diff --git a/www-client/netsurf/netsurf-2.9.bep b/www-client/netsurf/netsurf-2.9.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95d70633f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-client/netsurf/netsurf-2.9.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+DESCRIPTION="NetSurf is a multi-platform web browser" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.netsurf-browser.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://download.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf/releases/source-full/netsurf-2.9-full-src.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND="dev-util/gperf >= 3.0.4
+	media-libs/libmng > 1.0.10
+	dev-libs/pkgconfig >= 0.25
+	net-misc/curl >= 7.21.6
+	media-libs/libpng >= 1.5.7
+	media-libs/jpeg >= 8d
+	media-libs/libwebp >= 0.1.3
+	media-libs/lcms >= 2.1"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="cfc2789997b356f2ea9d9f7694c4c909"
+
+BUILD {
+	cd netsurf-2.9
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd netsurf-2.9
+	make install
+}
+
+LICENSE="MIT
+	GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2003 - 2012 The NetSurf Developers"
diff --git a/www-client/netsurf/patches/netsurf-2.9.patch b/www-client/netsurf/patches/netsurf-2.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff7b69f98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-client/netsurf/patches/netsurf-2.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+diff -ur netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/font_face.h netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/font_face.h
+--- netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/font_face.h	2011-12-04 21:06:24.023592960 +0000
++++ netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/font_face.h	2012-08-30 23:10:26.000000000 +0000
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
+ 	CSS_FONT_FACE_FORMAT_SVG		= 0x08,
+ 		/* SVG Font; .svg, .svgz */
+ 	
+-	CSS_FONT_FACE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN 		= 0x10,
++	CSS_FONT_FACE_FORMAT_UNKNOWN 		= 0x10
+ 		/* Format specified, but not recognised */
+ 	
+ 	/* We don't define CSS_FONT_FACE_SRC_FORMAT_TRUETYPE as might be 
+@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
+ typedef enum css_font_face_location_type {
+ 	CSS_FONT_FACE_LOCATION_TYPE_UNSPECIFIED	= 0,
+ 	CSS_FONT_FACE_LOCATION_TYPE_LOCAL	= 1,
+-	CSS_FONT_FACE_LOCATION_TYPE_URI		= 2,
++	CSS_FONT_FACE_LOCATION_TYPE_URI		= 2
+ } css_font_face_location_type;
+ 
+ 	
+diff -ur netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/properties.h netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/properties.h
+--- netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/properties.h	2012-01-28 20:25:01.023330816 +0000
++++ netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/include/libcss/properties.h	2012-08-30 23:11:48.000000000 +0000
+@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@
+ enum css_column_rule_color_e {
+ 	CSS_COLUMN_RULE_COLOR_INHERIT		= CSS_BACKGROUND_COLOR_INHERIT,
+ 	CSS_COLUMN_RULE_COLOR_COLOR		= CSS_BACKGROUND_COLOR_COLOR,
+-	CSS_COLUMN_RULE_COLOR_CURRENT_COLOR	= CSS_BACKGROUND_COLOR_CURRENT_COLOR,
++	CSS_COLUMN_RULE_COLOR_CURRENT_COLOR	= CSS_BACKGROUND_COLOR_CURRENT_COLOR
+ };
+ 
+ enum css_column_rule_style_e {
+diff -ur netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/content.c netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/content.c
+--- netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/content.c	2011-01-26 12:49:58.027000832 +0000
++++ netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/content.c	2012-08-30 23:23:00.000000000 +0000
+@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
+ 		css_style *result)
+ {
+ 	int orig_ctx = *ctx;
+-	css_error error;
++	css_error error = 0;
+ 	const css_token *token;
+ 	bool match;
+ 
+diff -ur netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/quotes.c netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/quotes.c
+--- netsurf-2.9/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/quotes.c	2011-01-26 12:49:58.027787264 +0000
++++ netsurf-2.9-c89/libcss-0.1.2/src/parse/properties/quotes.c	2012-08-30 23:25:08.000000000 +0000
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ 		css_style *result)
+ {
+ 	int orig_ctx = *ctx;
+-	css_error error;
++	css_error error = 0;
+ 	const css_token *token;
+ 	bool match;
+ 
+diff -ur netsurf-2.9/netsurf-2.9/Makefile.defaults netsurf-2.9-c89/netsurf-2.9/Makefile.defaults
+--- netsurf-2.9/netsurf-2.9/Makefile.defaults	2012-01-01 21:42:38.027000832 +0000
++++ netsurf-2.9-c89/netsurf-2.9/Makefile.defaults	2012-08-31 16:45:50.000000000 +0000
+@@ -186,13 +186,13 @@
+ ifeq ($(TARGET),beos)
+ 
+ 
++  # HAIKU use finddir
+   # Where to install the netsurf binary
+-  NETSURF_BEOS_BIN := /boot/apps/netsurf/
++  NETSURF_BEOS_BIN := $(shell finddir B_APPS_DIRECTORY)/NetSurf/
+ 
+-  # TODO:HAIKU -- not sure if ~/.netsurf applies in beos
+   # Where to search for NetSurf's resources after looking in ~/.netsurf and
+   # $NETSURFRES.  It must have a trailing /
+-  NETSURF_BEOS_RESOURCES := /boot/apps/netsurf/res/
++  NETSURF_BEOS_RESOURCES := $(shell finddir B_APPS_DIRECTORY)/NetSurf/res/
+ 
+   # Enable NetSurf's use of libsvgtiny for displaying SVGs
+   # Valid options: YES, NO, AUTO