diff --git a/pkg/Makefile.git b/pkg/Makefile.git
index d15e683096..3a565315b4 100644
--- a/pkg/Makefile.git
+++ b/pkg/Makefile.git
@@ -1,36 +1,10 @@
 PKG_NAME=		# name of the package
-PKG_URL=		# source url of the package e.g. a git repository
+PKG_URL=		# source url of the package's git repository
 PKG_VERSION=	# version of the package to use e.g. a git commit/ref
 
-ifneq ($(RIOTBOARD),)
-include $(RIOTBOARD)/Makefile.base
-include $(RIOTBOARD)/$(BOARD)/Makefile.include
-endif
+.PHONY: all
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch distclean
-
-all: patch
+all: download
 	$(MAKE) -C $(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
-patch: $(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)/Makefile
-	# Dependancy might be changed accordingly though we think the Makefile
-	# will be the first thing you want to change
-	#
-	# Here might not happen anything besides dependancy checks
-
-$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)/Makefile: $(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
-	# Here you apply your patch.
-	$(foreach patch,$(shell ls [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]*.patch),cd "$<" && git am "$(patch)" || { git am --abort; exit 1; };)
-
-$(PKG_NAME):
-	# Get PKG_VERSION of package from PKG_URL
-	git clone $(PKG_URL) $(PKG_NAME) && cd $(PKG_NAME) && git reset --hard $(PKG_VERSION)
-
-clean::
-	# Reset package to checkout state.
-	cd $(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME) || true && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git reset --hard $(PKG_VERSION)
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf $(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/ccn-lite/.gitignore b/pkg/ccn-lite/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 72a81c4664..0000000000
--- a/pkg/ccn-lite/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/ccn-lite
diff --git a/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile b/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile
index 860ecd8611..7c4d8f5cee 100644
--- a/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,15 @@
 PKG_NAME=ccn-lite
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/OlegHahm/ccn-lite/
 PKG_VERSION=39b1406c11de9de364220909488eebabe7e81613
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
-.PHONY: all clean distclean
+.PHONY: all
 
 export RIOT_CFLAGS = ${CFLAGS} ${INCLUDES}
 
-all: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-	"$(MAKE)" -BC $(PKG_DIR)/src lib-ccn-lite.a
-	"$(MAKE)" -BC $(PKG_DIR)/src lib-ccn-lite-utils.a
-	cp $(PKG_DIR)/src/lib-ccn-lite.a ${BINDIR}/ccn-lite.a
-	cp $(PKG_DIR)/src/lib-ccn-lite-utils.a ${BINDIR}/ccn-lite-utils.a
+all: download
+	"$(MAKE)" -BC $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/src lib-ccn-lite.a
+	"$(MAKE)" -BC $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/src lib-ccn-lite-utils.a
+	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/src/lib-ccn-lite.a ${BINDIR}/ccn-lite.a
+	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/src/lib-ccn-lite-utils.a ${BINDIR}/ccn-lite-utils.a
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up CCN-Lite package..."
-	@cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)"
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile.include b/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile.include
index 40c18ee967..fdf03313e7 100644
--- a/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/ccn-lite/Makefile.include
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/ccn-lite -I$(RIOTPKG)/ccn-lite/ccn-lite/src
+INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/ccn-lite -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/ccn-lite/src
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include
diff --git a/pkg/cmsis-dsp/.gitignore b/pkg/cmsis-dsp/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 12a55487a7..0000000000
--- a/pkg/cmsis-dsp/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/cmsis-dsp
diff --git a/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile b/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile
index 0c9510b6e4..17dae9ae24 100644
--- a/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile
@@ -1,29 +1,14 @@
 PKG_NAME=cmsis-dsp
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/gebart/CMSIS-DSP.git
 PKG_VERSION=v1.4.5a-riot1
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 include $(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch distclean
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-	$(MAKE) -C $(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
+all: download
+	$(MAKE) -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	@
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up $(PKG_NAME) package..."
-	@-cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git am --abort && \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)"
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile.include b/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile.include
index 835c7b44b7..3fdfa74e9a 100644
--- a/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/cmsis-dsp/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/cmsis-dsp/cmsis-dsp/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/cmsis-dsp/include
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/.gitignore b/pkg/libcoap/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 5c84315941..0000000000
--- a/pkg/libcoap/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/libcoap
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/Makefile b/pkg/libcoap/Makefile
index 5953fc8c3c..7a97abcd3c 100644
--- a/pkg/libcoap/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/libcoap/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,15 @@
 PKG_NAME=libcoap
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/obgm/libcoap
 PKG_VERSION=ef41ce5d02d64cec0751882ae8fd95f6c32bc018
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/pnet/include
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch reset
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: patch
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR)
+all: download
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
 
