diff --git a/net-misc/drawterm/additional-files/drawterm b/net-misc/drawterm/additional-files/drawterm
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d9ca6a93
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diff --git a/net-misc/drawterm/additional-files/drawterm.rdef.in b/net-misc/drawterm/additional-files/drawterm.rdef.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e7f3d9071
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/drawterm/additional-files/drawterm.rdef.in
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+resource app_flags B_MULTIPLE_LAUNCH;
+
+resource app_version {
+	major  = @MAJOR@,
+	middle = @MIDDLE@,
+	minor  = @MINOR@,
+
+	variety = B_APPV_FINAL,
+	internal = 0,
+
+	short_info = "A tool for connecting to Plan 9 cpu servers",
+	long_info = "@LONG_INFO@"
+};
+
+resource app_signature "application/x-vnd.drawterm";
+resource vector_icon array {
+	$"6E636966040201140200002EFF050003746A6A03E5DFDF030209412DC3AB2DBC"
+	$"A02D303A30B9D630BEBF334330BF21BB38C1ED3351BAA7C5E5BA7CC7263E593C"
+	$"5ABFA1C95FC0B5C8D6C144C9F541544D4E4759C538C4CB4D43C4FCC144C4D5C0"
+	$"664E3D4EBFE14EBB0802044030C34530BC3A30304030BC3A30C3454050BC3A50"
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+	$"000000003B00004720004AC0000A010101123B80000000000000003B00004720"
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+	$"EC44542A0A02010102381AD4B9F5CC3BFEC33C58B4464EA546A02E0A01010112"
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+	$"3B5213B2F5D438D5863E07B4486B28C4F8950A02010102393EE0B4193B384EF9"
+	$"3D27274902C9BED53D0A010101123B5213B2F5D438D5863E07B4486B28C4F895"
+	$"0215810004178100040A000101023B00000000000000003A80004A40004AE800"
+	$"0A020101123B00000000000000003A80004A40004AE800021581000417810004"
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+};
diff --git a/net-misc/drawterm/drawterm-2023.8.15.recipe b/net-misc/drawterm/drawterm-2023.8.15.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5548bd91f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/drawterm/drawterm-2023.8.15.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+SUMMARY="A tool for connecting to Plan 9 cpu servers"
+DESCRIPTION="drawterm is a utility that allows a user to connect to a \
+Plan9 CPU server. This version of drawterm includes additional support for \
+TLS and DP9IK, used by the 9front fork of Plan9."
+HOMEPAGE="http://git.9front.org/plan9front/drawterm/HEAD/info.html"
+COPYRIGHT="2005 Russ Cox, 2021 Plan 9 Foundation, 2023 9front authors"
+LICENSE="MIT"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://git.9front.org/git/plan9front/drawterm/b9b1f6c7c09d3294512caf822792ea268cd8a28a/snap.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="1a9e9aac6b1e14379d27565f58be4faf7505010241ca2b7b998199eff1ec5807"
+SOURCE_DIR="drawterm"
+PATCHES="drawterm-$portVersion.patchset"
+ADDITIONAL_FILES="drawterm.rdef.in"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	drawterm$secondaryArchSuffix
+	app:Drawterm
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libX11$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libXt$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	devel:libX11$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libXt$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	"
+
+BUILD() {
+	CONF=haiku make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL() {
+	local MAJOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f1`"
+	local MIDDLE="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f2`"
+	local MINOR="`echo "$portVersion" | cut -d. -f3`"
+	local LONG_INFO="$SUMMARY"
+	sed -e "s|@MAJOR@|$MAJOR|" \
+		-e "s|@MIDDLE@|$MIDDLE|" \
+		-e "s|@MINOR@|$MINOR|" \
+		-e "s|@LONG_INFO@|$LONG_INFO|" \
+		$portDir/additional-files/drawterm.rdef.in > drawterm.rdef
+
+	mkdir -p $appsDir
+	chmod +x drawterm
+	addResourcesToBinaries drawterm.rdef drawterm
+	mv drawterm $appsDir/Drawterm
+	addAppDeskbarSymlink $appsDir/Drawterm
+}
diff --git a/net-misc/drawterm/patches/drawterm-2023.8.15.patchset b/net-misc/drawterm/patches/drawterm-2023.8.15.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5399529cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/drawterm/patches/drawterm-2023.8.15.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+From c4f5b6fc642bff6af31ec1bfa6c27b5ec912745a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Maite Gamper <victor@wenzeslaus.de>
+Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2023 15:14:00 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] add basic haiku support
+
+---
+ Make.haiku     | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++
+ include/dtos.h |  2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+ create mode 100644 Make.haiku
+
+diff --git a/Make.haiku b/Make.haiku
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000..4201354
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/Make.haiku
+@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
++# Unix
++#PTHREAD=	# for Mac
++PTHREAD=-pthread
++AR=ar
++AS=as
++RANLIB=ranlib
++X11=/usr/X11R6
++CC=gcc
++CFLAGS=-Wall -Wno-missing-braces -Wno-parentheses -ggdb -I$(ROOT) -I$(ROOT)/include -I$(ROOT)/kern -c -I$(X11)/include -D_THREAD_SAFE $(PTHREAD) -O2
++O=o
++OS=posix
++GUI=x11
++LDADD=-L$(X11)/lib64 -L$(X11)/lib -lX11 -ggdb -lm
++LDFLAGS=$(PTHREAD) -lnetwork
++TARG=drawterm
++AUDIO=none
++# AUDIO=unix
++
++all: default
++
++libmachdep.a:
++	arch=`uname -m|sed 's/BePC/386/; s/x86_64/amd64/; s/armv[567].*/arm/; s/aarch64/arm64/'`; \
++	(cd posix-$$arch &&  make)
+diff --git a/include/dtos.h b/include/dtos.h
+index 5eedd4a..7ea4e05 100644
+--- a/include/dtos.h
++++ b/include/dtos.h
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#if defined(linux) || defined(IRIX) || defined(SOLARIS) || defined(OSF1) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__sun) || defined(sun) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__)
++#if defined(linux) || defined(IRIX) || defined(SOLARIS) || defined(OSF1) || defined(__FreeBSD__) || defined(__APPLE__) || defined(__NetBSD__) || defined(__sun) || defined(sun) || defined(__OpenBSD__) || defined(__DragonFly__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
+ #	include "unix.h"
+ #	ifdef __APPLE__
+ #		define panic dt_panic
+-- 
+2.37.3
+