diff --git a/bootchart2/Makefile b/bootchart2/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02db54c6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootchart2/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# 
+# Copyright (C) 2007-2011 OpenWrt.org
+#
+# This is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.
+# See /LICENSE for more information.
+#
+
+include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
+
+PKG_NAME:=bootchart2
+PKG_VERSION:=0.14.7
+PKG_RELEASE:=1
+
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL:=https://github.com/mmeeks/bootchart.git
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=3ab81137cafe25c2ca4bc3a5f322a63646f9ce8d
+
+PKG_SOURCE:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)-$(PKG_SOURCE_VERSION).tar.gz
+PKG_SOURCE_SUBDIR:=$(PKG_NAME)-$(PKG_VERSION)
+
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
+
+define Package/bootchart2
+ SECTION:=base
+ CATEGORY:=Utilities
+ TITLE:=Bootchart2
+ URL:=https://github.com/mmeeks/bootchart
+endef
+
+define Package/bootchart2/description
+ Bootchart is a tool for performance analysis and visualization of the GNU/Linux boot process. 
+endef
+
+define Package/bootchart2/install
+	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/sbin
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/bootchart-collector $(1)/sbin
+	$(CP) ./files/* $(1)/
+endef
+
+
+
+
+$(eval $(call BuildPackage,bootchart2))
diff --git a/bootchart2/files/lib/preinit/11_bootchart b/bootchart2/files/lib/preinit/11_bootchart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d44bc250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootchart2/files/lib/preinit/11_bootchart
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+
+do_bootchart()
+{
+	[ -f /dev/null ] || mknod /dev/null c 1 3
+	mkdir -p /lib/bootchart/tmpfs
+	echo "starting bootchart"
+	/sbin/bootchart_run_preinit boot &
+}
+
+boot_hook_add preinit_essential do_bootchart
diff --git a/bootchart2/files/lib/preinit/72_bootchart b/bootchart2/files/lib/preinit/72_bootchart
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fe8f5a534
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootchart2/files/lib/preinit/72_bootchart
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+bootchart_rootfs_pivot()
+{
+	mount -o move /rom/lib/bootchart/tmpfs /lib/bootchart/tmpfs	
+}
+
+boot_hook_add preinit_mount_root bootchart_rootfs_pivot
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bootchart2/files/sbin/bootchart_run_preinit b/bootchart2/files/sbin/bootchart_run_preinit
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..0cf956213
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootchart2/files/sbin/bootchart_run_preinit
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+ #! /bin/sh
+# this is intended to be started in preinit.
+# 11_bootchart, starts it
+# 72_bootchart, fixup mount point after pivot 
+#
+# program can be killed early with
+# bootchart_run_preinit stop
+
+trap "stop; exit 0;" SIGINT SIGTERM 
+
+STOP_AFTER=250
+HZ=50
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]
+then
+	echo "you need to specify start or stop"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+start()
+{
+	/sbin/bootchart-collector $HZ &
+}
+
+stop()
+{
+	echo "bootchart DUMP"
+	
+	mkdir /tmp/bootchart
+	/sbin/bootchart-collector --dump /tmp/bootchart
+	cd /tmp/bootchart
+	tar -zcf /tmp/bootchart.tgz header *.log
+	cd /
+	rm -rf /tmp/bootchart
+}
+
+case $1 in
+    boot) # secret option for preinit
+	start
+	sleep $STOP_AFTER
+	# test to see if someone has manually killed us
+	if [ -f /tmp/bootchart.tgz ]
+	then
+	    exit 0
+	fi
+	stop
+	;;
+    start)
+	start
+	;;
+    stop)
+	stop
+	;;
+    *)
+	echo "you need to specify start or stop, not $1"
+	exit 1
+	;;
+esac
+
diff --git a/bootchart2/patches/0001-add_spu_sys_time.patch b/bootchart2/patches/0001-add_spu_sys_time.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5760f955d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bootchart2/patches/0001-add_spu_sys_time.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+diff --git a/pybootchartgui/draw.py b/pybootchartgui/draw.py
+index 7c3f60c..5c9f046 100644
+--- a/pybootchartgui/draw.py
++++ b/pybootchartgui/draw.py
+@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ AXIS_FONT_SIZE = 11
+ LEGEND_FONT_SIZE = 12
+ 
+ # CPU load chart color.
++CPU_SYS_COLOR = (0.65, 0.13, 0.36, 1.0)
+ CPU_COLOR = (0.40, 0.55, 0.70, 1.0)
+ # IO wait chart color.
+ IO_COLOR = (0.76, 0.48, 0.48, 0.5)
+@@ -300,21 +301,19 @@ def render_charts(ctx, options, clip, trace, curr_y, w, h, sec_w):
+ 	# render bar legend
+ 	ctx.set_font_size(LEGEND_FONT_SIZE)
+ 
+-	draw_legend_box(ctx, "CPU (user+sys)", CPU_COLOR, off_x, curr_y+20, leg_s)
+-	draw_legend_box(ctx, "I/O (wait)", IO_COLOR, off_x + 120, curr_y+20, leg_s)
++	draw_legend_box(ctx, "CPU (user)", CPU_COLOR, off_x, curr_y+20, leg_s)
++	draw_legend_box(ctx, "CPU (sys)", CPU_SYS_COLOR, off_x + 120, curr_y+20, leg_s)
++	draw_legend_box(ctx, "I/O (wait)", IO_COLOR, off_x + 120 + 120 , curr_y+20, leg_s)
+ 
+ 	# render I/O wait
+ 	chart_rect = (off_x, curr_y+30, w, bar_h)
+ 	if clip_visible (clip, chart_rect):
+ 		draw_box_ticks (ctx, chart_rect, sec_w)
+ 		draw_annotations (ctx, proc_tree, trace.times, chart_rect)
+-		draw_chart (ctx, IO_COLOR, True, chart_rect, \
+-			    [(sample.time, sample.user + sample.sys + sample.io) for sample in trace.cpu_stats], \
+-			    proc_tree, None)
++		draw_chart (ctx, IO_COLOR, True, chart_rect, [(sample.time, sample.user + sample.sys + sample.io) for sample in trace.cpu_stats], proc_tree, None)
+ 		# render CPU load
+-		draw_chart (ctx, CPU_COLOR, True, chart_rect, \
+-			    [(sample.time, sample.user + sample.sys) for sample in trace.cpu_stats], \
+-			    proc_tree, None)
++		draw_chart (ctx, CPU_SYS_COLOR, True, chart_rect, [(sample.time, sample.user + sample.sys) for sample in trace.cpu_stats], proc_tree, None)
++		draw_chart (ctx, CPU_COLOR, True, chart_rect, [(sample.time, sample.user ) for sample in trace.cpu_stats], proc_tree, None)
+ 
+ 	curr_y = curr_y + 30 + bar_h
+