diff --git a/package/system/fwtool/Makefile b/package/system/fwtool/Makefile
index 901081c1f4..00f0339b02 100644
--- a/package/system/fwtool/Makefile
+++ b/package/system/fwtool/Makefile
@@ -10,13 +10,22 @@ include $(TOPDIR)/rules.mk
 PKG_NAME:=fwtool
 PKG_RELEASE:=1
 
+PKG_SOURCE_PROTO:=git
+PKG_SOURCE_URL=$(PROJECT_GIT)/project/fwtool.git
+PKG_SOURCE_DATE:=2019-11-12
+PKG_SOURCE_VERSION:=8f7fe925ca205c8e8e2d0d1b16218c1e148d5173
+PKG_MIRROR_HASH:=ff68e77397a7ba8f497aae9a6d1f89e196c89391a8d5ed0b81c4eafb889ba744
+CMAKE_INSTALL:=1
+
 PKG_FLAGS:=nonshared
 
+PKG_LICENSE:=GPL-2.0
 PKG_MAINTAINER := Felix Fietkau <nbd@nbd.name>
 PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS := fwtool/host
 
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/package.mk
 include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/host-build.mk
+include $(INCLUDE_DIR)/cmake.mk
 
 HOST_BUILD_PREFIX:=$(STAGING_DIR_HOST)
 
@@ -26,21 +35,13 @@ define Package/fwtool
   TITLE:=Utility for appending and extracting firmware metadata and signatures
 endef
 
-define Host/Compile
-	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(HOST_LDFLAGS) -o $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/fwtool ./src/fwtool.c
-endef
-
 define Host/Install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(HOST_BUILD_DIR)/fwtool $(1)/bin/
 endef
 
-define Build/Compile
-	$(TARGET_CC) $(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) -o $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/fwtool ./src/fwtool.c
-endef
-
 define Package/fwtool/install
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
-	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/fwtool $(1)/usr/bin/
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_INSTALL_DIR)/usr/bin/fwtool $(1)/usr/bin/
 endef
 
 $(eval $(call HostBuild))