--- pkg/usr/bin/makepkg	2009-11-23 10:07:22.916038300 +0000
+++ makepkg	2009-11-23 10:08:05.812028355 +0000
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ startdir="$PWD"
 srcdir="$startdir/src"
 pkgdir="$startdir/pkg"
 
-packaging_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'purge')
+packaging_options=('strip' 'docs' 'libtool' 'emptydirs' 'zipman' 'purge' 'upx')
 other_options=('ccache' 'distcc' 'makeflags' 'force')
 splitpkg_overrides=('pkgver' 'pkgrel' 'pkgdesc' 'arch' 'license' 'groups' \
                     'depends' 'optdepends' 'provides' 'conflicts' 'replaces' \
@@ -864,6 +864,19 @@ tidy_install() {
 		msg2 "$(gettext "Removing empty directories...")"
 		find . -depth -type d -empty -delete
 	fi
+
+	if [ "$(check_option upx)" = "y" -a -x /usr/bin/upx ]; then
+                msg2 "$(gettext "UPXing :)")"
+                local binary
+                find . -type f 2>/dev/null | while read binary ; do
+                        case "$(file -biz "$binary")" in
+                                *compressed-encoding*)      # Skip compressed binaries
+                                        ;;
+                                *application/x-executable*) # Binaries
+                                        /usr/bin/upx "$binary" >/dev/null 2>&1 || echo "Could not compress $binary";;
+                        esac
+                done
+        fi
 }
 
 write_pkginfo() {