-patch: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && git am --ignore-whitespace "$(CURDIR)"/*.patch
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up libcoap package..."
-	@cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git am --abort && \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)" && \
-		$(MAKE) patch || true
-
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include b/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include
index 1370285f4d..7b3d3b9756 100644
--- a/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/libcoap/Makefile.include
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/libcoap/libcoap \
+INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/libcoap \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0002-Add-config.h.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0002-Add-config.h.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0002-Add-config.h.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0002-Add-config.h.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0003-Remove-two-example-programs-in-root.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0003-Remove-two-example-programs-in-root.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0003-Remove-two-example-programs-in-root.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0003-Remove-two-example-programs-in-root.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0004-Eliminate-some-compiler-warnings-and-errors.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0004-Eliminate-some-compiler-warnings-and-errors.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0004-Eliminate-some-compiler-warnings-and-errors.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0004-Eliminate-some-compiler-warnings-and-errors.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0005-fix-old-style-function-declarations.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0005-fix-old-style-function-declarations.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0005-fix-old-style-function-declarations.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0005-fix-old-style-function-declarations.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0006-debug-do-not-misuse-NDEBUG.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0006-debug-do-not-misuse-NDEBUG.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0006-debug-do-not-misuse-NDEBUG.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0006-debug-do-not-misuse-NDEBUG.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0007-fix-option-parsing-with-debug-enabled.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0007-fix-option-parsing-with-debug-enabled.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0007-fix-option-parsing-with-debug-enabled.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0007-fix-option-parsing-with-debug-enabled.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0008-fix-debug-out-in-PDU-parsing.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0008-fix-debug-out-in-PDU-parsing.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0008-fix-debug-out-in-PDU-parsing.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0008-fix-debug-out-in-PDU-parsing.patch
diff --git a/pkg/libcoap/0009-delete-unused-function-check_opt_size.patch b/pkg/libcoap/patches/0009-delete-unused-function-check_opt_size.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/libcoap/0009-delete-unused-function-check_opt_size.patch
rename to pkg/libcoap/patches/0009-delete-unused-function-check_opt_size.patch
diff --git a/pkg/micro-ecc/.gitignore b/pkg/micro-ecc/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 52dfbcd45c..0000000000
--- a/pkg/micro-ecc/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/micro-ecc
diff --git a/pkg/micro-ecc/Makefile b/pkg/micro-ecc/Makefile
index 133e60a7ff..74dd09d005 100644
--- a/pkg/micro-ecc/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/micro-ecc/Makefile
@@ -1,38 +1,15 @@
 PKG_NAME=micro-ecc
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/kmackay/micro-ecc.git
 PKG_VERSION=b6c0cdbe7d20af48b0c2a909a66ff00b093d1542
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)
-PKG_BUILDDIR=$(BINDIR)/pkg/$(PKG_NAME)
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include
 endif
 
-MODULE:=$(shell basename $(CURDIR))
+.PHONY: all
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch reset
-
-all: patch
+all: download
 	make -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
-	make $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a
 
-patch: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
-
-$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
-	cd $(PKG_BUILDDIR) && \
-	    for patch in $(PKG_DIR)/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]*.patch; do git am "$${patch}" || { git am --abort; exit 1; }; done
-	touch $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
-
-$(PKG_BUILDDIR):
-	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)/pkg && \
-	$(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"
-
-clean::
-	rm -Rf $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
-
-#$(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a: $(BINDIR)micro-ecc_*.a
-#	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)$(MODULE); cd $(BINDIR)$(MODULE); for var in $?; do ar -x $$var; done; ar -r -c -s $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a *.o
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/micro-ecc/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch b/pkg/micro-ecc/patches/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/micro-ecc/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
rename to pkg/micro-ecc/patches/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
diff --git a/pkg/micro-ecc/0002-Include-RIOT-Hardware-RNG-interface.patch b/pkg/micro-ecc/patches/0002-Include-RIOT-Hardware-RNG-interface.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/micro-ecc/0002-Include-RIOT-Hardware-RNG-interface.patch
rename to pkg/micro-ecc/patches/0002-Include-RIOT-Hardware-RNG-interface.patch
diff --git a/pkg/micro-ecc/0003-Use-the-parameter-curve-instead-of-the-static-refere.patch b/pkg/micro-ecc/patches/0003-Use-the-parameter-curve-instead-of-the-static-refere.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/micro-ecc/0003-Use-the-parameter-curve-instead-of-the-static-refere.patch
rename to pkg/micro-ecc/patches/0003-Use-the-parameter-curve-instead-of-the-static-refere.patch
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/.gitignore b/pkg/microcoap/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 25dda219d2..0000000000
--- a/pkg/microcoap/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/microcoap
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/Makefile b/pkg/microcoap/Makefile
index c199e9c74d..e837d11f17 100644
--- a/pkg/microcoap/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/microcoap/Makefile
@@ -1,37 +1,15 @@
 PKG_NAME=microcoap
 PKG_URL=git://github.com/1248/microcoap.git
 PKG_VERSION=9cb1dcda2182a8dca8483b230cda8b591a924c82
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch reset
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: patch
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR)
+all: download
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
 
