diff --git a/dev-libs/apr/apr-1.5.0.recipe b/dev-libs/apr/apr-1.5.0.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f386f5047
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/apr/apr-1.5.0.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+SUMMARY="Apache Portable Runtime Library"
+HOMEPAGE="http://apr.apache.org/"
+SRC_URI="http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-1.5.0.tar.gz"
+COPYRIGHT="2012 The Apache Software Foundation."
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="6419a8f7e89ad51b5bad7b0c84cc818c"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 ?x86_64"
+
+PATCHES="apr-1.5.0.patch"
+
+PROVIDES="
+ apr = $portVersion compat >= 1
+ lib:libapr_1 = 0.5.0 compat >= 0
+ "
+REQUIRES="
+ haiku >= $haikuVersion
+ "
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+ "
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+ haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+ cmd:aclocal
+ cmd:autoconf
+ cmd:gcc
+ cmd:ld
+ cmd:libtoolize
+ cmd:make
+ "
+
+
+BUILD()
+{
+ libtoolize -fci
+ touch libtool.m4
+ aclocal -I build
+ autoconf
+ runConfigure ./configure \
+ --with-installbuilddir=$prefix/data/apr
+
+ # TODO: fix this hack (by finding out why top_builddir seems to be unset)!
+ ln -sfn $sourceDir/libtool /libtool
+
+ make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+ make install
+
+ # prepare develop/lib
+ prepareInstalledDevelLibs libapr-1
+ fixPkgconfig
+
+ # fix apr-1-config
+ fixDevelopLibDirReferences $binDir/apr-1-config
+
+ # remove superfluous .exp file
+ rm $libDir/apr.exp
+
+ # devel package
+ packageEntries devel \
+ $binDir \
+ $dataDir \
+ $developDir
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+ make test
+}
+
+# ----- description ----------------------------------------------------------
+
+DESCRIPTION="
+The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and \
+maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent \
+interface to underlying platform-specific implementations. The primary goal is \
+to provide an API to which software developers may code and be assured of \
+predictable if not identical behaviour regardless of the platform on which \
+their software is built, relieving them of the need to code special-case \
+conditions to work around or take advantage of platform-specific deficiencies \
+or features.
+To give a brief overview, the primary core subsystems of APR 1.x include the \
+following:
+- atomic operations
+- dynamic Shared Object loading
+- file I/O
+- locks (mutexes, condition variables, etc)
+- memory management (high performance allocators)
+- memory-mapped files
+- multicast Sockets
+- network I/O
+- shared memory
+- thread and Process management
+- various data structures (tables, hashes, priority queues, etc)
+"
+
+# ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+ apr_devel = portVersion compat >= 1
+ cmd:apr_1_config = portVersion compat >= 1
+ devel:libapr_1 = 0.5.0 compat >= 0
+ "
+REQUIRES_devel="
+ apr == $portVersion base
+ "
diff --git a/dev-libs/apr/patches/apr-1.5.0.patch b/dev-libs/apr/patches/apr-1.5.0.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..088277597
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/apr/patches/apr-1.5.0.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+diff -urN apr-1.4.6/config.layout apr-1.4.6-haiku/config.layout
+--- apr-1.4.6/config.layout 2004-11-24 22:51:51.056360960 +0000
++++ apr-1.4.6-haiku/config.layout 2011-07-12 10:34:27.155189248 +0000
+@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@
+ runtimedir: ${localstatedir}/run
+
+
++# Haiku Layout making use of finddir
++
++ prefix: /boot/system
++ exec_prefix: /boot/system
++ bindir: /boot/system/bin
++ sbindir: /boot/system/servers
++ libdir: /boot/system/lib
++ libexecdir: /boot/system/servers
++ mandir: /boot/system/documentation/man
++ sysconfdir: /boot/system/settings
++ datadir: /boot/system/data
++ installbuilddir: /boot/develop/build
++ includedir: /boot/system/include
++ localstatedir: /boot/system/var
++ runtimedir: ${localstatedir}/log
++
++
+ # Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody)
+
+ prefix: /Local/Library/WebServer
+diff -urN apr-1.4.6/configure.in apr-1.4.6-haiku/configure.in
+--- apr-1.4.6/configure.in 2011-04-11 12:58:38.043253760 -0700
++++ apr-1.4.6-haiku/configure.in 2011-08-02 12:49:33.801112064 -0700
+@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@
+ AC_PROG_CPP
+ AC_PROG_AWK
+ AC_PROG_LN_S
+-AC_PROG_RANLIB
++AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(RM, rm, rm)
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(AS, as, as)
+@@ -672,9 +672,9 @@
+ ac_cv_func_CreateFileMapping=yes
+ ;;
+ *)
++ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket network)
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, nsl)
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostname, nsl)
+- AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket)
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(crypt, crypt ufc)
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(truerand, main)
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(modf, m)
diff --git a/dev-libs/apr_util/apr_util-1.5.3.recipe b/dev-libs/apr_util/apr_util-1.5.3.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a785890bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/apr_util/apr_util-1.5.3.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+SUMMARY="Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library"
+HOMEPAGE="http://apr.apache.org/"
+SRC_URI="http://archive.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-util-1.5.3.tar.gz"
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2011 The Apache Software Foundation."
