diff --git a/recipes/devel/gengetopt.yaml b/recipes/devel/gengetopt.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a500396
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/devel/gengetopt.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+inherit: [autotools]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_VERSION: "2.23"
+    PKG_DESCRIPTION: "A tool to write command line option parsing code for C programs."
+    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GNU_MIRROR}/gengetopt/gengetopt-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.xz
+    digestSHA256: b941aec9011864978dd7fdeb052b1943535824169d2aa2b0e7eae9ab807584ac
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+buildTools: [perl, texinfo]
+buildScript: |
+    autotoolsBuild $1
+
+packageScript: |
+    autotoolsPackageBin
+
+provideTools:
+    gengetopt: "usr/bin"
diff --git a/recipes/devel/groff.yaml b/recipes/devel/groff.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9fe3010
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/devel/groff.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+inherit: [autotools]
+
+metaEnvironment:
+    PKG_VERSION: "1.24.0"
+    PKG_LICENSE: "GPL-3.0-or-later"
+
+checkoutSCM:
+    scm: url
+    url: ${GNU_MIRROR}/groff/groff-${PKG_VERSION}.tar.gz
+    digestSHA256: "e79bbcd8ff3ed0200e7ac55d3962a15e118c1229990213025f2fc8b264727570"
+    stripComponents: 1
+
+buildVars: [AR]
+buildTools: [perl, m4]
+buildScript: |
+    autotoolsBuild -o AR=${AR} $1
+
+packageScript: |
+    autotoolsPackageTgt
+
+provideTools:
+    groff: usr/bin
diff --git a/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml b/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml
index 27a32b66..3fed4fe4 100644
--- a/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml
+++ b/tests/buildall/recipes/buildall.yaml
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ depends:
           # devel stuff (usually) not deployed to targets -> host compat toolchain
           - devel::byacc
           - devel::dtc
+          - devel::gengetopt
+          - devel::groff
           - devel::intltool
           - devel::lua-bin
           - devel::makedepend