diff --git a/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/ethtool-to-json b/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/ethtool-to-json
deleted file mode 100755
index 63c10969..00000000
--- a/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/ethtool-to-json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import subprocess
-import sys
-import json
-
-def get_ethtool_output(interface):
-    try:
-        output = subprocess.check_output(['ethtool', interface], stderr=subprocess.DEVNULL, text=True)
-        return output.splitlines()
-    except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-        print("Error: Failed to run ethtool on interface", interface)
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-def parse_ethtool_output(lines, keys):
-    result = {}
-    for line in lines:
-        line = line.strip()
-        key = line.split(':', 1)[0].strip()
-        if key in keys:
-            key, value = line.split(':', 1)
-            result[key.strip()] = value.strip()
-    return result
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-        print(f"Usage: {sys.argv[0]} INTERFACE")
-        sys.exit(1)
-
-    interface = sys.argv[1]
-    keys = ["Duplex", "Auto-negotiation"]
-
-    lines = get_ethtool_output(interface)
-    parsed_data = parse_ethtool_output(lines, keys)
-
-    print(json.dumps(parsed_data, indent=4))
diff --git a/package/statd/statd.mk b/package/statd/statd.mk
index a4257486..cfec0a3a 100644
--- a/package/statd/statd.mk
+++ b/package/statd/statd.mk
@@ -11,20 +11,13 @@ STATD_LICENSE = BSD-3-Clause
 STATD_LICENSE_FILES = LICENSE
 STATD_REDISTRIBUTE = NO
 STATD_DEPENDENCIES = sysrepo libev libsrx jansson
+STATD_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 define STATD_CONF_ENV
 CFLAGS="$(INFIX_CFLAGS)"
 endef
 
-define STATD_BUILD_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
-		LDFLAGS="$(TARGET_LDFLAGS)"
-endef
-
-define STATD_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
-	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(TARGET_CONFIGURE_OPTS) $(MAKE) -C $(@D) \
-		DESTDIR="$(TARGET_DIR)" install
-endef
+STATD_CONF_OPTS = --prefix= --disable-silent-rules
 
 define STATD_INSTALL_EXTRA
 	cp $(STATD_PKGDIR)/statd.conf  $(FINIT_D)/available/
@@ -32,4 +25,4 @@ define STATD_INSTALL_EXTRA
 endef
 STATD_TARGET_FINALIZE_HOOKS += STATD_INSTALL_EXTRA
 
-$(eval $(generic-package))
+$(eval $(autotools-package))
diff --git a/src/klish-plugin-infix/xml/infix.xml b/src/klish-plugin-infix/xml/infix.xml
index 36ed6481..23e677a5 100644
--- a/src/klish-plugin-infix/xml/infix.xml
+++ b/src/klish-plugin-infix/xml/infix.xml
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@
       sysrepocfg -d operational -X -f json -x /ietf-system:system-state/infix-system:software | \
               jq -r '.[][].slot |= sort_by(.name)' > "$tmp"
       if [ -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name" ]; then
-          cat "$tmp" | /libexec/infix/cli-pretty "infix-system" -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name"
+          cat "$tmp" | /usr/libexec/statd/cli-pretty "infix-system" -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name"
       else
-          cat "$tmp" | /libexec/infix/cli-pretty "infix-system"
+          cat "$tmp" | /usr/libexec/statd/cli-pretty "infix-system"
       fi
       rm "$tmp"
     </ACTION>
@@ -323,14 +323,14 @@
         fi
       fi
       sysrepocfg -f json -X -d operational -x "/ietf-routing:routing/ribs" | \
-      /libexec/infix/cli-pretty "ietf-routing"  -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name"
+      /usr/libexec/statd/cli-pretty "ietf-routing"  -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name"
     </ACTION>
   </COMMAND>
 
   <COMMAND name="hardware" help="Show hardware information">
     <ACTION sym="script">
       sysrepocfg -f json -X -d operational -x "/ietf-hardware:hardware" | \
-      /libexec/infix/cli-pretty "ietf-hardware"
+      /usr/libexec/statd/cli-pretty "ietf-hardware"
     </ACTION>
   </COMMAND>
 
