diff --git a/sys-apps/less/less-451.bep b/sys-apps/less/less-451.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1927de598
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/less/less-451.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Less is a free, open-source file pager." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/less-451.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="765f082658002b2b46b86af4a0da1842"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd less-451
+	autoreconf -fvi
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` --with-editor=nano \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd less-451
+	make install DESTDIR="${DESTDIR}"
+}
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+COPYRIGHT="1984-2012 Mark Nudelman"
diff --git a/sys-apps/less/patches/less-451.patch b/sys-apps/less/patches/less-451.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25acb7b41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-apps/less/patches/less-451.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+diff -urN less-451/cmdbuf.c less-451-haiku/cmdbuf.c
+--- less-451/cmdbuf.c	2012-07-21 20:39:58.045088768 +0000
++++ less-451-haiku/cmdbuf.c	2012-09-06 18:17:44.432799744 +0000
+@@ -1364,7 +1364,11 @@
+ 	static char *
+ histfile_name()
+ {
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++	char home[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH+B_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
++#else
+ 	char *home;
++#endif
+ 	char *name;
+ 	int len;
+ 	
+@@ -1378,6 +1382,13 @@
+ 		return (save(name));
+ 	}
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++	{
++	dev_t volume = dev_for_path("/boot");
++	if (find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, volume, true, home, sizeof(home)) != B_OK)
++		return (NULL);
++	}
++#else
+ 	/* Otherwise, file is in $HOME. */
+ 	home = lgetenv("HOME");
+ 	if (home == NULL || *home == '\0')
+@@ -1388,6 +1399,8 @@
+ #endif
+ 			return (NULL);
+ 	}
++#endif
++
+ 	len = strlen(home) + strlen(LESSHISTFILE) + 2;
+ 	name = (char *) ecalloc(len, sizeof(char));
+ 	SNPRINTF2(name, len, "%s/%s", home, LESSHISTFILE);
+diff -urN less-451/configure.ac less-451-haiku/configure.ac
+--- less-451/configure.ac	2012-07-21 20:39:59.045613056 +0000
++++ less-451-haiku/configure.ac	2012-09-06 18:17:49.640942080 +0000
+@@ -589,10 +589,17 @@
+  * LESSHISTFILE is the filename of the history file
+  * (in the HOME directory).
+  */
+-#define	LESSKEYFILE		".less"
+-#define	LESSKEYFILE_SYS		SYSDIR "/sysless"
+-#define	DEF_LESSKEYINFILE	".lesskey"
+-#define LESSHISTFILE		".lesshst"
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++# define	LESSKEYFILE		"less"
++# define	LESSKEYFILE_SYS		SYSDIR "/sysless"
++# define	DEF_LESSKEYINFILE	"lesskey"
++# define LESSHISTFILE		"lesshst"
++#else
++# define	LESSKEYFILE		".less"
++# define	LESSKEYFILE_SYS		SYSDIR "/sysless"
++# define	DEF_LESSKEYINFILE	".lesskey"
++# define LESSHISTFILE		".lesshst"
++#endif
+ 
+ 
+ /* Settings always true on Unix.  */
+diff -urN less-451/filename.c less-451-haiku/filename.c
+--- less-451/filename.c	2012-07-21 20:39:58.046923776 +0000
++++ less-451-haiku/filename.c	2012-09-06 18:17:53.399507456 +0000
+@@ -266,12 +266,23 @@
+ {
+ 	register char *pathname;
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++	char path[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH+B_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
++	dev_t volume = dev_for_path("/boot");
++	if (find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, volume, true, path, sizeof(path)) != B_OK)
++		return (NULL);
++
++	pathname = dirfile(&path, filename);
++	if (pathname != NULL)
++		return (pathname);
++#else
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Try $HOME/filename.
+ 	 */
+ 	pathname = dirfile(lgetenv("HOME"), filename);
+ 	if (pathname != NULL)
+ 		return (pathname);
++#endif
+ #if OS2
+ 	/*
+ 	 * Try $INIT/filename.
+diff -urN less-451/less.h less-451-haiku/less.h
+--- less-451/less.h	2012-07-21 20:39:59.047972352 +0000
++++ less-451-haiku/less.h	2012-09-06 18:17:57.216268800 +0000
+@@ -93,6 +93,11 @@
+ #include <floss.h>
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++#include <FindDirectory.h>
++#include <StorageDefs.h>
++#endif
++
+ #if MSDOS_COMPILER==WIN32C || OS2
+ #include <io.h>
+ #endif
+diff -urN less-451/lesskey.c less-451-haiku/lesskey.c
+--- less-451/lesskey.c	2012-07-21 20:39:59.049020928 +0000
++++ less-451-haiku/lesskey.c	2012-09-06 18:18:06.898891776 +0000
+@@ -245,8 +245,19 @@
+ 	char *p;
+ 	char *pathname;
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++	char path[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH+B_FILE_NAME_LENGTH];
++	dev_t volume = dev_for_path("/boot");
++	if (find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, volume, true, path, sizeof(path)) != B_OK)
++		return (NULL);
++
++	pathname = mkpathname(&path, filename);
++	if (pathname != NULL)
++		return (pathname);
++#else
+ 	if ((p = getenv("HOME")) != NULL && *p != '\0')
+ 		pathname = mkpathname(p, filename);
++#endif
+ #if OS2
+ 	else if ((p = getenv("INIT")) != NULL && *p != '\0')
+ 		pathname = mkpathname(p, filename);