diff --git a/package/ebtables/0003-replace-ebtables-save-perl-script-with-bash.patch b/package/ebtables/0003-replace-ebtables-save-perl-script-with-bash.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..687eb6a373
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/ebtables/0003-replace-ebtables-save-perl-script-with-bash.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+From 73536d15c80be96049289d96fc32122467c56b1d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
+Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 13:27:30 -0600
+Subject: [PATCH] ebtables: replace ebtables-save perl script with bash rewrite
+
+Fedora provides a bash replacement for the default ebtables-save perl
+script. Using it allows the ebtables run-time dependency on perl to
+be replaced with a runtime dependency on bash - which is lower
+overhead and more likely to be present on typical embedded systems
+already.
+
+  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=746040
+  http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/ebtables.git/tree/ebtables-save
+
+Upstream:
+https://github.com/openembedded/meta-openembedded/commit/7f723007364ba79de05447671e83d4eefb3097dc
+
+Signed-off-by: Matthew Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
+---
+ ebtables-save.sh | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 ebtables-save.sh
+
+diff --git a/ebtables-save.sh b/ebtables-save.sh
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..2d7fc4e
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/ebtables-save.sh
+@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
++#!/bin/bash
++
++EBTABLES="/sbin/ebtables"
++
++[ -x "$EBTABLES" ] || exit 1
++
++echo "# Generated by ebtables-save v1.0 on $(date)"
++
++cnt=""
++[ "x$EBTABLES_SAVE_COUNTER" = "xyes" ] && cnt="--Lc"
++
++for table_name in $(grep -E '^ebtable_' /proc/modules | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed s/ebtable_//); do
++    table=$($EBTABLES -t $table_name -L $cnt)
++    [ $? -eq 0 ] || { echo "$table"; exit -1; }
++
++    chain=""
++    rules=""
++    while read line; do
++	[ -z "$line" ] && continue
++
++	case "$line" in 
++	    Bridge\ table:\ *)
++		echo "*${line:14}"
++		;;
++	    Bridge\ chain:\ *)
++		chain="${line:14}"
++		chain="${chain%%,*}"
++		policy="${line##*policy: }"
++		echo ":$chain $policy"
++		;;
++	    *)
++		if [ "$cnt" = "--Lc" ]; then
++		    line=${line/, pcnt \=/ -c}
++		    line=${line/-- bcnt \=/}
++		fi
++		rules="$rules-A $chain $line\n"
++		;;
++	esac
++    done <<EOF
++$table
++EOF
++    echo -e $rules
++done
+-- 
+2.17.1
+
diff --git a/package/ebtables/Config.in b/package/ebtables/Config.in
index 3f7566a607..f5fdd47927 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/Config.in
+++ b/package/ebtables/Config.in
@@ -5,3 +5,18 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_EBTABLES
 	  Ethernet bridge frame table administration
 
 	  http://ebtables.netfilter.org/
+
+if BR2_PACKAGE_EBTABLES
+config BR2_PACKAGE_EBTABLES_UTILS_SAVE
+	bool "ebtables save"
+	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_BASH # runtime
+	help
+	  Include the save tool
+
+config BR2_PACKAGE_EBTABLES_UTILS_RESTORE
+	bool "ebtables restore"
+	depends on !BR2_STATIC_LIBS
+	help
+	  Include the restore tool
+
+endif
diff --git a/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk b/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
index aae0c91a10..04298a531a 100644
--- a/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
+++ b/package/ebtables/ebtables.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,20 @@ define EBTABLES_BUILD_CMDS
 		CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) $(EBTABLES_K64U32)" -C $(@D)
 endef
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EBTABLES_UTILS_SAVE),y)
+EBTABLES_DEPENDENCIES = bash
+define EBTABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_UTILS_SAVE
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/$(EBTABLES_SUBDIR)/ebtables-save.sh \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/ebtables-save
+endef
+endif
+ifeq ($(BR2_PACKAGE_EBTABLES_UTILS_RESTORE),y)
+define EBTABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_UTILS_RESTORE
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/$(EBTABLES_SUBDIR)/ebtables-restore \
+		$(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/ebtables-restore
+endef
+endif
+
 ifeq ($(BR2_STATIC_LIBS),y)
 define EBTABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/$(EBTABLES_SUBDIR)/static \
@@ -33,6 +47,8 @@ define EBTABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 -D $(@D)/$(EBTABLES_SUBDIR)/ebtables \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/sbin/ebtables
 	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 -D $(@D)/ethertypes $(TARGET_DIR)/etc/ethertypes
+	$(EBTABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_UTILS_RESTORE)
+	$(EBTABLES_INSTALL_TARGET_UTILS_SAVE)
 endef
 endif
 
