diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconfig/patches/pkgconfig-0.28.patch b/dev-util/pkgconfig/patches/pkgconfig-0.28.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..43c38a66d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconfig/patches/pkgconfig-0.28.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+diff -Naur pkg-config-0.28/glib/configure.ac pkg-config-0.28-haiku/glib/configure.ac
+--- pkg-config-0.28/glib/configure.ac	2012-10-13 09:35:36.033030144 -0500
++++ pkg-config-0.28-haiku/glib/configure.ac	2013-08-18 19:05:41.008388608 -0500
+@@ -288,7 +288,6 @@
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(HAVE_CXX, [test "$CXX" != ""])
+ AC_LANG_RESTORE
+ 
+-AM_PROG_CC_STDC
+ AM_PROG_CC_C_O
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ 
+@@ -1031,38 +1030,6 @@
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getprotobyname_r endservent if_nametoindex)
+ AC_CHECK_HEADERS([netdb.h wspiapi.h arpa/nameser_compat.h])
+ 
+-if test $glib_native_win32 = no; then
+-  # We can't just use AC_CHECK_FUNC/AC_CHECK_LIB here. Bug 586150
+-  NETWORK_LIBS=""
+-  AC_MSG_CHECKING([for res_query])
+-  AC_TRY_LINK([#include <sys/types.h>
+-	       #include <netinet/in.h>
+-	       #include <arpa/nameser.h>
+-	       #include <resolv.h>
+-              ],[
+-	       res_query("test", 0, 0, (void *)0, 0);
+-              ],[AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
+-              [save_libs="$LIBS"
+-               LIBS="-lresolv $LIBS"
+-               AC_TRY_LINK([#include <sys/types.h>
+-			    #include <netinet/in.h>
+-			    #include <arpa/nameser.h>
+-			    #include <resolv.h>
+-			   ],[
+-			    res_query("test", 0, 0, (void *)0, 0);
+-			   ],[AC_MSG_RESULT([in -lresolv])
+-                              NETWORK_LIBS="-lresolv $NETWORK_LIBS"],
+-                           [LIBS="-lbind $save_libs"
+-                            AC_TRY_LINK([#include <resolv.h>],
+-                                        [res_query("test", 0, 0, (void *)0, 0);],
+-                                        [AC_MSG_RESULT([in -lbind])
+-                                         NETWORK_LIBS="-lbind $NETWORK_LIBS"],
+-                                        [AC_MSG_ERROR(not found)])])
+-               LIBS="$save_libs"])
+-  AC_CHECK_FUNC(socket, :, AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, socket,
+-				        [NETWORK_LIBS="-lsocket $NETWORK_LIBS"],
+-				        [AC_MSG_ERROR(Could not find socket())]))
+-fi
+ AC_SUBST(NETWORK_LIBS)
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_HEADER([linux/netlink.h],
diff --git a/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.28.bep b/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.28.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..631471ba4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/pkgconfig/pkgconfig-0.28.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+DESCRIPTION="pkgconfig" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://pkg-config.freedesktop.org/wiki/" 
+SRC_URI="http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.28.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="aa3c86e67551adc3ac865160e34a2a0d"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	# because we patched configure.ac...
+	cd pkg-config-0.28/glib
+	autoreconf -i -f
+	cd ..
+	# do the needful...
+	autoreconf -i -f
+	COMMON_DOCS=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datadir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
+		--docdir=$COMMON_DOCS/doc/pkg-config \
+		--mandir=$COMMON_DOCS/man \
+		--disable-host-tool \
+		--with-internal-glib
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd pkg-config-0.28
+	make install
+}
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="1998, 2001-2006 Red Hat Inc."