diff --git a/media-libs/libsdl/patches/sdl-1.2-svn-trunk.patch b/media-libs/libsdl/patches/sdl-1.2-svn-trunk.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a197822a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/libsdl/patches/sdl-1.2-svn-trunk.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Index: src/main/beos/SDL_BeApp.cc
+===================================================================
+--- src/main/beos/SDL_BeApp.cc	(revision 5545)
++++ src/main/beos/SDL_BeApp.cc	(working copy)
+@@ -39,13 +39,15 @@
+ 
+ static int StartBeApp(void *unused)
+ {
++  if(!be_app) {
+ 	BApplication *App;
+ 
+ 	App = new BApplication("application/x-SDL-executable");
+ 
+ 	App->Run();
+ 	delete App;
+-	return(0);
++  }
++ return(0);
+ }
+ 
+ /* Initialize the Be Application, if it's not already started */
+@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@
+ 	++SDL_BeAppActive;
+ 
+ 	/* The app is running, and we're ready to go */
+-	return(0);
++ return(0);
+ }
+ 
+ /* Quit the Be Application, if there's nothing left to do */