diff --git a/src/.config b/src/.config
index 1f2c88734..c39c017bb 100644
--- a/src/.config
+++ b/src/.config
@@ -92,6 +92,12 @@ CLOUD_FOUNDRY_CLI_URL=http://cli.run.pivotal.io/stable?release=linux64-binary&so
 #
 OPENJDK_URL=http://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk9/9/binaries/jdk-9+181_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
 
+# You can find the latest util_linux archives here:
+#
+#   https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/
+#
+UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE_URL=https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/utils/util-linux/v2.31/util-linux-2.31.tar.gz
+
 # You can find the latest ZLIB source bundles here:
 #
 #   http://zlib.net
@@ -187,6 +193,7 @@ COPY_SOURCE_ISO=true
 # cf_cli     - CLoud Foundry CLI (command line interface)
 # nweb       - simple mini http server
 # dhcp       - DHCP and DNS functionality
+# util_linux - standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel Organization.
 # zlib       - DEFLATE compression/decompression library.
 #
 # Refer to the README file for more information.
diff --git a/src/README b/src/README
index 3cd2744db..a53b54655 100644
--- a/src/README
+++ b/src/README
@@ -80,6 +80,9 @@ Currently available overlay bundles:
 
 * dhcp       - DHCP and DNS functionality
 
+* util_linux - util-linux is a standard package distributed by the Linux Kernel
+               Organization similar to busybox or GNU Core Utils.
+
 ###   ###   ###
 
 I only provide the build scripts. It's entirely up to you to configure and
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/01_get.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/01_get.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e51161c08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/01_get.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+# Grab everything after the '=' character.
+DOWNLOAD_URL=$(grep -i UTIL_LINUX_SOURCE_URL $MAIN_SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')
+
+# Grab everything after the last '/' character.
+ARCHIVE_FILE=${DOWNLOAD_URL##*/}
+
+# Read the 'USE_LOCAL_SOURCE' property from '.config'
+USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="$(grep -i USE_LOCAL_SOURCE $MAIN_SRC_DIR/.config | cut -f2 -d'=')"
+
+if [ "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" -a ! -f $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE  ] ; then
+  echo "Source bundle $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE is missing and will be downloaded."
+  USE_LOCAL_SOURCE="false"
+fi
+
+cd $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay
+
+if [ ! "$USE_LOCAL_SOURCE" = "true" ] ; then
+  # Downloading util-linux source bundle file. The '-c' option allows the download to resume.
+  echo "Downloading util-linux source bundle from $DOWNLOAD_URL"
+  wget -c $DOWNLOAD_URL
+else
+  echo "Using local util-linux source bundle $MAIN_SRC_DIR/source/overlay/$ARCHIVE_FILE"
+fi
+
+# Delete folder with previously extracted util-linux.
+echo "Removing util-linux work area. This may take a while..."
+rm -rf $WORK_DIR/overlay/util_linux
+mkdir $WORK_DIR/overlay/util_linux
+
+# Extract util-linux to folder 'work/overlay/util_linux'.
+# Full path will be something like 'work/overlay/util_linux/util-linux-2.31'.
+tar -xvf $ARCHIVE_FILE -C $WORK_DIR/overlay/util_linux
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
+
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/02_build.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/02_build.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfc860174
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/02_build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+. ../../common.sh
+
+cd $WORK_DIR/overlay/util_linux
+
+DESTDIR="$PWD/util_linux_installed"
+
+# Change to the util-linux source directory which ls finds, e.g. 'util-linux-2.31'.
+cd $(ls -d util-linux-*)
+
+echo "Preparing util-linux work area. This may take a while..."
+make -j $NUM_JOBS clean
+
+rm -rf $DESTDIR
+
+echo "Configuring util-linux..."
+CFLAGS="$CFLAGS" ./configure \
+  ADJTIME_PATH=/var/lib/hwclock/adjtime   \
+  --docdir=/usr/share/doc/util-linux-2.31 \
+  --disable-chfn-chsh  \
+  --disable-login      \
+  --disable-nologin    \
+  --disable-su         \
+  --disable-setpriv    \
+  --disable-runuser    \
+  --disable-pylibmount \
+  --disable-static     \
+  --without-python     \
+  --without-systemd    \
+  --without-systemdsystemunitdir
+
+echo "Building util-linux..."
+make -j $NUM_JOBS
+
+echo "Installing util-linux..."
+make -j $NUM_JOBS install DESTDIR=$DESTDIR
+
+echo "Reducing util-linux size..."
+strip -g $DESTDIR/usr/bin/*
+
+ROOTFS="$WORK_DIR/src/minimal_overlay/rootfs"
+
+cp -r $DESTDIR/* $ROOTFS
+
+echo "util-linux has been installed."
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
diff --git a/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/bundle.sh b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/bundle.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6284178ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/minimal_overlay/bundles/util_linux/bundle.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+SRC_DIR=$(pwd)
+
+time sh 01_get.sh
+time sh 02_build.sh
+
+cd $SRC_DIR
+