diff --git a/haiku-games/becheckers/becheckers-1.0.1.recipe b/haiku-games/becheckers/becheckers-1.0.1.recipe
index 68ff717e4..708a74599 100644
--- a/haiku-games/becheckers/becheckers-1.0.1.recipe
+++ b/haiku-games/becheckers/becheckers-1.0.1.recipe
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://github.com/HaikuArchives/BeCheckers"
 COPYRIGHT="2000 Jeremy J. Gibbons"
 LICENSE="MIT"
 REVISION="2"
-SOURCE_URI="git://github.com/HaikuArchives/BeCheckers.git#d4fbfc69656ba5861184d37f7932b9a53ff28373"
+gitCommit="d4fbfc69656ba5861184d37f7932b9a53ff28373"
+SOURCE_URI="$HOMEPAGE/archive/$gitCommit.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="e47de842a44ce1dcd548a4eb1a32f27120f84bb7de64c86de71f1e3ae6a3dec1"
+SOURCE_DIR="BeCheckers-$gitCommit"
+PATCHES="becheckers-$portVersion.patchset"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	BeCheckers = $portVersion
diff --git a/haiku-games/becheckers/patches/becheckers-1.0.1.patchset b/haiku-games/becheckers/patches/becheckers-1.0.1.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ac189d60e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haiku-games/becheckers/patches/becheckers-1.0.1.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+From a07e2447e37be0d323e7966005aea424626fc7ed Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2017 22:33:27 +0200
+Subject: fix build with gcc5
+
+
+diff --git a/BeCheckersWindow.cpp b/BeCheckersWindow.cpp
+index b364928..275b422 100644
+--- a/BeCheckersWindow.cpp
++++ b/BeCheckersWindow.cpp
+@@ -56,7 +56,8 @@ char * BeCheckersWindow::File(const char *fileName) {
+ 	p.SetTo(path.String());
+ 
+     if(p.Path() != NULL) {
+-		f = new char[strlen(p.Path()) + strlen(fileName) + 6] = {'\0'};
++		f = new char[strlen(p.Path()) + strlen(fileName) + 6];
++		memset(f, '\0', strlen(p.Path()) + strlen(fileName) + 6);
+ 		sprintf(f, "%s%s%s%s", p.Path(), "/", fileName, APP_XTN);	// Thanks, Charlie.
+ 	}
+ 
+@@ -68,7 +69,8 @@ char * BeCheckersWindow::CreateFileName() {
+ 	time(&now);
+ 
+ 	char *time = asctime(localtime(&now));
+-	char *fn = new char[strlen(time)] = {'\0'};
++	char *fn = new char[strlen(time)];
++	memset(fn, '\0', strlen(time));
+ 
+ 	strcat(fn, strtok(time, "\n"));
+ 	return fn;
+diff --git a/BeCheckersWindow.h b/BeCheckersWindow.h
+index 2d73464..a4ba529 100644
+--- a/BeCheckersWindow.h
++++ b/BeCheckersWindow.h
+@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
+ #ifndef _BECHECKERSWINDOW_H
+ #define _BECHECKERSWINDOW_H
+ 
+-#include <fstream.h>
++#include <fstream>
+ #include <String.h>
+ #include <stdio.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
+ #include "Checker.h"
+ #include "CheckerBoard.h"
+ 
++using namespace std;
++
+ /* Menuitem message constants */
+ 
+ const uint32 BECHECKERS_NEW    = 'NewG';
+-- 
+2.11.0
+