diff --git a/games-emulation/mgba/mgba-0.7.1.recipe b/games-emulation/mgba/mgba-0.8.1.recipe
similarity index 88%
rename from games-emulation/mgba/mgba-0.7.1.recipe
rename to games-emulation/mgba/mgba-0.8.1.recipe
index 0c224abfb..a72aa4f44 100644
--- a/games-emulation/mgba/mgba-0.7.1.recipe
+++ b/games-emulation/mgba/mgba-0.8.1.recipe
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ most accurate GBA emulator around.
 Other goals include accurate enough emulation to provide a development \
 environment for homebrew software, a good workflow for tool-assist runners, \
 and a modern feature set for emulators that older emulators may not support."
-HOMEPAGE="https://mgba.io"
-COPYRIGHT="2013-2017 Jeffrey Pfau"
+HOMEPAGE="https://mgba.io/"
+COPYRIGHT="2013-2020 Jeffrey Pfau"
 LICENSE="MPL v2.0"
-REVISION="5"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/mgba-emu/mgba/archive/$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="665fbae8bcfaf3e3f4b83267ce5800b00b98f4bacbb36fc412e3829020019cf4"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="df136ea50c9cca380ab93e00fd8d87811e41a49a804c5b0e018babef0c490f13"
+PATCHES="mgba-$portVersion.patch"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
@@ -45,7 +46,6 @@ REQUIRES="
 # SDL1.2 checks if one already exists first, so it's OK.
 	lib:libSDL_1.2$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libswscale$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libswresample$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	lib:libzip$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	devel:libQt5Widgets$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libSDL_1.2$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libswscale$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libswresample$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	devel:libzip$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
@@ -80,12 +79,17 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 
 BUILD()
 {
-	cmake . -GNinja -DBUILD_GL=OFF $cmakeDirArgs
+	cmake . $cmakeDirArgs \
+		-GNinja \
+		-DBUILD_GL=OFF \
+		-DBUILD_GLES2=OFF \
+		-DBUILD_GLES3=OFF \
+		-DUSE_DISCORD_RPC=OFF
 	ninja $jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
 	ninja install
-	addAppDeskbarSymlink $binDir/mgba-qt "mGBA"
+	addAppDeskbarSymlink "$binDir/mgba-qt" "mGBA"
 }
diff --git a/games-emulation/mgba/patches/mgba-0.8.1.patch b/games-emulation/mgba/patches/mgba-0.8.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a95c96167
--- /dev/null
+++ b/games-emulation/mgba/patches/mgba-0.8.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff --git a/src/core/config.c b/src/core/config.c
+index cd173dfb..9135e0fc 100644
+--- a/src/core/config.c
++++ b/src/core/config.c
+@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
+ #include <mgba-util/platform/3ds/3ds-vfs.h>
+ #endif
+ 
++#ifdef __HAIKU__
++#include <FindDirectory.h>
++#endif
++
+ #define SECTION_NAME_MAX 128
+ 
+ struct mCoreConfigEnumerateData {
+@@ -227,6 +231,12 @@ void mCoreConfigDirectory(char* out, size_t outLength) {
+ 	UNUSED(portable);
+ 	snprintf(out, outLength, "/%s", projectName);
+ 	FSUSER_CreateDirectory(sdmcArchive, fsMakePath(PATH_ASCII, out), 0);
++#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
++	UNUSED(portable);
++	char path[B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH];
++	find_directory(B_USER_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY, 0, false, path, B_PATH_NAME_LENGTH);
++	snprintf(out, outLength, "%s/%s", path, binaryName);
++	mkdir(out, 0755);
+ #else
+ 	getcwd(out, outLength);
+ 	strncat(out, PATH_SEP "portable.ini", outLength - strlen(out));
+diff --git a/src/platform/qt/InputController.cpp b/src/platform/qt/InputController.cpp
+index c6a598ce..f19130dd 100644
+--- a/src/platform/qt/InputController.cpp
++++ b/src/platform/qt/InputController.cpp
+@@ -272,8 +272,8 @@ void InputController::setPreferredGamepad(uint32_t type, int index) {
+ 		return;
+ 	}
+ #ifdef BUILD_SDL
+-	char name[34] = {0};
+ #if SDL_VERSION_ATLEAST(2, 0, 0)
++	char name[34] = {0};
+ 	SDL_JoystickGetGUIDString(SDL_JoystickGetGUID(SDL_JoystickListGetPointer(&s_sdlEvents.joysticks, index)->joystick), name, sizeof(name));
+ #else
+ 	const char* name = SDL_JoystickName(SDL_JoystickIndex(SDL_JoystickListGetPointer(&s_sdlEvents.joysticks, index)->joystick));