diff --git a/net-irc/bitchx/bitchx-1.2.1.recipe b/net-irc/bitchx/bitchx-1.2.1.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1e0be31a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/bitchx/bitchx-1.2.1.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+SUMMARY="A text-based IRC client"
+DESCRIPTION="bitchx is an IRC client written in the C programming language.\
+It uses a text-mode user interface.
+Features:
+* Built-in ANSI color.
+* Ease of use. BitchX adds dozens of useful command aliases to reduce typing.
+* Built-in notify, protection, bot, and shit lists.
+* Built-in mass commands and tools.
+* Extended set of DCC commands and built-in CDCC offering.
+* Built-in link looker.
+* Extended scripting functionality, including functions found nowhere else.
+* Huge installed user base, an abundance of scripts, and a dedicated help \
+channel (#BitchX on EFNET).
+* Built-in screen client, allowing you to detach and re-attach to an irc session."
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.bitchx.org/"
+COPYRIGHT="1990 Michael Sandroff
+	1991, 1992 Troy Rollo
+	1992-1996 Matthew Green
+	1993, 1997 Jeremy Nelson
+	1994 Jake Khuon
+	1995, 1998 Jeremy Nelson and others (\"EPIC Software Labs\")
+	1996-2004 Colten Edwards et al.
+	2008-2014 Kevin Easton et al."
+LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://download.sourceforge.net/bitchx/bitchx-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="2d270500dd42b5e2b191980d584f6587ca8a0dbda26b35ce7fadb519f53c83e2"
+PATCHES="bitchx-$portVersion.patchset"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 ?x86 x86_64"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	bitchx = $portVersion
+	cmd:bitchx = $portVersion
+	cmd:bitchx_$portVersion = $portVersion
+	cmd:scr_bx = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	lib:libcrypto
+	lib:libncursesw
+	lib:libssl
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	devel:libcrypto
+	devel:libncursesw
+	devel:libssl
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:autoreconf
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:grep
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:pkg_config
+	"
+
+defineDebugInfoPackage bitchx \
+	"$binDir"/BitchX-$portVersion
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	autoreconf -fi
+	export LDFLAGS="-lnetwork -lbsd"
+
+	runConfigure ./configure \
+		--with-plugins
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/net-irc/bitchx/patches/bitchx-1.2.1.patchset b/net-irc/bitchx/patches/bitchx-1.2.1.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..95294c32c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-irc/bitchx/patches/bitchx-1.2.1.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From d64c55076c0ebca0ca2bf62d8d00a6ae7feda532 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:46:03 +0100
+Subject: Build fix for gcc2
+
+
+diff --git a/source/status.c b/source/status.c
+index 36bba31..20bccf7 100644
+--- a/source/status.c
++++ b/source/status.c
+@@ -996,8 +996,8 @@ static	char	*status_notify_windows(Window *window)
+ 
+ 	if (get_int_var(SHOW_STATUS_ALL_VAR) || window == window->screen->current_window)
+ 	{
+-		*notes = 0;
+ 		Window *notify_win = NULL;
++		*notes = 0;
+ 		while ((traverse_all_windows(&notify_win)))
+ 		{
+ 			if (notify_win->miscflags & WINDOW_NOTIFIED)
+-- 
+2.19.1
+
+
+From 99df4a2c4fe1a9436bd940b7adcad6bd25b8ffc4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Zolt=C3=A1n=20Mizsei?= <zmizsei@extrowerk.com>
+Date: Sat, 10 Nov 2018 12:51:33 +0100
+Subject: bcopy fix from keaston
+
+
+diff --git a/include/irc_std.h b/include/irc_std.h
+index 29400c2..0ab5279 100644
+--- a/include/irc_std.h
++++ b/include/irc_std.h
+@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ int	killpg (int pgrp, int sig);
+ char *	getpass (const char * prompt);
+ #endif
+ 
+-#ifndef BCOPY_DECLARED
++#if !defined(BCOPY_DECLARED) && !defined(bcopy)
+ void	bcopy (const void *src, void *dest, size_t n);
+ #endif
+ 
+-- 
+2.19.1
+