diff --git a/dev-vcs/git/git-1.7.7.2.bep b/dev-vcs/git/git-1.7.7.2.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d9992ab9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/git/git-1.7.7.2.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+DESCRIPTION="git a fast version control system" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://git-scm.com/" 
+SRC_URI="http://git-core.googlecode.com/files/git-1.7.7.2.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="400d85fd17bdb7f8923dbf3b3a2ca671"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND="net-misc/curl >= 7.20.0
+		dev-lang/perl >= 5.10.1"
+BUILD {
+	cd git-1.7.7.2
+	make strip
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd git-1.7.7.2
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd git-1.7.7.2
+	make check
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2005-2011 Git Authors (see git web site for list)"
diff --git a/dev-vcs/git/patches/git-1.7.7.2.patch b/dev-vcs/git/patches/git-1.7.7.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af8ef83ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-vcs/git/patches/git-1.7.7.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+diff -urN git-1.7.7.2/Makefile git-1.7.7.2-haiku/Makefile
+--- git-1.7.7.2/Makefile	2011-11-02 01:06:28.053739520 +0000
++++ git-1.7.7.2-haiku/Makefile	2011-11-03 15:27:49.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1176,6 +1176,29 @@
+ 	NO_CURL =
+ 	NO_EXPAT =
+ endif
++ifeq ($(uname_S),Haiku)
++	NO_LIBGEN_H = YesPlease
++	NO_MEMMEM = YesPlease
++	NO_MKSTEMPS = YesPlease
++	NEEDS_LIBICONV = YesPlease
++	PERL_PATH = perl
++	PYTHON_PATH = python
++#	TCL_PATH = tclsh
++	mandir = /boot/common/documentation/man
++	infodir = /boot/common/documentation/info
++	gitexecdir = /boot/common/bin/git-core
++	gitwebdir = /boot/common/data/gitweb
++	template_dir = /boot/common/data/git-core/templates
++	NO_TCLTK = YesPlease
++	DEFAULT_EDITOR = nano
++	CURL_DIR = /boot/common
++	EXPAT_DIR = /boot/common
++	BASIC_CFLAGS += -I/boot/common/include
++	BASIC_LDFLAGS += -lnetwork -lbsd -L/boot/common/lib
++	PTHREAD_LIBS =
++	prefix = /boot/common
++	NO_CROSS_DIRECTORY_HARDLINKS = YesPlease
++endif
+ ifneq (,$(findstring MINGW,$(uname_S)))
+ 	pathsep = ;
+ 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease