diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4eacc6f6..856040dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 *~
 fs
+apps
 fs.cpio
 kernel/rootfs-idl4k.cpio
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ee9ea55f..fa5eb177 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,15 @@
 CPUS=4
-TOOLPATH=/opt/STM/STLinux-2.4/host/bin
+STLINUX=/opt/STM/STLinux-2.4
+TOOLPATH=$(STLINUX)/host/bin
+TOOLCHAIN=$(STLINUX)/devkit/sh4
 TOOLCHAIN_KERNEL=$(shell pwd)/toolchain/4.5.3-99/opt/STM/STLinux-2.4/devkit/sh4
 
+define GIT_CLONE
+	@mkdir -p apps/
+	git clone $(1) apps/$(2)
+endef
+
+
 #
 # all
 #
@@ -13,9 +21,10 @@ all: kernel-axe-modules kernel
 # create CPIO
 #
 
-fs.cpio:
+fs.cpio: minisatip
 	fakeroot tools/do_min_fs.py \
-	  -b bash
+	  -b "bash" \
+	  -e "apps/minisatip/minisatip:sbin/minisatip"
 
 .PHONY: fs-list
 fs-list:
@@ -60,6 +69,19 @@ firmware/initramfs/root/modules_idl4k_7108_ST40HOST_LINUX_32BITS/axe_dmx.ko:
 	cd firmware ; ../tools/cpio-idl4k-bin.sh extract
 	chmod -R u+rw firmware/initramfs
 
+#
+# minisatip
+#
+
+apps/minisatip/minisatip.c:
+	$(call GIT_CLONE,https://github.com/catalinii/minisatip.git,minisatip)
+
+.PHONY: minisatip
+minisatip: apps/minisatip/minisatip.c
+	make -C apps/minisatip \
+	  CC=$(TOOLCHAIN)/bin/sh4-linux-gcc \
+	  CFLAGS="-O2 -DSYS_DVBT2=16"
+
 #
 # clean all
 #
diff --git a/tools/do_min_fs.py b/tools/do_min_fs.py
index e8e2bac3..5fe853d6 100755
--- a/tools/do_min_fs.py
+++ b/tools/do_min_fs.py
@@ -328,6 +328,7 @@ def usage():
     print '         (example: -b "gzip ls pwd") '
     print '\n  -t,  --target_prefix <path> the target path location '
     print '         (default: /opt/STM/STLinux-2.4/devkit/sh4/target/)'
+    print '\n  -e,  --extra <file>:<dst> to be added to the filesystem'
     print '\n  -i   --init_type : '
     print '\t\t\t  busybox '
     print '\t\t\t  sysv '
@@ -344,18 +345,24 @@ def get_menu_opt(argv):
     try:
 #      opts = ''
 #      args = ''
-       opts , args = getopt.gnu_getopt(argv, 'hb:t:i:', ['--init_type', '--binary=', '--target_prefix=', '--help'])
+       opts , args = getopt.gnu_getopt(argv, 'hb:e:t:i:', ['--init_type', '--binary=', '--extra', '--target_prefix=', '--help'])
     except getopt.GetoptError:
            usage()
     target_prefix = ''
     console = ''
     binary_list=[]
+    extra_list=[]
     for o, v  in opts:
        if o == '-b' or o == '--binary':
           v = v.split(' ')  # take out all blank spaces and replace the v string with  binary_list
           for i in v:
             if i != '':
                binary_list.append(i)
+       elif o == '-e' or o == '--extra':
+          v = v.split(' ')  # take out all blank spaces and replace the v string with  binary_list
+          for i in v:
+            if i != '':
+               extra_list.append(i)
        elif o == '-t' or o == '--target_prefix':
             target_prefix = v
        elif o == '-i' or o == '--init_type':
@@ -366,6 +373,7 @@ def get_menu_opt(argv):
     params.append(binary_list)
     params.append(console)
     params.append(target_prefix)
+    params.append(extra_list)
     return params
 
 #-----------------------------------------
@@ -482,6 +490,7 @@ boot_type = 'busybox' # default
 user_param = ['', '', '']
 user_param = get_menu_opt(sys.argv[1:])
 bin_list = user_param[0]  # command list to find
+extra_list = user_param[3]
 
 if user_param[1] != '':
    boot_type = user_param[1] # default busybox
@@ -552,4 +561,7 @@ for f in files:
 for r in ['usr/bin/bashbug']:
   if os.path.exists('fs/' + r):
     run_cmd('rm fs/' + r)
+for e in extra_list:
+  src, dst = e.split(':')
+  run_cmd('cp ' + src + ' fs/' + dst)
 do_cpio('fs')