diff --git a/dev-libs/json-c/json-c-0.9.bep b/dev-libs/json-c/json-c-0.9.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..38e0bc653
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/json-c/json-c-0.9.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+DESCRIPTION="A JSON implementation in C" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://oss.metaparadigm.com/json-c/" 
+SRC_URI="http://oss.metaparadigm.com/json-c/json-c-0.9.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+CHECKSUM_MD5="3a13d264528dcbaf3931b0cede24abae"
+BUILD {
+	cd json-c-0.9
+	libtoolize --force --install --copy
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	automake
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make 
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd json-c-0.9
+	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+}
+
+LICENSE="MIT"
+COPYRIGHT="2004-2005 Metaparadigm Pte Ltd"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dev-libs/json-c/patches/json-c-0.9.patch b/dev-libs/json-c/patches/json-c-0.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29c6db665
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/json-c/patches/json-c-0.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+diff -urN json-c-0.9/Makefile.am json-c-0.9-haiku/Makefile.am
+--- json-c-0.9/Makefile.am	2009-07-31 02:57:29.052690944 +0000
++++ json-c-0.9-haiku/Makefile.am	2010-09-09 04:53:58.000000000 +0000
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Werror -std=gnu99 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT
++AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Werror -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT
+ 
+ EXTRA_DIST = README.html README-WIN32.html config.h.win32 doc
+ 
+diff -urN json-c-0.9/Makefile.in json-c-0.9-haiku/Makefile.in
+--- json-c-0.9/Makefile.in	2009-07-31 02:58:09.042467328 +0000
++++ json-c-0.9-haiku/Makefile.in	2010-09-09 04:58:41.989855744 +0000
+@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
+ top_build_prefix = @top_build_prefix@
+ top_builddir = @top_builddir@
+ top_srcdir = @top_srcdir@
+-AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Werror -std=gnu99 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT
++AM_CFLAGS = -Wall -Wwrite-strings -Werror -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_REENTRANT
+ EXTRA_DIST = README.html README-WIN32.html config.h.win32 doc
+ lib_LTLIBRARIES = libjson.la
+ pkgconfigdir = $(libdir)/pkgconfig