-patch: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && git am --ignore-whitespace "$(CURDIR)"/*.patch
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up $(PKG_NAME) package..."
-	@cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git am --abort && \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)" && \
-		$(MAKE) patch || true
-
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/Makefile.include b/pkg/microcoap/Makefile.include
index e1998cb617..af7e8531bf 100644
--- a/pkg/microcoap/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/microcoap/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/microcoap/microcoap
+INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/microcoap
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/0001-Remove-unneeded-.c-files.patch b/pkg/microcoap/patches/0001-Remove-unneeded-.c-files.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/microcoap/0001-Remove-unneeded-.c-files.patch
rename to pkg/microcoap/patches/0001-Remove-unneeded-.c-files.patch
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/0002-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch b/pkg/microcoap/patches/0002-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/microcoap/0002-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
rename to pkg/microcoap/patches/0002-Add-RIOT-Makefile.patch
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/0003-change-flag-from-DEBUG-to-MICROCOAP_DEBUG.patch b/pkg/microcoap/patches/0003-change-flag-from-DEBUG-to-MICROCOAP_DEBUG.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/microcoap/0003-change-flag-from-DEBUG-to-MICROCOAP_DEBUG.patch
rename to pkg/microcoap/patches/0003-change-flag-from-DEBUG-to-MICROCOAP_DEBUG.patch
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/0004-increment_max_segments.patch b/pkg/microcoap/patches/0004-increment_max_segments.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/microcoap/0004-increment_max_segments.patch
rename to pkg/microcoap/patches/0004-increment_max_segments.patch
diff --git a/pkg/microcoap/0005-fix-uninitialized-variable.patch b/pkg/microcoap/patches/0005-fix-uninitialized-variable.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/microcoap/0005-fix-uninitialized-variable.patch
rename to pkg/microcoap/patches/0005-fix-uninitialized-variable.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/.gitignore b/pkg/oonf_api/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 9785e26089..0000000000
--- a/pkg/oonf_api/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/oonf_api
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile b/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile
index a6e278976b..288ae29b42 100644
--- a/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile
@@ -1,42 +1,21 @@
 PKG_NAME=oonf_api
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/OLSR/OONF.git
 PKG_VERSION=v0.3.0
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include
 endif
 
-MODULE:=$(shell basename $(CURDIR))
+MODULE:=$(PKG_NAME)
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch reset
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: patch
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR)
+all: download
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
 	"$(MAKE)" $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a
 
-patch: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && git am --ignore-whitespace "$(CURDIR)"/*.patch
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up oonf_api package..."
-	@cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git am --abort && \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)" && \
-		$(MAKE) patch || true
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf $(PKG_DIR)
-
 $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a: $(BINDIR)oonf_*.a
 	mkdir -p $(BINDIR)$(MODULE); cd $(BINDIR)$(MODULE); for var in $?; do ar -x $$var; done; ar -r -c -s $(BINDIR)$(MODULE).a *.o
 