@@ -346,10 +346,10 @@
       if [ -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name" ]; then
         sysrepocfg -f json -X -d operational -x \
           "/ietf-interfaces:interfaces/interface[name='$KLISH_PARAM_name']" | \
-          /libexec/infix/cli-pretty "ietf-interfaces" -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name"
+          /usr/libexec/statd/cli-pretty "ietf-interfaces" -n "$KLISH_PARAM_name"
       else
         sysrepocfg -f json -X -d operational -m ietf-interfaces | \
-          /libexec/infix/cli-pretty "ietf-interfaces"
+          /usr/libexec/statd/cli-pretty "ietf-interfaces"
       fi
     </ACTION>
   </COMMAND>
diff --git a/src/statd/.gitignore b/src/statd/.gitignore
index fe2e9092..9834c978 100644
--- a/src/statd/.gitignore
+++ b/src/statd/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
 *~
 *.o
 statd
+
+/aclocal.m4
+/autom4te.cache/
+/aux
+/clixon.xml
+/compile
+/config.h
+/config.h.in
+/config.guess
+/config.log
+/config.status
+/config.sub
+/configure
+/depcomp
+/install-sh
+/libtool
+/ltmain.sh
+/m4
+/missing
+
+GPATH
+GRTAGS
+GTAGS
+Makefile
+Makefile.in
diff --git a/src/statd/Makefile b/src/statd/Makefile
deleted file mode 100644
index 2404e36b..00000000
--- a/src/statd/Makefile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-CFLAGS   += -Wall -Wextra -Werror
-CPPFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE
-LDLIBS   += -lsysrepo -lev -lyang -ljansson -lsrx -lite
-
-TARGET    = statd
-HEADERS   = shared.h
-SRC       = statd.c shared.c
-OBJ       = $(SRC:.c=.o)
-
-all: $(TARGET)
-
-.c.o:
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-$(OBJ): $(SRC) $(HEADERS)
-
-$(TARGET): $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS)
-
-clean:
-	-rm -f $(TARGET) $(OBJ)
-
-distclean: clean
-	-rm *~
-
-install: $(TARGET)
-	install -D $(TARGET) $(DESTDIR)/sbin/
diff --git a/src/statd/Makefile.am b/src/statd/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aad94587
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/statd/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+DISTCLEANFILES      = *~ *.d
+ACLOCAL_AMFLAGS     = -I m4
+
+pkglibexec_SCRIPTS  = cli-pretty yanger ospf-status
+
+sbin_PROGRAMS       = statd
+statd_SOURCES       = statd.c shared.c shared.h
+statd_CPPFLAGS      = -D_DEFAULT_SOURCE -D_GNU_SOURCE
+statd_CFLAGS        = -W -Wall -Wextra
+statd_CFLAGS       += $(jansson_CFLAGS) $(libite_CFLAGS) $(libyang_CFLAGS)
+statd_CFLAGS       += $(sysrepo_CFLAGS) $(libsrx_CFLAGS)
+statd_LDADD         = $(jansson_LIBS) $(libite_LIBS) $(libyang_LIBS)
+statd_LDADD        += $(sysrepo_LIBS) $(libsrx_LIBS)
diff --git a/src/statd/autogen.sh b/src/statd/autogen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..69ad0e18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/statd/autogen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+autoreconf -W portability -vifm
diff --git a/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/cli-pretty b/src/statd/cli-pretty
similarity index 100%
rename from board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/cli-pretty
rename to src/statd/cli-pretty
diff --git a/src/statd/configure.ac b/src/statd/configure.ac
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..13a13e9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/statd/configure.ac
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+AC_PREREQ(2.61)
+AC_INIT([statd], [1.0.0], [https://github.com/kernelkit/infix/issues])
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(1.11 foreign subdir-objects)
+AM_SILENT_RULES(yes)
+
+AC_CONFIG_FILES([
+	Makefile
+])
+
+AC_PROG_CC
+AC_PROG_INSTALL
+
+# Check for pkg-config first, warn if it's not installed
+PKG_PROG_PKG_CONFIG
+
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([jansson], [jansson >= 2.0.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libite],  [libite  >= 2.5.0])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libyang], [libyang >= 2.1.80])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([sysrepo], [sysrepo >= 2.2.36])
+PKG_CHECK_MODULES([libsrx],  [libsrx  >= 1.0.0])
+
+AC_CHECK_HEADER([ev.h],
+    [AC_CHECK_LIB([ev], [ev_loop_new],
+        [],
+	[AC_MSG_ERROR("libev not found")] )],
+    [AC_MSG_ERROR("ev.h not found")]
+)
+
+test "x$prefix" = xNONE && prefix=$ac_default_prefix
+test "x$exec_prefix" = xNONE && exec_prefix='${prefix}'
+
+DATAROOTDIR=`eval echo $datarootdir`
+DATAROOTDIR=`eval echo $DATAROOTDIR`
+AC_SUBST(DATAROOTDIR)
+
+LIBDIR=`eval echo $libdir`
+LIBDIR=`eval echo $LIBDIR`
+AC_SUBST(LIBDIR)
+
+LOCALSTATEDIR=`eval echo $localstatedir`
+LOCALSTATEDIR=`eval echo $LOCALSTATEDIR`
+AC_SUBST(LOCALSTATEDIR)
+
+RUNSTATEDIR=`eval echo $runstatedir`
+RUNSTATEDIR=`eval echo $RUNSTATEDIR`
+AC_SUBST(RUNSTATEDIR)
+
+SYSCONFDIR=`eval echo $sysconfdir`
+SYSCONFDIR=`eval echo $SYSCONFDIR`
+AC_SUBST(SYSCONFDIR)
+
+AC_OUTPUT
+
+cat <<EOF
+
+------------------ Summary ------------------
+ $PACKAGE_NAME version $PACKAGE_VERSION
+  Prefix................: $prefix
+  Exec prefix...........: $eprefix
+  Sysconfdir............: `eval echo $sysconfdir`
+  Localstatedir.........: `eval echo $localstatedir`
+  Default fstab.........: `eval echo $fstab`
+  System environment....: ${sysconfig_path:-${sysconfig}}
+  C Compiler............: $CC $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $LIBS
+  Linker................: $LD $LLDP_LDFLAGS $LLDP_BIN_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS $LIBS
+
+------------- Compiler version --------------
+$($CC --version || true)
+-------------- Linker version ---------------
+$($LD --version || true)
+---------------------------------------------
+
+Check the above options and compile with:
+ ${MAKE-make}
+
+EOF
diff --git a/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/ospf-status b/src/statd/ospf-status
similarity index 100%
rename from board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/ospf-status
rename to src/statd/ospf-status
diff --git a/src/statd/statd.c b/src/statd/statd.c
index b310f2d8..b8acb315 100644
--- a/src/statd/statd.c
+++ b/src/statd/statd.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ static int ly_add_yanger_data(const struct ly_ctx *ctx, struct lyd_node **parent
 			      const char *model, const char *arg)
 {
 	char *yanger_args[5] = {
-		"/libexec/infix/yanger",
+		"/usr/libexec/statd/yanger",
 		(char *)model,
 		NULL,
 		NULL,
diff --git a/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/yanger b/src/statd/yanger
similarity index 99%
rename from board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/yanger
rename to src/statd/yanger
index 536e7c89..0ae8e7db 100755
--- a/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/yanger
+++ b/src/statd/yanger
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ def add_ospf_routes(ospf):
 def add_ospf(ospf):
     """Populate OSPF status"""
 
