritz.rosenthal@netmodule.com>
+Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2019 10:40:52 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Borrowed wireless tools recipe:
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [configuration]
+
+---
+ Makefile | 4 ++--
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 879c0e6..26bccf4 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -73,8 +73,8 @@ DYNAMIC_LINK= libiw.so
+ # Install directories
+ INSTALL_DIR= $(PREFIX)/sbin/
+ INSTALL_LIB= $(PREFIX)/lib/
+-INSTALL_INC= $(PREFIX)/include/
+-INSTALL_MAN= $(PREFIX)/man/
++INSTALL_INC= $(PREFIX)/usr/include/
++INSTALL_MAN= $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man/
+ 
+ # Various commands
+ RM = rm -f
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/remove.ldconfig.call.patch b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/remove.ldconfig.call.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a22c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/remove.ldconfig.call.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+When /etc/ld.so.cache is writeable by user running bitbake then it creates invalid cache 
+(in my case libstdc++.so cannot be found after building zlib(-native) and I have to call 
+touch */libstdc++.so && /sbin/ldconfig to fix it.
+
+So remove ldconfig call from make install-libs
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate [disable feature]
+
+diff -uNr wireless_tools.29.orig/Makefile wireless_tools.29/Makefile
+--- wireless_tools.29.orig/Makefile	2007-09-18 01:56:46.000000000 +0200
++++ wireless_tools.29/Makefile	2012-02-15 20:46:41.780763514 +0100
+@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@
+ 	install -m 755 $(DYNAMIC) $(INSTALL_LIB)
+ 	ln -sfn $(DYNAMIC) $(INSTALL_LIB)/$(DYNAMIC_LINK)
+ 	@echo "*** Don't forget to add $(INSTALL_LIB) to /etc/ld.so.conf, and run ldconfig as root. ***"
+-	@$(LDCONFIG) || echo "*** Could not run ldconfig ! ***"
+ 
+ # Install the static library
+ install-static:: $(STATIC)
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/wireless-tools.if-pre-up b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/wireless-tools.if-pre-up
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2518a5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/wireless-tools.if-pre-up
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+case "$METHOD" in loopback) exit 0 ;; esac
+
+IWCONFIG=/sbin/iwconfig
+IWPRIV=/sbin/iwpriv
+
+if [ ! -x $IWCONFIG ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Detect and do nothing for linux-wlan-ng interfaces;
+# which are configured by thier own if-pre-up script.
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_TYPE" -a "$IF_WIRELESS_TYPE" = "wlan-ng" ]; then
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_NEEDS_RESET" ]; then
+  $IWPRIV "$IFACE" reset 1
+  sleep 1
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_NEEDS_FIRMWARE" ]; then
+  $IF_NEEDS_FIRMWARE "$IFACE"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_SENS" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" sens $IF_WIRELESS_SENS
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_RATE" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" rate $IF_WIRELESS_RATE
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_RTS" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" rts $IF_WIRELESS_RTS
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_FRAG" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" frag $IF_WIRELESS_FRAG
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_POWER" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" power $IF_WIRELESS_POWER
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_POWERPERIOD" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" power period $IF_WIRELESS_POWERPERIOD
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_POWERTIMEOUT" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" power timeout $IF_WIRELESS_POWERTIMEOUT
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_TXPOWER" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" txpower $IF_WIRELESS_TXPOWER
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_RETRY" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" retry $IF_WIRELESS_RETRY
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_NICK" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" nick "$IF_WIRELESS_NICK"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_NWID" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" nwid "$IF_WIRELESS_NWID"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_ENC" ]; then
+  eval $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" enc $IF_WIRELESS_ENC
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY" ]; then
+  eval $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key $IF_WIRELESS_KEY
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY1" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key [1] "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY1"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY2" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key [2] "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY2"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY3" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key [3] "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY3"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY4" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key [4] "$IF_WIRELESS_KEY4"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_DEFAULTKEY" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key ["$IF_WIRELESS_DEFAULTKEY"]
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_KEYMODE" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" key "$IF_WIRELESS_KEYMODE"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_MODE" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" mode $IF_WIRELESS_MODE
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_FREQ" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" freq $IF_WIRELESS_FREQ
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_CHANNEL" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" channel $IF_WIRELESS_CHANNEL
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_ESSID" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" essid "$IF_WIRELESS_ESSID"
+fi
+
+if [ -n "$IF_WIRELESS_COMMIT" ]; then
+  $IWCONFIG "$IFACE" commit
+fi
+
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/zzz-wireless.if-pre-up b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/zzz-wireless.if-pre-up
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c8e95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools/zzz-wireless.if-pre-up
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+#
+# /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/zzz-wireless
+# by Stefan Tomanek (stefan@pico.ruhr.de)
+
+
+IWCONFIG=/sbin/iwconfig
+IFCONFIG=/sbin/ifconfig
+GREP=/bin/grep
+LOGGER=/usr/bin/logger
+SLEEP=/bin/sleep
+
+# How long do we wait for association?