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile.include b/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile.include
index 041a62ad77..3f21746b13 100644
--- a/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/oonf_api/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/oonf_api/oonf_api/src-api
+INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/oonf_api/src-api
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0001-add-RIOT-support.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0001-add-RIOT-support.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0001-add-RIOT-support.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0001-add-RIOT-support.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0002-port-tests-to-riot.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0002-port-tests-to-riot.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0002-port-tests-to-riot.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0002-port-tests-to-riot.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0003-port-example-to-riot.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0003-port-example-to-riot.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0003-port-example-to-riot.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0003-port-example-to-riot.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0004-fix-conflicting-types.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0004-fix-conflicting-types.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0004-fix-conflicting-types.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0004-fix-conflicting-types.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0005-only-define-container_of-when-necessary.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0005-only-define-container_of-when-necessary.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0005-only-define-container_of-when-necessary.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0005-only-define-container_of-when-necessary.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0006-if_index-is-not-used.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0006-if_index-is-not-used.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0006-if_index-is-not-used.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0006-if_index-is-not-used.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0007-Use-RIOT-s-container_of-implementation.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0007-Use-RIOT-s-container_of-implementation.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0007-Use-RIOT-s-container_of-implementation.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0007-Use-RIOT-s-container_of-implementation.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0008-Dissolve-enum-into-single-defines.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0008-Dissolve-enum-into-single-defines.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0008-Dissolve-enum-into-single-defines.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0008-Dissolve-enum-into-single-defines.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0009-Add-missing-include.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0009-Add-missing-include.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0009-Add-missing-include.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0009-Add-missing-include.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0010-Change-index-of-array-from-0-to-1.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0010-Change-index-of-array-from-0-to-1.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0010-Change-index-of-array-from-0-to-1.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0010-Change-index-of-array-from-0-to-1.patch
diff --git a/pkg/oonf_api/0011-remove-error-array-subscript-has-type-char-Werror-ch.patch b/pkg/oonf_api/patches/0011-remove-error-array-subscript-has-type-char-Werror-ch.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/oonf_api/0011-remove-error-array-subscript-has-type-char-Werror-ch.patch
rename to pkg/oonf_api/patches/0011-remove-error-array-subscript-has-type-char-Werror-ch.patch
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/.gitignore b/pkg/openwsn/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a3f6627cb..0000000000
--- a/pkg/openwsn/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/openwsn
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/Makefile b/pkg/openwsn/Makefile
index b02298c323..89ef5075cd 100644
--- a/pkg/openwsn/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/openwsn/Makefile
@@ -1,31 +1,10 @@
 PKG_NAME=openwsn
 PKG_URL=https://github.com/openwsn-berkeley/openwsn-fw.git
 PKG_VERSION=ff25e5d0ae5d344ed793a724d60532fb917bf1f8
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch reset
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: patch
+all: download
 	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR)
 
-patch: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && git am --ignore-whitespace $(CURDIR)/*.patch
-
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up OpenWSN package..."
-	@cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git am --abort ; \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)" && \
-		$(MAKE) patch || true
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefiles.patch b/pkg/openwsn/patches/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefiles.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/openwsn/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefiles.patch
rename to pkg/openwsn/patches/0001-Add-RIOT-Makefiles.patch
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/0002-Add-RIOT-adaption.patch b/pkg/openwsn/patches/0002-Add-RIOT-adaption.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/openwsn/0002-Add-RIOT-adaption.patch
rename to pkg/openwsn/patches/0002-Add-RIOT-adaption.patch
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/0003-Fix-old-style-definitions.patch b/pkg/openwsn/patches/0003-Fix-old-style-definitions.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/openwsn/0003-Fix-old-style-definitions.patch
rename to pkg/openwsn/patches/0003-Fix-old-style-definitions.patch
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/0004-provide-openserial-dummies.patch b/pkg/openwsn/patches/0004-provide-openserial-dummies.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/openwsn/0004-provide-openserial-dummies.patch
rename to pkg/openwsn/patches/0004-provide-openserial-dummies.patch
diff --git a/pkg/openwsn/0005-fixes-to-RIOT-adaption.patch b/pkg/openwsn/patches/0005-fixes-to-RIOT-adaption.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/openwsn/0005-fixes-to-RIOT-adaption.patch
rename to pkg/openwsn/patches/0005-fixes-to-RIOT-adaption.patch
diff --git a/pkg/pkg.mk b/pkg/pkg.mk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5341404b61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/pkg.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#
+# Include this file if your Package needs to be checked out by git
+#
+PKG_DIR?=$(CURDIR)
+PKG_BUILDDIR?=$(BINDIR)/pkg/$(PKG_NAME)
+
+download: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/.downloaded
+
+$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/.downloaded:
+	mkdir -p $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+	$(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"
+	if test -d "$(PKG_DIR)"/patches; then \
+		git -C "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)" am --ignore-whitespace "$(PKG_DIR)"/patches/*.patch; \
+		fi
+	touch $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/.downloaded
+
+clean::
+	@echo "Cleaning package $(PKG_NAME)..."
+	rm -rf "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"
+
+distclean::
+	rm -rf "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)"
diff --git a/pkg/relic/.gitignore b/pkg/relic/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 508396776c..0000000000
--- a/pkg/relic/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/relic
diff --git a/pkg/relic/Makefile b/pkg/relic/Makefile
index 26e4406b43..3497d89bfc 100644
--- a/pkg/relic/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/relic/Makefile
@@ -1,39 +1,28 @@
-RELIC_URL=http://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic.git
-RELIC_BRANCH=cdcfaeef101d18c3231c3b46359c519dd72682e8
-
 PKG_NAME=relic
-PKG_URL=$(RELIC_URL)
-PKG_VERSION=$(RELIC_BRANCH)
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
+PKG_URL=http://github.com/relic-toolkit/relic.git
+PKG_VERSION=cdcfaeef101d18c3231c3b46359c519dd72682e8
 