-    cmd = ['/libexec/infix/ospf-status']
+    cmd = ['/usr/libexec/statd/ospf-status']
     data = run_json_cmd(cmd, "")
 
     ospf["ietf-ospf:router-id"] = data["routerId"]
diff --git a/test/case/cli/run.sh b/test/case/cli/run.sh
index 4422af51..33b3a1fe 100755
--- a/test/case/cli/run.sh
+++ b/test/case/cli/run.sh
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ SCRIPT_PATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 ROOT_PATH="$SCRIPT_PATH/../../../"
 CLI_OUTPUT_PATH="$SCRIPT_PATH/cli-output/"
 
-CLI_PRETTY_TOOL="$ROOT_PATH/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/cli-pretty"
+CLI_PRETTY_TOOL="$ROOT_PATH/src/statd/cli-pretty"
 SR_EMULATOR_TOOL="$SCRIPT_PATH/sysrepo-emulator.sh"
 
 CLI_OUTPUT_FILE="$(mktemp)"
diff --git a/test/case/cli/sysrepo-emulator.sh b/test/case/cli/sysrepo-emulator.sh
index c071d62a..67651c11 100755
--- a/test/case/cli/sysrepo-emulator.sh
+++ b/test/case/cli/sysrepo-emulator.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 SCRIPT_PATH="$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")"
 ROOT_PATH="$SCRIPT_PATH/../../../"
 
-YANGER_TOOL="$ROOT_PATH/board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/yanger"
+YANGER_TOOL="$ROOT_PATH/src/statd/yanger"
 
 INTERFACES="br0 br1 e0 e1 e2 e3 e4"
 
diff --git a/test/case/cli_pretty/run.sh b/test/case/cli_pretty/run.sh
index c7684e24..3901861b 100755
--- a/test/case/cli_pretty/run.sh
+++ b/test/case/cli_pretty/run.sh
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ if [ ! -e "$SCRIPT_PATH/$json" ]; then
 fi
 
 cat "$SCRIPT_PATH/$json" | \
-    "$SCRIPT_PATH"/../../../board/netconf/rootfs/libexec/infix/cli-pretty \
+    "$SCRIPT_PATH"/../../../src/statd/cli-pretty \
     "$module" $*
 if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
     echo "ok 1 - $json printed without crashing"