diff --git a/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/Makefile b/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/Makefile
index 2183455..0e9bebe 100644
--- a/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/Makefile
+++ b/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/Makefile
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ define Package/flukso/install
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/spid.lua $(1)/usr/sbin/
 	$(INSTALL_DIR) $(1)/usr/bin
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/fsync.lua $(1)/usr/bin/fsync
+	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/fdude.lua $(1)/usr/bin/fdude
 	$(INSTALL_BIN) $(PKG_BUILD_DIR)/restful.lua $(1)/usr/bin/restful
 endef
 
diff --git a/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/fdude.lua b/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/fdude.lua
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..f2beaf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/fdude.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env lua
+
+--[[
+    
+    fdude.lua - wraps avrdude in an spidev resource lock
+
+    Copyright (C) 2011 Bart Van Der Meerssche <bart.vandermeerssche@flukso.net>
+
+    This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+    the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+    (at your option) any later version.
+
+    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+    GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+    along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+]]--
+
+
+local nixio = require 'nixio'
+
+local SPI_DEV			= '/dev/spidev0.0'
+local SPI_DAEMON_PID_FILE	= '/var/run/spid/pid'
+local O_RDWR_NONBLOCK		= nixio.open_flags('rdwr', 'nonblock')
+
+local spidev = nixio.open(SPI_DEV, O_RDWR_NONBLOCK)
+local exit = 0
+
+if spidev:lock('tlock') then
+	nixio.execp('avrdude', ...)
+else
+	print(string.format('Detected a lock on %s', SPI_DEV))
+
+	local pid = nixio.open(SPI_DAEMON_PID_FILE, O_RDWR_NONBLOCK)
+
+	if pid then
+		print(string.format('spid process is still running with pid %d', pid:read(-1)))
+		exit = 1
+	else
+		print('spid is not running.')
+		print('Could be a second avrdude still in progress.')
+		exit = 2
+	end
+	
+	print('Aborting...')
+end
+
+os.exit(exit)
diff --git a/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/spid.lua b/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/spid.lua
index 9678910..36ec200 100755
--- a/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/spid.lua
+++ b/mote/v2/openwrt/package/flukso/luasrc/spid.lua
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ local fds = { uart, ctrl, delta }
 
 local spidev = nixio.open(SPI_DEV, O_RDWR_NONBLOCK)
 nixio.spi.setspeed(spidev, SPI_MAX_CLK_SPEED_HZ, SPI_MIN_BYTE_DELAY_US)
-spidev:lock('lock')
+spidev:lock('lock') -- blocks until it can place a write lock on the spidev device
 
 while true do
 	local msg