 ifneq ($(RIOTBASE),)
 INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/net/include \
 			-I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/include -I$(RIOTBASE)/sys/posix/pnet/include
 endif
 
-.PHONY: all clean reset
+.PHONY: all
 
-all: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR) && \
-	cp $(PKG_DIR)/lib/librelic_s.a $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a
+all: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR) && \
+	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/lib/librelic_s.a $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/comp-options.cmake: $(PKG_DIR)/.git/config
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && perl ../generate-cmake-xcompile.perl > comp-options.cmake
+$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/comp-options.cmake: fix_source
+	cd "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)" && perl $(PKG_DIR)/generate-cmake-xcompile.perl > comp-options.cmake
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_DIR)/comp-options.cmake
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && COMP="$(filter-out -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=strict-prototypes, $(CFLAGS) ) " cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=comp-options.cmake -DCHECK=off -DTESTS=0 -DBENCH=0 -DSHLIB=off -Wno-dev $(RELIC_CONFIG_FLAGS) .
-$(PKG_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_DIR)"
-	cd "$(PKG_DIR)" && git am --ignore-whitespace $(CURDIR)/*.patch
-	./fix-util_print_wo_args.sh .
-	./fix-old-style-definitions.sh .
+$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/comp-options.cmake
+	cd "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)" && COMP="$(filter-out -Werror=old-style-definition -Werror=strict-prototypes, $(CFLAGS) ) " cmake -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=comp-options.cmake -DCHECK=off -DTESTS=0 -DBENCH=0 -DSHLIB=off -Wno-dev $(RELIC_CONFIG_FLAGS) .
+
+fix_source: download
+	./fix-util_print_wo_args.sh $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
+	./fix-old-style-definitions.sh $(PKG_BUILDDIR)
 
 clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up relic package..."
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+	@rm -rf $(BINDIR)$(PKG_NAME).a
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/relic/Makefile.include b/pkg/relic/Makefile.include
index c9c20ba248..9cd7350a59 100644
--- a/pkg/relic/Makefile.include
+++ b/pkg/relic/Makefile.include
@@ -1 +1 @@
-INCLUDES += -I$(RIOTPKG)/relic/relic/include
+INCLUDES += -I$(BINDIR)/pkg/relic/include
diff --git a/pkg/relic/0001-fixed-signedness-of-counter-variable.patch b/pkg/relic/patches/0001-fixed-signedness-of-counter-variable.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/relic/0001-fixed-signedness-of-counter-variable.patch
rename to pkg/relic/patches/0001-fixed-signedness-of-counter-variable.patch
diff --git a/pkg/relic/0002-don-t-redefine-ALIGN.patch b/pkg/relic/patches/0002-don-t-redefine-ALIGN.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/relic/0002-don-t-redefine-ALIGN.patch
rename to pkg/relic/patches/0002-don-t-redefine-ALIGN.patch
diff --git a/pkg/relic/0003-require-only-CMake-version-2.8.patch b/pkg/relic/patches/0003-require-only-CMake-version-2.8.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/relic/0003-require-only-CMake-version-2.8.patch
rename to pkg/relic/patches/0003-require-only-CMake-version-2.8.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/.gitignore b/pkg/wakaama/.gitignore
deleted file mode 100644
index 936ad44df2..0000000000
--- a/pkg/wakaama/.gitignore
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/wakaama
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/Makefile b/pkg/wakaama/Makefile
index 72ed926bf3..a58e74af28 100644
--- a/pkg/wakaama/Makefile
+++ b/pkg/wakaama/Makefile
@@ -1,36 +1,18 @@
 PKG_NAME=wakaama
 PKG_URL=git://github.com/eclipse/wakaama.git
 PKG_VERSION=69a32cfae39f66fe4eec4cc8d1cd48ced7ad447c
-PKG_DIR=$(CURDIR)/$(PKG_NAME)
-PKG_TEMP_DIR=$(CURDIR)/temp
 
