diff --git a/app-text/antiword/antiword-0.37.bep b/app-text/antiword/antiword-0.37.bep
index 0ad1c9bf8..1f1fe561e 100644
--- a/app-text/antiword/antiword-0.37.bep
+++ b/app-text/antiword/antiword-0.37.bep
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-DESCRIPTION="antiword is a free MS Word reader." 
-HOMEPAGE="http://www.winfield.demon.nl" 
+DESCRIPTION="Converts MS Word files to text and ps" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.winfield.demon.nl/#Programmer" 
 SRC_URI="http://www.winfield.demon.nl/linux/antiword-0.37.tar.gz"
 REVISION="1"
 STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ DEPEND=""
 CHECKSUM_MD5="f868e2a269edcbc06bf77e89a55898d1"
 BUILD {
 	cd antiword-0.37
-	make
+	make --makefile Makefile.haiku
 }
 
 INSTALL {
 	cd antiword-0.37
-	make global_install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} \
-		GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` \
-		GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY`/antiword
-
+	make --makefile Makefile.haiku global_install
 }
+
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2005 A.J. van Os"
diff --git a/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch b/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02cf41c35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/antiword/patches/antiword-0.37.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+diff -Naur antiword-0.37/antiword.h antiword-0.37-haiku/antiword.h
+--- antiword-0.37/antiword.h	2005-07-06 17:46:22.000000000 +0000
++++ antiword-0.37-haiku/antiword.h	2012-12-27 19:30:23.169607168 +0000
+@@ -211,6 +211,10 @@
+ #define GLOBAL_ANTIWORD_DIR	"/boot/home/config/apps/antiword"
+ #define ANTIWORD_DIR		"antiword"
+ #define FONTNAMES_FILE		"fontnames"
++#elif defined(__haiku)
++#define GLOBAL_ANTIWORD_DIR	"/boot/common/data/antiword"
++#define ANTIWORD_DIR		"antiword"
++#define FONTNAMES_FILE		"fontnames"
+ #elif defined(__CYGMING__)
+ #define GLOBAL_ANTIWORD_DIR	"C:\\antiword"
+ #define ANTIWORD_DIR		"antiword"
+diff -Naur antiword-0.37/Makefile.haiku antiword-0.37-haiku/Makefile.haiku
+--- antiword-0.37/Makefile.haiku	1970-01-01 00:00:00.000000000 +0000
++++ antiword-0.37-haiku/Makefile.haiku	2012-12-27 19:14:41.153092096 +0000
+@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
++#
++# Makefile for antiword (Haiku version)
++#
++
++CC	= gcc
++LD	= gcc
++
++INSTALL		= cp -f
++INSTALL_PROGRAM	= $(INSTALL)
++INSTALL_DATA	= $(INSTALL)
++
++# must be equal to DEBUG or NDEBUG
++DB	= DEBUG
++# Optimization: -O<n> or debugging: -g
++OPT	= -O2
++
++LDLIBS	=
++
++CFLAGS	= -Wall -pedantic $(OPT) -D$(DB) -D__haiku
++LDFLAGS	=
++
++OBJS	=\
++	main_u.o asc85enc.o blocklist.o chartrans.o datalist.o depot.o\
++	dib2eps.o doclist.o fail.o finddata.o findtext.o fmt_text.o fontlist.o\
++	fonts.o fonts_u.o hdrftrlist.o imgexam.o imgtrans.o jpeg2eps.o\
++	listlist.o misc.o notes.o options.o out2window.o output.o pdf.o\
++	pictlist.o png2eps.o postscript.o prop0.o prop2.o prop6.o prop8.o\
++	properties.o propmod.o rowlist.o sectlist.o stylelist.o stylesheet.o\
++	summary.o tabstop.o text.o unix.o utf8.o word2text.o worddos.o\
++	wordlib.o wordmac.o wordole.o wordwin.o xmalloc.o xml.o
++
++PROGS =\
++	antiword\
++	kantiword
++
++LOCAL_INSTALL_DIR = $(HOME)/bin
++LOCAL_RESOURCES_DIR = $(HOME)/.antiword
++
++GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR = /boot/common/bin
++GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR = /boot/common/data/antiword
++
++all:		$(PROGS)
++
++install:	all
++	mkdir -p $(LOCAL_INSTALL_DIR)
++	cp -pf $(PROGS) $(LOCAL_INSTALL_DIR)
++	mkdir -p $(LOCAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++#	cp -pf Resources/* $(LOCAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++
++# NOTE: you might have to be root to do this
++global_install:	all
++#	@[ `id -u` -eq 0 ] || (echo "You must be root to do this" && false)
++	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR)
++	$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) $(PROGS) $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR)
++	cd $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR); chmod 755 $(PROGS)
++	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) Resources/*.txt $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++	$(INSTALL_DATA) Resources/fontnames $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++	cd $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR); chmod 644 *.txt fontnames
++
++# NOTE: you might have to be root to do this
++global_uninstall:
++#	@[ `id -u` -eq 0 ] || (echo "You must be root to do this" && false)
++	cd $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR); rm -f $(PROGS)
++	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_INSTALL_DIR)
++	cd $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR); rm -f *.txt fontnames
++	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(GLOBAL_RESOURCES_DIR)
++
++clean:
++	rm -f $(OBJS)
++	rm -f $(PROGS)
++
++antiword:	$(OBJS)
++	@rm -f $@
++	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDLIBS) -o $@
++	@chmod 750 $@
++
++kantiword:	Unix-only/KDE3-only/kantiword.sh
++	@rm -f $@
++	echo "#!/bin/bash" > $@
++	cat $? >> $@
++	@chmod 750 $@
++
++.c.o:
++	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
++
++main_u.o:	version.h
++postscript.o:	version.h
++pdf.o:		version.h
++fonts_u.o:	fontinfo.h
++
++fontinfo.h:	Unix-only/fontinfo.h
++	cp -rp $? $@
++
++Unix-only/fontinfo.h:	Unix-only/fontinfo.pl
++	Unix-only/fontinfo.pl > Unix-only/fontinfo.h
+