diff --git a/app-editors/joe/joe-3.5-haiku.diff b/app-editors/joe/joe-3.5-haiku.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7d1ca806d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-editors/joe/joe-3.5-haiku.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff -urN joe-3.5/Makefile.am joe-3.5-haiku/Makefile.am
+--- joe-3.5/Makefile.am	2006-07-18 17:01:52.000000000 -0700
++++ joe-3.5-haiku/Makefile.am	2008-08-18 22:46:57.000000000 -0700
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
+ bin_PROGRAMS = joe termidx
+ INCLUDES = -DJOERC="\"$(sysconf_joedir)/\""
+ 
+-joe_LDADD = -lm
++joe_LDADD =  @M_LIBS@
+ 
+ joe_SOURCES = b.c blocks.c bw.c cmd.c hash.c help.c kbd.c macro.c main.c menu.c \
+ 	path.c poshist.c pw.c queue.c qw.c rc.c regex.c scrn.c tab.c termcap.c \
+diff -urN joe-3.5/configure.ac joe-3.5-haiku/configure.ac
+--- joe-3.5/configure.ac	2006-07-19 07:11:13.000000000 -0700
++++ joe-3.5-haiku/configure.ac	2008-08-18 23:01:03.000000000 -0700
+@@ -31,9 +31,8 @@
+ 	*)	;;
+ esac
+ 
+-search_libs="$search_libs m"
+-
+ # Checks for libraries.
++
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(curses,
+ [  --disable-curses        disable use of curses library],
+ 	curses=$enableval, curses=yes)
+@@ -42,6 +41,15 @@
+ 	search_libs="ncurses curses"
+ fi
+ 
++# Check for libm
++M_PRESENT=""
++AC_CHECK_LIB( m, sin, M_PRESENT="yes",, $M_LIBS -lm )
++if test "x$M_PRESENT" = "xyes"; then
++AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LIBM, 1, [Define if libm is present])
++M_LIBS="-lm"
++AC_SUBST(M_LIBS)
++fi
++
+ AC_ARG_ENABLE(termcap,
+ [  --disable-termcap       disable use of termcap library],
+ 	termcap=$enableval, termcap=yes)