+RETRIES=15
+SLEEPTIME=1
+
+# Only sleep if we use DHCP (add others methods seperated by spaces)
+ONLY_FOR="static dhcp"
+
+if [ -z "$IF_WIRELESS_TYPE" ] && echo "$ONLY_FOR" | grep -q "$METHOD" ; then
+	$IFCONFIG $IFACE up
+	$LOGGER Checking for WLAN association...
+	while ( [ $RETRIES -gt 0 ] && ($IWCONFIG "$IFACE" | $GREP -q "Access Point: Not-Associated") ); do
+		$LOGGER No association yet, $RETRIES retries until timeout
+		RETRIES=$(($RETRIES-1))
+		$SLEEP $SLEEPTIME
+	done
+	
+	if [ $RETRIES -eq 0 ]; then
+		$LOGGER Timeout waiting for association, continuing anyway...
+	else
+		$LOGGER Found association!
+	fi
+fi
diff --git a/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_29.bb b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_29.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bb0fdf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-connectivity/wireless-tools/wireless-tools_29.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+DESCRIPTION = "Tools for the Linux Standard Wireless Extension Subsystem"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html"
+LICENSE = "GPLv2 & (LGPLv2.1 | MPL-1.1 | BSD)"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=94d55d512a9ba36caa9b7df079bae19f \
+			file://iwconfig.c;beginline=1;endline=12;md5=cf710eb1795c376eb10ea4ff04649caf \
+			file://iwevent.c;beginline=59;endline=72;md5=d66a10026d4394f0a5b1c5587bce4537 \
+			file://sample_enc.c;beginline=1;endline=4;md5=838372be07874260b566bae2f6ed33b6"
+SECTION = "base"
+PE = "1"
+PR = "r4"
+
+SRC_URI = "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/wireless_tools.29.tar.gz \
+	   file://remove.ldconfig.call.patch \
+	   file://man.patch \
+	   file://wireless-tools.if-pre-up \
+	   file://zzz-wireless.if-pre-up \
+	   file://avoid_strip.patch"
+
+SRC_URI[md5sum] = "e06c222e186f7cc013fd272d023710cb"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "6fb80935fe208538131ce2c4178221bab1078a1656306bce8909c19887e2e5a1"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/wireless_tools.29"
+
+TARGET_CC_ARCH += "${LDFLAGS}"
+
+CFLAGS =+ "-I${S}"
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = "-e 'BUILD_SHARED=y' \
+		'INSTALL_DIR=${D}${base_sbindir}' \
+		'INSTALL_LIB=${D}${libdir}' \
+		'INSTALL_INC=${D}${includedir}' \
+		'INSTALL_MAN=${D}${mandir}'"
+
+do_compile() {
+	oe_runmake all libiw.a
+}
+
+do_install() {
+	oe_runmake PREFIX=${D} install-iwmulticall install-dynamic install-man install-hdr
+	install -d ${D}${sbindir}
+	install -m 0755 ifrename ${D}${sbindir}/ifrename
+	# Disabled by RP - 20/8/08 - We don't seem to need/use these
+	#install -d ${D}${sysconfdir}/network/if-pre-up.d
+	#install ${WORKDIR}/wireless-tools.if-pre-up ${D}${sysconfdir}/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools
+	#install ${WORKDIR}/zzz-wireless.if-pre-up ${D}${sysconfdir}/network/if-pre-up.d/zzz-wireless
+}
+
+PACKAGES = "libiw-dbg ifrename-dbg ${PN}-dbg \
+libiw libiw-dev libiw-doc ifrename-doc ifrename ${PN} ${PN}-doc"
+
+FILES_libiw-dbg = "${libdir}/.debug/*.so.*"
+FILES_ifrename-dbg = "${sbindir}/.debug/ifrename"
+FILES_libiw = "${libdir}/*.so.*"
+FILES_libiw-dev = "${libdir}/*.a ${libdir}/*.so ${includedir}"
+FILES_libiw-doc = "${mandir}/man7"
+FILES_ifrename = "${sbindir}/ifrename"
+FILES_ifrename-doc = "${mandir}/man8/ifrename.8 ${mandir}/man5/iftab.5"
+FILES_${PN} = "${bindir} ${sbindir}/iw* ${base_sbindir} ${base_bindir} ${sysconfdir}/network"
+FILES_${PN}-doc = "${mandir}"