diff --git a/dev-python/buildbot_slave/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.recipe b/dev-python/buildbot_slave/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.recipe
index f1211fc9a..f217b0645 100644
--- a/dev-python/buildbot_slave/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.recipe
+++ b/dev-python/buildbot_slave/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.recipe
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ executing builds and/or tests.
 HOMEPAGE="http://www.buildbot.net"
 SRC_URI="https://buildbot.googlecode.com/files/buildbot-slave-0.8.8.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256="8b7532d4d34527aea41e353d1bc3c35291ec335d3224c27800d2cc0cfc9837cc"
+PATCHES="buildbot_slave-0.8.8.patchset"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 COPYRIGHT="2005-2013 Bryan Warner and the Buildbot team members"
 REVISION="1"
diff --git a/dev-python/buildbot_slave/patches/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.patchset b/dev-python/buildbot_slave/patches/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d6ca1924f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-python/buildbot_slave/patches/buildbot_slave-0.8.8.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 339c07d8cef40e19d98a915ecc06929c097865fc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jessica Hamilton <jessica.l.hamilton@gmail.com>
+Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2014 04:58:54 +0000
+Subject: logwatcher.py: fix path to tail on Haiku
+
+
+diff --git a/buildslave/scripts/logwatcher.py b/buildslave/scripts/logwatcher.py
+index ff3e119..fb20aba 100644
+--- a/buildslave/scripts/logwatcher.py
++++ b/buildslave/scripts/logwatcher.py
+@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class LogWatcher(LineOnlyReceiver):
+         # been seen within 10 seconds, and with ReconfigError if the error
+         # line was seen. If the logfile could not be opened, it errbacks with
+         # an IOError.
+-        self.p = reactor.spawnProcess(self.pp, "/usr/bin/tail",
++        self.p = reactor.spawnProcess(self.pp, "/bin/tail",
+                                       ("tail", "-f", "-n", "0", self.logfile),
+                                       env=os.environ,
+                                       )
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+