-.PHONY: all clean patch
+.PHONY: all
 
 all: patch
-	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_DIR)
+	"$(MAKE)" -C $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/riotbuild
 
-patch: $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
+patch: download
+	mkdir -p "$(PKG_BUILDDIR)/riotbuild"
+	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/core/*.c $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/core/*.h $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/riotbuild
+	cp $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/core/er-coap-13/*.c $(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/core/er-coap-13/*.h $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/riotbuild
 
-$(PKG_DIR)/Makefile: $(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/.git/config
-	echo 'include $$(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base' > $(PKG_DIR)/Makefile
+	echo 'MODULE:=wakaama' > $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/riotbuild/Makefile
+	echo 'include $$(RIOTBASE)/Makefile.base' >> $(PKG_BUILDDIR)/riotbuild/Makefile
 
-$(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/.git/config:
-	test -d "$(PKG_TEMP_DIR)" || $(GITCACHE) clone "$(PKG_URL)" "$(PKG_VERSION)" "$(PKG_TEMP_DIR)" ; \
-		mkdir -p "$(PKG_DIR)" ; \
-		cp $(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/core/*.c $(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/core/*.h $(PKG_DIR); \
-		cp $(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/core/er-coap-13/*.c $(PKG_TEMP_DIR)/core/er-coap-13/*.h $(PKG_DIR); \
-		rm -Rf "$(PKG_TEMP_DIR)"
-clean::
-	@echo "Cleaning up $(PKG_NAME) package..."
-	@cd "$(PKG_DIR)" 2> /dev/null > /dev/null && \
-		git clean -x -f && \
-		git am --abort && \
-		git reset --hard "$(PKG_VERSION)" && \
-		$(MAKE) patch || true
-
-
-distclean::
-	rm -rf "$(PKG_DIR)"
-
-Makefile.include:
-	@true
+include $(RIOTBASE)/pkg/pkg.mk
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0001-changing-header-location.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0001-changing-header-location.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0001-changing-header-location.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0001-changing-header-location.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0002-defined-endianness.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0002-defined-endianness.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0002-defined-endianness.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0002-defined-endianness.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0003-fixed-warnings-in-er-coap-13.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0003-fixed-warnings-in-er-coap-13.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0003-fixed-warnings-in-er-coap-13.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0003-fixed-warnings-in-er-coap-13.c.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0004-fixed-warnings-in-packet.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0004-fixed-warnings-in-packet.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0004-fixed-warnings-in-packet.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0004-fixed-warnings-in-packet.c.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0005-fixed-warnings-in-tlv.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0005-fixed-warnings-in-tlv.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0005-fixed-warnings-in-tlv.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0005-fixed-warnings-in-tlv.c.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0006-fixed-warnings-in-utils.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0006-fixed-warnings-in-utils.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0006-fixed-warnings-in-utils.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0006-fixed-warnings-in-utils.c.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0007-fixed-warnings-in-bootstrap.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0007-fixed-warnings-in-bootstrap.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0007-fixed-warnings-in-bootstrap.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0007-fixed-warnings-in-bootstrap.c.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0008-fixed-warnings-in-objects.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0008-fixed-warnings-in-objects.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0008-fixed-warnings-in-objects.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0008-fixed-warnings-in-objects.c.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0009-fixed-errors-in-internals.h.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0009-fixed-errors-in-internals.h.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0009-fixed-errors-in-internals.h.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0009-fixed-errors-in-internals.h.patch
diff --git a/pkg/wakaama/0010-fixed-warnings-in-registration.c.patch b/pkg/wakaama/patches/0010-fixed-warnings-in-registration.c.patch
similarity index 100%
rename from pkg/wakaama/0010-fixed-warnings-in-registration.c.patch
rename to pkg/wakaama/patches/0010-fixed-warnings-in-registration.c.patch