diff --git a/dev-lang/python/python-2.6-haiku.diff b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6-haiku.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..63360bb36
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/python/python-2.6-haiku.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,254 @@
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Modules/resource.c Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/resource.c
+--- Python-2.6/Modules/resource.c	2006-09-16 17:36:37.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/resource.c	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@
+ 			PyFloat_FromDouble(doubletime(ru.ru_utime)));
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 1,
+ 			PyFloat_FromDouble(doubletime(ru.ru_stime)));
++#ifndef __HAIKU__
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 2, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_maxrss));
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 3, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_ixrss));
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 4, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_idrss));
+@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 13, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_nsignals));
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 14, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_nvcsw));
+ 	PyStructSequence_SET_ITEM(result, 15, PyInt_FromLong(ru.ru_nivcsw));
++#endif
+ 
+ 	if (PyErr_Occurred()) {
+ 		Py_DECREF(result);
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Modules/selectmodule.c Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/selectmodule.c
+--- Python-2.6/Modules/selectmodule.c	2008-09-21 07:14:44.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/selectmodule.c	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
+ #  include <winsock.h>
+ #else
+ #  define SOCKET int
+-#  ifdef __BEOS__
++#  if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ #    include <net/socket.h>
+ #  elif defined(__VMS)
+ #    include <socket.h>
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Modules/socketmodule.c Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.c
+--- Python-2.6/Modules/socketmodule.c	2008-08-12 14:49:50.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.c	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -264,7 +264,7 @@
+ # include <netdb.h>
+ 
+ /* Headers needed for inet_ntoa() and inet_addr() */
+-# ifdef __BEOS__
++# if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ #  include <net/netdb.h>
+ # elif defined(PYOS_OS2) && defined(PYCC_VACPP)
+ #  include <netdb.h>
+@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@
+ #include "getnameinfo.c"
+ #endif
+ 
+-#if defined(MS_WINDOWS) || defined(__BEOS__)
++#if defined(MS_WINDOWS) || (defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__))
+ /* BeOS suffers from the same socket dichotomy as Win32... - [cjh] */
+ /* seem to be a few differences in the API */
+ #define SOCKETCLOSE closesocket
+@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@
+ #endif
+ 
+ 	Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+-#ifdef __BEOS__
++#if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ 	block = !block;
+ 	setsockopt(s->sock_fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_NONBLOCK,
+ 		   (void *)(&block), sizeof(int));
+@@ -650,7 +650,7 @@
+ 	block = !block;
+ 	socketioctl(s->sock_fd, FIONBIO, (u_long*)&block);
+ #endif /* RISCOS */
+-#endif /* __BEOS__ */
++#endif /* defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) */
+ 	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+ 
+ 	/* Since these don't return anything */
+@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@
+ 		return Py_None;
+ 	}
+ 
+-#ifdef __BEOS__
++#if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ 	/* XXX: BeOS version of accept() doesn't set family correctly */
+ 	addr->sa_family = AF_INET;
+ #endif
+@@ -1824,7 +1824,7 @@
+ 	PyObject *buf;
+ 	socklen_t buflen = 0;
+ 
+-#ifdef __BEOS__
++#if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ 	/* We have incomplete socket support. */
+ 	PyErr_SetString(socket_error, "getsockopt not supported");
+ 	return NULL;
+@@ -1865,7 +1865,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	_PyString_Resize(&buf, buflen);
+ 	return buf;
+-#endif /* __BEOS__ */
++#endif /* defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__) */
+ }
+ 
+ PyDoc_STRVAR(getsockopt_doc,
+@@ -3474,7 +3474,7 @@
+ {
+ 	char *name;
+ 	struct protoent *sp;
+-#ifdef __BEOS__
++#if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ /* Not available in BeOS yet. - [cjh] */
+ 	PyErr_SetString(socket_error, "getprotobyname not supported");
+ 	return NULL;
+@@ -4630,7 +4630,7 @@
