diff --git a/dev-util/intltool/intltool-0.40.6.bep b/dev-util/intltool/intltool-0.40.6.bep
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index 000000000..9e994bb13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/intltool/intltool-0.40.6.bep
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+DESCRIPTION="intltool" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnome.org/" 
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/0.40/intltool-0.40.6.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="8e40f9d1c7308eddbfd24b22cd540631"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd intltool-0.40.6
+	configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd intltool-0.40.6
+	make install
+	make check
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/intltool/intltool.OptionalPackageDescription b/dev-util/intltool/intltool.OptionalPackageDescription
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+Package:	intltool
+Version:	0.40.6
+Copyright:	1994-1996, 1999-2002, 2004, 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:	GNU GPL v2
+URL:		http://www.gnome.org/
+SourceURL:	Download <ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/intltool/0.40/intltool-0.40.6.tar.gz>