diff --git a/include/applets.h b/include/applets.h
index 63cc738..af21a0d 100644
--- a/include/applets.h
+++ b/include/applets.h
@@ -193,6 +193,7 @@
 USE_INSMOD(APPLET(insmod, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 USE_MODPROBE_SMALL(APPLET_ODDNAME(insmod, modprobe, _BB_DIR_SBIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER, modprobe))
 USE_INSTALL(APPLET(install, _BB_DIR_USR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
+USE_IONICE(APPLET(ionice, _BB_DIR_BIN, _BB_SUID_NEVER))
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_IP_ADDRESS \
  || ENABLE_FEATURE_IP_ROUTE \
  || ENABLE_FEATURE_IP_LINK \
diff --git a/include/usage.h b/include/usage.h
index 9ceb366..cfe12c6 100644
--- a/include/usage.h
+++ b/include/usage.h
@@ -1932,7 +1932,7 @@
 
 /* -v, -b, -c are ignored */
 #define install_trivial_usage \
-       "[-cdDsp] [-o USER] [-g GRP] [-m MODE] [source] dest|directory"
+	"[-cdDsp] [-o USER] [-g GRP] [-m MODE] [source] dest|directory"
 #define install_full_usage "\n\n" \
        "Copy files and set attributes\n" \
      "\nOptions:" \
@@ -1948,6 +1948,14 @@
      "\n	-Z	Set security context" \
 	)
 
+#define ionice_trivial_usage \
+	"[-c 1-3] [-n 0-7] [-p PID] [PROG]"
+#define ionice_full_usage "\n\n" \
+       "Change I/O scheduling class and priority\n" \
+     "\nOptions:" \
+     "\n	-c	Class. 1:realtime 2:best-effort 3:idle" \
+     "\n	-n	Priority" \
+
 /* would need to make the " | " optional depending on more than one selected: */
 #define ip_trivial_usage \
        "[OPTIONS] {" \
diff --git a/miscutils/Config.in b/miscutils/Config.in
index 68732e6..94174de 100644
--- a/miscutils/Config.in
+++ b/miscutils/Config.in
@@ -238,6 +238,13 @@
 	    "NN" (ASCII decimal number) - percentage to show on progress bar
 	    "exit" - well you guessed it
 
+config IONICE
+	bool "ionice"
+	default n
+	help
+	  Set/set program io scheduling class and priority
+	  Requires kernel >= 2.6.13
+
 config INOTIFYD
 	bool "inotifyd"
 	default n
diff --git a/miscutils/Kbuild b/miscutils/Kbuild
index e6e4347..7665130 100644
--- a/miscutils/Kbuild
+++ b/miscutils/Kbuild
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 lib-$(CONFIG_DEVMEM)      += devmem.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_EJECT)       += eject.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_FBSPLASH)    += fbsplash.o
+lib-$(CONFIG_IONICE)      += ionice.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_HDPARM)      += hdparm.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_INOTIFYD)    += inotifyd.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_FEATURE_LAST_SMALL)+= last.o
diff --git a/miscutils/ionice.c b/miscutils/ionice.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..88d771c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/miscutils/ionice.c
@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/* vi: set sw=4 ts=4: */
+/*
+ * ionice implementation for busybox based on linux-utils-ng 2.14
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2008 by  <u173034@informatik.uni-oldenburg.de>
+ *
+ * Licensed under GPLv2 or later, see file LICENSE in this tarball for details.
+ */
+
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+#include <asm/unistd.h>
+#include "libbb.h"
+
+static int ioprio_set(int which, int who, int ioprio)
+{
+	return syscall(SYS_ioprio_set, which, who, ioprio);
+}
+
+static int ioprio_get(int which, int who)
+{
+	return syscall(SYS_ioprio_get, which, who);
+}
+
+enum {
+	IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS = 1,
+	IOPRIO_WHO_PGRP,
+	IOPRIO_WHO_USER
+};
+
+enum {
+	IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE,
+	IOPRIO_CLASS_RT,
+	IOPRIO_CLASS_BE,
+	IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE
+};
+
+static const char to_prio[] = "none\0realtime\0best-effort\0idle";
+
+#define IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT      13
+
+int ionice_main(int argc, char **argv) MAIN_EXTERNALLY_VISIBLE;
+int ionice_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
+{
+	/* Defaults */
+	int ioclass = 0;
+	int pri = 0;
+	int pid = 0; /* affect own porcess */
+	int opt;
+	enum {
+		OPT_n = 1,
+		OPT_c = 2,
+		OPT_p = 4,
+	};
+
+	/* Numeric params */
+	opt_complementary = "n+:c+:p+";
+	/* '+': stop at first non-option */
+	opt = getopt32(argv, "+n:c:p:", &pri, &ioclass, &pid);
+	argv += optind;
+	
+	if (opt & OPT_c) {
+		if (ioclass > 3)
+			bb_error_msg_and_die("bad class %d", ioclass);
+// Do we need this (compat?)?
+//		if (ioclass == IOPRIO_CLASS_NONE)
+//			ioclass = IOPRIO_CLASS_BE;
+//		if (ioclass == IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE) {
+//			//if (opt & OPT_n)
+//			//	bb_error_msg("ignoring priority for idle class");
+//			pri = 7;
+//		}
+	}
+	
+	if (!(opt & (OPT_n|OPT_c))) {
+		if (!(opt & OPT_p) && *argv)
+			pid = xatoi_u(*argv);
+
+		pri = ioprio_get(IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS, pid);
+		if (pri == -1)
+			bb_perror_msg_and_die("ioprio_%cet", 'g');
+
+		ioclass = (pri >> IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT) & 0x3;
+		pri &= 0xff;
+		printf((ioclass == IOPRIO_CLASS_IDLE) ? "%s\n" : "%s: prio %d\n",
+				nth_string(to_prio, ioclass), pri);
+	} else {
+//printf("pri=%d class=%d val=%x\n",
+//pri, ioclass, pri | (ioclass << IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT));
+		pri |= (ioclass << IOPRIO_CLASS_SHIFT);
+		if (ioprio_set(IOPRIO_WHO_PROCESS, pid, pri) == -1)
+			bb_perror_msg_and_die("ioprio_%cet", 's');
+		if (*argv) {
+			BB_EXECVP(*argv, argv);
+			bb_simple_perror_msg_and_die(*argv);
+		}
+	}
+
+	return EXIT_SUCCESS;
+}