diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.26.1.bep b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.26.1.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..25d248a37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.26.1.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+DESCRIPTION="glib" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gtk.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/glib/2.26/glib-2.26.1.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="2634337609e747fc7946517e3008d53c"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="broken"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd glib-2.26.1
+	rm -rf aclocal.m4
+	mkdir -p m4
+	cp ../../gtk-doc.m4 m4
+	cp /boot/common/share/aclocal/libtool.m4 m4
+	cp /boot/common/share/aclocal/ltoptions.m4 m4
+	cp /boot/common/share/aclocal/ltversion.m4 m4
+	cp /boot/common/share/aclocal/ltsugar.m4 m4
+	cp /boot/common/share/aclocal/lt~obsolete.m4 m4
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal -I m4
+	autoconf
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd glib-2.26.1
+	make install
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU LGPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="1995-1997  Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball and Josh MacDonald
+	1991-2003 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+	1997-2006 University of Cambridge.
+	1998-2001, 2003-2010 Red Hat, Inc.
+	2007-2009 Nokia Corporation
+	2008, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates, Inc. All rights
+	2008-2010 Codethink Limited
+	2008-2010 Collabora Ltd.
+	1995-2010 Many others"
diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/patches/glib-2.26.1.patch b/dev-libs/glib/patches/glib-2.26.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dbee2cdc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/patches/glib-2.26.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+diff -urN glib-2.26.1/configure.ac glib-2.26.1-haiku/configure.ac
+--- glib-2.26.1/configure.ac	2010-11-14 05:59:52.043778048 +0000
++++ glib-2.26.1-haiku/configure.ac	2011-01-11 12:46:46.976486400 +0000
+@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@
+   *-*-beos*)
+     glib_native_beos="yes"
+     ;;
++  *-*-haiku*)
++    glib_native_beos="yes"
++    LIBS="-lnetwork $LIBS"
++    ;;
+   *)
+     glib_native_beos="no"
+     ;;
+@@ -3595,6 +3599,9 @@
+   *-*-beos*)
+     glib_os="#define G_OS_BEOS"
+     ;;
++  *-*-haiku*)
++    glib_os="#define G_OS_HAIKU"
++    ;;
+   *-*-cygwin*)
+     glib_os="#define G_OS_UNIX
+ #define G_PLATFORM_WIN32
+diff -urN glib-2.26.1/glib/gmain.c glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gmain.c
+--- glib-2.26.1/glib/gmain.c	2010-11-12 13:52:52.057409536 +0000
++++ glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gmain.c	2011-01-11 13:13:26.355991552 +0000
+@@ -79,10 +79,11 @@
+ #include <windows.h>
+ #endif /* G_OS_WIN32 */
+ 
+-#ifdef G_OS_BEOS
++#if defined G_OS_HAIKU
+ #include <sys/socket.h>
+ #include <sys/wait.h>
+-#endif /* G_OS_BEOS */
++#include <fcntl.h>
++#endif /* G_OS_HAIKU */
+ 
+ #ifdef G_OS_UNIX
+ #include <fcntl.h>
+diff -urN glib-2.26.1/glib/gstdio.c glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gstdio.c
+--- glib-2.26.1/glib/gstdio.c	2010-09-13 13:40:53.047972352 +0000
++++ glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gstdio.c	2011-01-11 13:17:06.033292288 +0000
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
+ #include "gstdio.h"
+ 
+ 
+-#if !defined (G_OS_UNIX) && !defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !defined (G_OS_BEOS)
++#if !defined (G_OS_UNIX) && !defined (G_OS_WIN32) && !defined (G_OS_HAIKU)
+ #error Please port this to your operating system
+ #endif
+ 
+diff -urN glib-2.26.1/glib/gstrfuncs.c glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gstrfuncs.c
+--- glib-2.26.1/glib/gstrfuncs.c	2010-09-04 01:40:14.015466496 +0000
++++ glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gstrfuncs.c	2011-01-11 12:43:29.319815680 +0000
+@@ -1423,12 +1423,12 @@
+ #ifdef HAVE_STRSIGNAL
+   const char *msg_locale;
+ 
+-#if defined(G_OS_BEOS) || defined(G_WITH_CYGWIN)
++#if defined(G_OS_HAIKU) || defined(G_WITH_CYGWIN)
+ extern const char *strsignal(int);
+ #else
+-  /* this is declared differently (const) in string.h on BeOS */
++  /* this is declared differently (const) in string.h on HAIKU */
+   extern char *strsignal (int sig);
+-#endif /* !G_OS_BEOS && !G_WITH_CYGWIN */
++#endif /* !G_OS_HAIKU && !G_WITH_CYGWIN */
+   msg_locale = strsignal (signum);
+   if (g_get_charset (NULL))
+     return msg_locale;
+diff -urN glib-2.26.1/glib/gutils.c glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gutils.c
+--- glib-2.26.1/glib/gutils.c	2010-11-12 13:52:52.056098816 +0000
++++ glib-2.26.1-haiku/glib/gutils.c	2011-01-11 13:27:36.000000000 +0000
+@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@
+     }
+   
+   path = g_getenv ("PATH");
+-#if defined(G_OS_UNIX) || defined(G_OS_BEOS)
++#if defined(G_OS_UNIX) || defined(G_OS_HAIKU)
+   if (path == NULL)
+     {
+       /* There is no `PATH' in the environment.  The default