diff --git a/make/archives.mk b/make/archives.mk
index 31d832e9..cb8e8f84 100644
--- a/make/archives.mk
+++ b/make/archives.mk
@@ -377,5 +377,10 @@ ALSA-LIB_SOURCE = alsa-lib-$(ALSA-LIB_VER).tar.bz2
 $(ARCHIVE)/$(ALSA-LIB_SOURCE):
 	$(WGET) ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/$(ALSA-LIB_SOURCE)
 
+ETHTOOL_VER = 4.13
+ETHTOOL_SOURCE = ethtool-$(ETHTOOL_VER).tar.xz
+$(ARCHIVE)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE):
+	$(WGET) https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/ethtool/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE)
+
 $(ARCHIVE)/cacert.pem:
 	$(WGET) https://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem
diff --git a/make/ni.mk b/make/ni.mk
index 669b050b..0966aad3 100644
--- a/make/ni.mk
+++ b/make/ni.mk
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ ifeq ($(BOXSERIES), $(filter $(BOXSERIES), hd2 hd51))
 	make -j$(NUM_CPUS) parted
 	make -j$(NUM_CPUS) openvpn
 	make -j$(NUM_CPUS) openssh
+	make -j$(NUM_CPUS) ethtool
   ifneq ($(BOXMODEL), kronos_v2)
 	make -j$(NUM_CPUS) bash
 	make -j$(NUM_CPUS) iperf
diff --git a/make/system-tools.mk b/make/system-tools.mk
index 3d3f88f3..37fdb269 100644
--- a/make/system-tools.mk
+++ b/make/system-tools.mk
@@ -1006,6 +1006,22 @@ $(D)/dvbsnoop: | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	$(REMOVE)/dvbsnoop
 	touch $@
 
+$(D)/ethtool: $(ARCHIVE)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE) | $(TARGET_DIR)
+	$(REMOVE)/ethtool-$(ETHTOOL_VER)
+	$(UNTAR)/$(ETHTOOL_SOURCE)
+	set -e; cd $(BUILD_TMP)/ethtool-$(ETHTOOL_VER); \
+		$(CONFIGURE) \
+			--prefix=/usr \
+			--mandir=/.remove \
+			--bindir=/bin \
+			--sbindir=/sbin \
+			--libdir=$(TARGET_LIB_DIR) \
+		; \
+		$(MAKE); \
+		$(MAKE) install DESTDIR=$(TARGET_DIR)
+	$(REMOVE)/ethtool-$(ETHTOOL_VER)
+	touch $@
+
 $(D)/ca-bundle: $(ARCHIVE)/cacert.pem | $(TARGET_DIR)
 	install -D -m 644 $(ARCHIVE)/cacert.pem $(TARGET_DIR)/$(CA_BUNDLE_DIR)/$(CA_BUNDLE)
 	touch $@