diff --git a/grep/build.sh b/grep/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..92257c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grep/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# This is a generic build.sh script
+# It can be used nearly unmodified with many packages
+# 
+# The concept of "method" registering and the logic that implements it was shamelessly
+# stolen from jhlj's Compile.sh script :)
+#
+# Check the following 4 variables before running the script
+topdir=grep
+version=2.5
+pkgver=1
+source[0]=$topdir-$version.tar.bz2
+# If there are no patches, simply comment this
+patch[0]=grep-2.5-symlink-destdir.patch
+
+# Source function library
+. ${BUILDPKG_BASE}/scripts/buildpkg.functions
+
+# Fill in pkginfo values if necessary
+# using pkgname,name,pkgcat,pkgvendor & pkgdesc
+name="GNU grep"
+pkgcat="application"
+pkgvendor="http://www.gnu.org"
+pkgdesc="Find lines that match entered patterns"
+
+# Define script functions and register them
+METHODS=""
+reg() {
+    METHODS="$METHODS $1"
+}
+
+reg prep
+prep()
+{
+    generic_prep
+}
+
+reg build
+build()
+{
+    generic_build
+}
+
+reg install
+install()
+{
+    generic_install DESTDIR
+}
+
+reg pack
+pack()
+{
+    generic_pack
+}
+
+reg distclean
+distclean()
+{
+    clean distclean
+}
+
+###################################################
+# No need to look below here
+###################################################
+
+reg all
+all()
+{
+    for METHOD in $METHODS 
+    do
+	case $METHOD in
+	     all*|*clean) ;;
+	     *) $METHOD
+		;;
+	esac
+    done
+
+}
+
+reg
+usage() {
+    echo Usage $0 "{"$(echo $METHODS | tr " " "|")"}"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+OK=0
+for METHOD in $*
+do
+    METHOD=" $METHOD *"
+    if [ "${METHODS%$METHOD}" == "$METHODS" ] ; then
+	usage
+    fi
+    OK=1
+done
+
+if [ $OK = 0 ] ; then
+    usage;
+fi
+
+for METHOD in $*
+do
+    ( $METHOD )
+done
diff --git a/grep/src/grep-2.5-symlink-destdir.patch b/grep/src/grep-2.5-symlink-destdir.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f977bef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/grep/src/grep-2.5-symlink-destdir.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- grep-2.5/src/Makefile.in.orig	2004-01-26 14:31:58.850016000 +0100
++++ grep-2.5/src/Makefile.in	2004-01-26 14:32:48.840007000 +0100
+@@ -354,8 +354,8 @@
+ 
+ 
+ install-exec-local:
+-	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(bindir)/egrep
+-	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(bindir)/fgrep
++	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/egrep
++	@SYMLINK@ @SYMLINKFROM@ $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/fgrep
+ # Tell versions [3.59,3.63) of GNU make to not export all variables.
+ # Otherwise a system limit (for SysV at least) may be exceeded.
+ .NOEXPORT: