diff --git a/dev-util/premake/patches/premake-4.3.patch b/dev-util/premake/patches/premake-4.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e02982f80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/premake/patches/premake-4.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+diff -Naur premake-4.3/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make premake-4.3-haiku/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make
+--- premake-4.3/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make	2010-11-16 11:29:14.028311552 +0000
++++ premake-4.3-haiku/build/gmake.unix/Premake4.make	2012-12-27 23:50:16.043253760 +0000
+@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@
+   CPPFLAGS  += -MMD -MP $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES)
+   CFLAGS    += $(CPPFLAGS) $(ARCH) -Wall -Os
+   CXXFLAGS  += $(CFLAGS) 
+-  LDFLAGS   += -s -rdynamic
+-  LIBS      += -lm -ldl
++  LDFLAGS   += -s
++  LIBS      +=
+   RESFLAGS  += $(DEFINES) $(INCLUDES) 
+   LDDEPS    += 
+   LINKCMD    = $(CC) -o $(TARGET) $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS) $(RESOURCES) $(ARCH) $(LIBS)
+diff -Naur premake-4.3/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h
+--- premake-4.3/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h	2010-11-16 11:29:12.042991616 +0000
++++ premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/lua-5.1.4/src/luaconf.h	2012-12-27 23:50:16.050331648 +0000
+@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
+ #define LUA_USE_MKSTEMP
+ #define LUA_USE_ISATTY
+ #define LUA_USE_POPEN
+-#define LUA_USE_ULONGJMP
+ #endif
+ 
+ 
+diff -Naur premake-4.3/src/host/premake.h premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/premake.h
+--- premake-4.3/src/host/premake.h	2010-11-16 11:29:12.047185920 +0000
++++ premake-4.3-haiku/src/host/premake.h	2012-12-27 23:50:16.052166656 +0000
+@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
+ 
+ /* Identify the current platform I'm not sure how to reliably detect
+  * Windows but since it is the most common I use it as the default */
+-#if defined(__linux__)
++#if defined(__linux__)  || defined(__HAIKU__)
+ #define PLATFORM_LINUX    (1)
+ #define PLATFORM_STRING   "linux"
+ #elif defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__OpenBSD__)
diff --git a/dev-util/premake/premake-4.3.bep b/dev-util/premake/premake-4.3.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..823710ef2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/premake/premake-4.3.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Powerfully simple build configuration"
+HOMEPAGE="http://industriousone.com/premake"
+SRC_URI="http://sourceforge.net/projects/premake/files/Premake/4.3/premake-4.3-src.zip/download"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="8cfafee76f9665c93b2e9ad15b015eb7"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+
+BUILD {
+	cd premake-4.3/build/gmake.unix
+	make config=release
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd premake-4.3/bin/release
+	mkdir -p $DESTDIR`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	install -m 0755 premake4 $DESTDIR`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+}
+
+LICENSE="BSD (2-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="2012 Industrious One, LLC"