diff --git a/sci-mathematics/octave/octave-4.2.1.recipe b/sci-mathematics/octave/octave-4.2.1.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bf6b0a8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-mathematics/octave/octave-4.2.1.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+SUMMARY="A high-level language for numerical computations"
+DESCRIPTION="GNU Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for \
+numerical computations.  It provides a convenient command line interface \
+for solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.octave.org/"
+COPYRIGHT="1996-2017 John W. Eaton"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/octave/octave-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="80c28f6398576b50faca0e602defb9598d6f7308b0903724442c2a35a605333b"
+PATCHES="octave-$portVersion.patchset"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	octave$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:mkoctfile$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:mkoctfile_$portVersion$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:octave$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:octave_$portVersion$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:octave_cli$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:octave_cli_$portVersion$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:octave_config$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:octave_config_$portVersion$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:liboctinterp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:liboctave$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libbz2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libcrypto$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libcurl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libfftw3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libfontconfig$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libfreetype$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgfortran$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libGl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libGLU$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libgomp$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#lib:libgraphicsmagick$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#lib:liblapack$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#lib:libmagick++_6.q16$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libopenblas$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libpcre$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	octave${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:liboctinterp$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	devel:liboctave$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	octave$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	devel:libbz2$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libcrypto$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libcurl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libfftw3$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libfontconfig$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libfreetype$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgfortran$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libGl$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libGLU$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libgomp$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#devel:libgraphicsmagick$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#devel:liblapack$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#devel:libmagick++_6.q16$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libopenblas$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libpcre$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:bison
+	cmd:find
+	#cmd:flex
+	cmd:gfortran$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gnuplot$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#cmd:gperf
+	cmd:grep
+	#cmd:gs
+	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:less
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	#cmd:makeinfo
+	cmd:perl
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	#cmd:python
+	#cmd:rsvg_convert
+	cmd:sed
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	export LDFLAGS="-lnetwork"
+
+	runConfigure ./configure \
+		--disable-docs \
+		--without-qt \
+		--with-openssl \
+		--without-x
+
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install-strip
+
+	# Remove libtool .la files
+	# TODO libs should be left in $libDir/octave/$portVersion
+	# Move libs to $libDir to please Haikuporter complaining
+	# about missing libs.
+	for f in liboctave liboctinterp; do
+		rm -rf $libDir/octave/$portVersion/$f.la
+		mv $libDir/octave/$portVersion/$f.so* $libDir
+	done
+
+	# Remove empty folders
+	rm -rf $libDir/octave/$portVersion/site
+
+	for f in api-v51 site; do
+		rm -rf $libDir/octave/$f
+	done
+
+	# Remove unnecessary stuff
+	for f in appdata icons; do
+		rm -rf $dataDir/$f
+	done
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs \
+		liboctave \
+		liboctinterp
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}
diff --git a/sci-mathematics/octave/patches/octave-4.2.1.patchset b/sci-mathematics/octave/patches/octave-4.2.1.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0f6422281
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sci-mathematics/octave/patches/octave-4.2.1.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+From 90d63741636b88d9fd84a281d99eb6c87fcf193e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
+Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2017 19:42:22 +0200
+Subject: rusage Haiku patch
+
+
+diff --git a/liboctave/wrappers/time-wrappers.c b/liboctave/wrappers/time-wrappers.c
+index 5bc8c89..99c9452 100644
+--- a/liboctave/wrappers/time-wrappers.c
++++ b/liboctave/wrappers/time-wrappers.c
+@@ -128,6 +128,7 @@ octave_getrusage_wrapper (time_t *usr_sec, time_t *sys_sec,
+       *sys_sec = ru.ru_stime.tv_sec;
+       *sys_usec = ru.ru_stime.tv_usec;
+ 
++#ifndef __HAIKU__
+       *maxrss = ru.ru_maxrss;
+       *ixrss = ru.ru_ixrss;
+       *idrss = ru.ru_idrss;
+@@ -142,6 +143,22 @@ octave_getrusage_wrapper (time_t *usr_sec, time_t *sys_sec,
+       *nsignals = ru.ru_nsignals;
+       *nvcsw = ru.ru_nvcsw;
+       *nivcsw = ru.ru_nivcsw;
++#else
++      *maxrss = 0;
++      *ixrss = 0;
++      *idrss = 0;
++      *isrss = 0;
++      *minflt = 0;
++      *majflt = 0;
++      *nswap = 0;
++      *inblock = 0;
++      *oublock = 0;
++      *msgsnd = 0;
++      *msgrcv = 0;
++      *nsignals = 0;
++      *nvcsw = 0;
++      *nivcsw = 0;
++#endif
+     }
+ 
+   return status;
+-- 
+2.11.0
+