diff --git a/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb b/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb
index d2fb9fd..810a497 100644
--- a/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb
+++ b/recipes-apps/tasks/task-sysmocom-feed.bb
@@ -15,4 +15,5 @@ RDEPENDS_${PN} = "\
 	pciutils nfacct logrotate dnsmasq ifupdown \
 	logrotate python-jsonrpclib python-enum iputils \
 	packagegroup-sysmobts-sob rtl8169-eeprom autossh \
-	perl libdbd-sqlite-perl libdbi-perl libjson-perl"
+	perl libdbd-sqlite-perl libdbi-perl libjson-perl \
+	netcat-openbsd"
diff --git a/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb b/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..12409d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_1.105.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+require netcat.inc
+SUMMARY = "OpenBSD Netcat"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://ftp.debian.org"
+LICENSE = "BSD-3-Clause"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://../debian/copyright;md5=ee6bbaacb5db5f2973818f0902c3ae6f"
+
+DEPENDS += "glib-2.0 libbsd"
+
+SRC_URI = "${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_${PV}.orig.tar.gz;name=netcat \
+           ${DEBIAN_MIRROR}/main/n/netcat-openbsd/netcat-openbsd_${PV}-7.debian.tar.gz;name=netcat-patch"
+
+SRC_URI[netcat.md5sum] = "7e67b22f1ad41a1b7effbb59ff28fca1"
+SRC_URI[netcat.sha256sum] = "40653fe66c1516876b61b07e093d826e2a5463c5d994f1b7e6ce328f3edb211e"
+SRC_URI[netcat-patch.md5sum] = "e914f8eb7eda5c75c679dd77787ac76b"
+SRC_URI[netcat-patch.sha256sum] = "eee759327ffea293e81d0dde67921b7fcfcad279ffd7a2c9d037bbc8f882b363"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/${BPN}-${PV}"
+
+do_configure[noexec] = "1"
+
+netcat_do_patch() {
+    cd ${S}
+    while read line; do patch -p1 < ${WORKDIR}/debian/patches/$line; done < ${WORKDIR}/debian/patches/series
+}
+
+python do_patch() {
+    bb.build.exec_func('netcat_do_patch', d)
+    bb.build.exec_func('patch_do_patch', d)
+}
+
+do_compile() {
+    cd ${S}
+    pkgrel=4
+    oe_runmake CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DDEBIAN_VERSION=\"\\\"${pkgrel}\\\"\""
+}
+
+do_install() {
+    install -d ${D}${bindir}
+    install -m 755 ${S}/nc ${D}${bindir}/nc.${BPN}
+}
+ALTERNATIVE_PRIORITY = "50"
diff --git a/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat.inc b/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cb243d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-support/netcat-openbsd/netcat.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+SECTION = "net"
+inherit update-alternatives gettext
+
+ALTERNATIVE_${PN} = "nc"
+