+CHECKSUM_MD5="71a11d037240b292f824ba1eb537b4e3"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+
+PATCHES="apr_util-1.5.3.patch"
+
+PROVIDES="
+ apr_util = $portVersion compat >= 1
+ lib:libaprutil_1 = 0.5.3 compat >= 0
+ "
+REQUIRES="
+ haiku >= $haikuVersion
+ lib:libapr_1
+ lib:libexpat
+ lib:libiconv
+ "
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+ devel:libapr_1 >= 0.5.0
+ devel:libexpat
+ devel:libiconv
+ "
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+ haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+ cmd:aclocal
+ cmd:autoconf
+ cmd:autoheader
+ cmd:gcc
+ cmd:ld
+ cmd:libtoolize
+ cmd:make
+ "
+
+SOURCE_DIR="apr-util-$portVersion"
+
+PATCH()
+{
+ echo 'AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE' >> xml/expat/configure.in
+}
+
+BUILD()
+{
+ aprInstallDir=$portPackageLinksDir/lib~libapr_1
+ expatInstallDir=$portPackageLinksDir/lib~libexpat
+
+ rm -rf aclocal.m4
+ mkdir -p m4
+ libtoolize -fci
+ aclocal --install -I m4
+ autoconf -f
+
+ cd xml/expat
+ mkdir -p m4
+ libtoolize -fci
+ aclocal --install -I m4
+ autoconf --force
+ autoheader
+ touch libtool.m4
+ cd ../..
+
+ # TODO: fix this hack!
+ cp /boot/system/bin/libtool .
+ ln -sfn $sourceDir/libtool /libtool
+
+ runConfigure ./configure \
+ --with-apr=$aprInstallDir \
+ --with-expat=$expatInstallDir
+ make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+ make install
+
+ # prepare develop/lib
+ prepareInstalledDevelLibs libaprutil-1
+ fixPkgconfig
+
+ # fix apu-1-config
+ fixDevelopLibDirReferences $binDir/apu-1-config
+
+ # remove superfluous .exp file
+ rm $libDir/aprutil.exp
+
+ # devel package
+ packageEntries devel \
+ $binDir \
+ $developDir
+}
+
+DESCRIPTION="
+The mission of the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) project is to create and \
+maintain software libraries that provide a predictable and consistent \
+interface to underlying platform-specific implementations. The primary goal is \
+to provide an API to which software developers may code and be assured of \
+predictable if not identical behaviour regardless of the platform on which \
+their software is built, relieving them of the need to code special-case \
+conditions to work around or take advantage of platform-specific deficiencies \
+or features.
+To give a brief overview, the primary core subsystems of APR 1.x include the \
+following:
+- atomic operations
+- dynamic Shared Object loading
+- file I/O
+- locks (mutexes, condition variables, etc)
+- memory management (high performance allocators)
+- memory-mapped files
+- multicast Sockets
+- network I/O
+- shared memory
+- thread and Process management
+- various data structures (tables, hashes, priority queues, etc)
+"
+
+# ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+ apr_util_devel = portVersion compat >= 1
+ cmd:apu_1_config = $portVersion compat >= 1
+ devel:libaprutil_1 = 0.5.3 compat >= 0
+ "
+REQUIRES_devel="
+ apr_util == $portVersion base
+ "
diff --git a/dev-libs/apr_util/patches/apr_util-1.5.3.patch b/dev-libs/apr_util/patches/apr_util-1.5.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cfde8b9f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/apr_util/patches/apr_util-1.5.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+diff -ur orig/apr-util-1.5.3/build/apu-conf.m4 apr_util-1.5.3/build/apu-conf.m4
+--- orig/apr-util-1.5.3/build/apu-conf.m4 2011-08-08 11:32:27.026738688 +0200
++++ apr_util-1.5.3/build/apu-conf.m4 2013-04-30 21:28:37.100401152 +0200
+@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@
+ else
+ # Add given path to standard search paths if appropriate:
+ if test "$withval" != "/usr"; then
+- APR_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-L$withval/lib])
+- APR_ADDTO(CPPFLAGS, [-I$withval/include])
+- APR_ADDTO(APRUTIL_INCLUDES, [-I$withval/include])
+- APR_ADDTO(APRUTIL_LDFLAGS, [-L$withval/lib])
++ APR_ADDTO(LDFLAGS, [-L$withval/develop/lib])
++ APR_ADDTO(CPPFLAGS, [-I$withval/develop/headers])
++ APR_ADDTO(APRUTIL_INCLUDES, [-I$withval/develop/headers])
++ APR_ADDTO(APRUTIL_LDFLAGS, [-L$withval/develop/lib])
+ fi
+ # ...and refuse to fall back on the builtin expat.
+ apu_try_builtin_expat=0
+diff -ur orig/apr-util-1.5.3/config.layout apr_util-1.5.3/config.layout
+--- orig/apr-util-1.5.3/config.layout 2005-02-09 13:18:43.064749568 +0100
++++ apr_util-1.5.3/config.layout 2013-04-30 21:27:27.079953920 +0200
+@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@
+ runtimedir: ${localstatedir}/run
+
+
++# Haiku Layout making use of finddir
++
++ prefix: /boot/system
++ exec_prefix: /boot/system
++ bindir: /boot/system/bin
++ sbindir: /boot/system/servers
++ libdir: /boot/system/lib
++ libexecdir: /boot/system/servers
++ mandir: /boot/system/documentation/man
++ sysconfdir: /boot/system/settings
++ datadir: /boot/system/data
++ installbuilddir: /boot/system/develop/build
++ includedir: /boot/system/include
++ localstatedir: /boot/system/var
++ runtimedir: ${localstatedir}/log
++
++
+ # Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody)
+
+ prefix: /Local/Library/WebServer