diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/files/powertop-1.98-build-cc.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/files/powertop-1.98-build-cc.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70beb81db3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/files/powertop-1.98-build-cc.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+From e2a8efc2d349880833215ccbe9ac6cb80cdfe5d0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:03:38 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] allow control over the build compiler
+
+Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+---
+ Makefile |    3 ++-
+ 1 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index f637bfe..75e6e63 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -80,8 +80,9 @@ install: powertop
+ 	@(cd po/ && env LOCALESDIR=$(LOCALESDIR) DESTDIR=$(DESTDIR) $(MAKE) $@)
+ 	
+ 
++BUILD_CC ?= gcc
+ csstoh: csstoh.c
+-	gcc -o csstoh csstoh.c
++	$(BUILD_CC) -o csstoh csstoh.c
+ 
+ css.h: csstoh powertop.css
+ 	./csstoh powertop.css css.h
+-- 
+1.7.6
+
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/files/powertop-1.98-build.patch b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/files/powertop-1.98-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cebb09f4ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/files/powertop-1.98-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From f60a30a247fd1bfdd58de42934937a861e4b927a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:01:36 -0400
+Subject: [PATCH] use CFLAGS/LDFLAGS when linking
+
+Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org>
+---
+ Makefile |    2 +-
+ 1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index b0b6cb7..f637bfe 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ clean:
+ 	rm -f *.o *~ powertop DEADJOE core.* */*.o */*~ csstoh css.h
+ 	
+ powertop: $(OBJS) $(HEADERS)
+-	$(CXX) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) -o powertop
++	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LIBS) -o powertop
+ 	@(cd po/ && $(MAKE))
+ 	
+ install: powertop
+-- 
+1.7.6
+
diff --git a/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/powertop-1.98.ebuild b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/powertop-1.98.ebuild
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9e7c34dc1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdk_container/src/third_party/portage-stable/sys-power/powertop/powertop-1.98.ebuild
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+# Copyright 1999-2011 Gentoo Foundation
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+# $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/sys-power/powertop/powertop-1.98.ebuild,v 1.1 2011/08/23 22:14:16 vapier Exp $
+
+EAPI="4"
+
+inherit eutils toolchain-funcs
+if [[ ${PV} == "9999" ]] ; then
+	EGIT_REPO_URI="git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/status/powertop/powertop.git"
+	inherit git-2
+	SRC_URI=""
+else
+	SRC_URI="mirror://kernel/linux/status/${PN}/${P}.tar.bz2"
+	KEYWORDS="~amd64 ~x86 ~amd64-linux ~x86-linux"
+fi
+
+DESCRIPTION="tool that helps you find what software is using the most power"
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.lesswatts.org/projects/powertop/"
+
+LICENSE="GPL-2"
+SLOT="0"
+IUSE="unicode"
+
+DEPEND="
+	dev-libs/libnl
+	sys-apps/pciutils
+	sys-devel/gettext
+	sys-libs/ncurses[unicode?]
+	sys-libs/zlib
+"
+RDEPEND="
+	${DEPEND}
+	net-wireless/bluez
+	x11-apps/xset
+"
+
+DOCS=( TODO README )
+
+src_prepare() {
+	use unicode || sed -i 's:-lncursesw:-lncurses:' Makefile
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.98-build.patch
+	epatch "${FILESDIR}"/${PN}-1.98-build-cc.patch
+	sed -i -r \
+		-e '/FLAGS/s: (-O2|-g|-fno-omit-frame-pointer|-fstack-protector|-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2)\>: :g' \
+		-e '/@\$\(CC\)/s:@::' \
+		Makefile || die
+}
+
+src_configure() {
+	tc-export BUILD_CC CC CXX
+	CFLAGS+=" ${CPPFLAGS}" # blah!
+}
+
+src_install() {
+	default
+	keepdir /var/cache/powertop
+}
+
+pkg_postinst() {
+	echo
+	einfo "For PowerTOP to work best, use a Linux kernel with the"
+	einfo "tickless idle (NO_HZ) feature enabled (version 2.6.21 or later)"
+	echo
+}