+ 	/* Socket types */
+ 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_STREAM", SOCK_STREAM);
+ 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_DGRAM", SOCK_DGRAM);
+-#ifndef __BEOS__
++#if defined(__BEOS__) && !defined(__HAIKU__)
+ /* We have incomplete socket support. */
+ 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_RAW", SOCK_RAW);
+ 	PyModule_AddIntConstant(m, "SOCK_SEQPACKET", SOCK_SEQPACKET);
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Modules/socketmodule.h Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.h
+--- Python-2.6/Modules/socketmodule.h	2008-06-14 08:36:07.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/socketmodule.h	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@
+ #  undef AF_NETLINK
+ #endif
+ 
++#if defined(__HAIKU__)
++#undef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H
++#endif
++
+ #ifdef HAVE_BLUETOOTH_BLUETOOTH_H
+ #include <bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
+ #include <bluetooth/rfcomm.h>
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Modules/spwdmodule.c Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/spwdmodule.c
+--- Python-2.6/Modules/spwdmodule.c	2008-06-09 04:58:54.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/spwdmodule.c	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@
+ 
+ 	SETS(setIndex++, p->sp_namp);
+ 	SETS(setIndex++, p->sp_pwdp);
++#ifndef __HAIKU__
+ 	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_lstchg);
++#endif
+ 	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_min);
+ 	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_max);
+ 	SETI(setIndex++, p->sp_warn);
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Modules/timemodule.c Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/timemodule.c
+--- Python-2.6/Modules/timemodule.c	2008-07-05 19:19:50.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Modules/timemodule.c	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -968,11 +968,11 @@
+ 		return -1;
+ 	}
+ 	Py_END_ALLOW_THREADS
+-#elif defined(__BEOS__)
++#elif defined(__BEOS__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
+ 	/* This sleep *CAN BE* interrupted. */
+ 	{
+ 		if( secs <= 0.0 ) {
+-			return;
++			return 0;
+ 		}
+ 
+ 		Py_BEGIN_ALLOW_THREADS
+diff -urN Python-2.6/Tools/scripts/h2py.py Python-2.6-haiku/Tools/scripts/h2py.py
+--- Python-2.6/Tools/scripts/h2py.py	2004-08-09 17:27:55.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/Tools/scripts/h2py.py	2008-10-20 01:21:37.000000000 +0000
+@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
+         searchdirs=os.environ['INCLUDE'].split(';')
+     except KeyError:
+         try:
+-            if  sys.platform.find("beos") == 0:
++            if  sys.platform.find("beos") == 0 or sys.platform.find("haiku") == 0:
+                 searchdirs=os.environ['BEINCLUDES'].split(';')
+             elif sys.platform.startswith("atheos"):
+                 searchdirs=os.environ['C_INCLUDE_PATH'].split(':')
+diff -urN Python-2.6/configure.in Python-2.6-haiku/configure.in
+--- Python-2.6/configure.in	2008-09-07 19:18:16.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/configure.in	2008-10-20 01:21:38.000000000 +0000
+@@ -694,6 +694,11 @@
+     BeOS*)
+           LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
+           ;;
++    Haiku*)
++          LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).so'
++          BLDLIBRARY='-L. -lpython$(VERSION)'
++          RUNSHARED=LD_LIBRARY_PATH=`pwd`:${LD_LIBRARY_PATH}
++          ;;
+     CYGWIN*)
+           LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).dll.a'
+           DLLLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).dll'
+@@ -776,7 +781,7 @@
+ AC_SUBST(LN)
+ if test -z "$LN" ; then
+ 	case $ac_sys_system in
+-		BeOS*) LN="ln -s";;
++		BeOS*|Haiku*) LN="ln -s";;
+ 		CYGWIN*) LN="ln -s";;
+ 		atheos*) LN="ln -s";;
+ 		*) LN=ln;;
+@@ -1614,6 +1619,10 @@
+ 		BLDSHARED="\$(srcdir)/Modules/ld_so_beos $LDLIBRARY"
+ 		LDSHARED="\$(BINLIBDEST)/config/ld_so_beos \$(LIBDIR)/$LDLIBRARY"
+ 		;;
++	Haiku*)
++		LDFLAGS="-L." # help ld find libpythonX.Y.so in root directory
++		LDSHARED="gcc -shared"
++		;;
+ 	IRIX/5*) LDSHARED="ld -shared";;
+ 	IRIX*/6*) LDSHARED="ld ${SGI_ABI} -shared -all";;
+ 	SunOS/5*) 
+@@ -1745,6 +1754,7 @@
+ 		   *) CCSHARED="";;
+ 		   esac;;
+ 	atheos*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
++	Haiku*) CCSHARED="-fPIC";;
+ 	esac
+ fi
+ AC_MSG_RESULT($CCSHARED)
+@@ -1878,6 +1888,9 @@
+ BeOS*)
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(net, socket, [LIBS="-lnet $LIBS"], [], $LIBS) # BeOS
+ ;;
++Haiku*)
++AC_CHECK_LIB(network, socket, [LIBS="-lnetwork $LIBS"], [], $LIBS) # Haiku
++;;
+ esac
+ 
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-libs)
+@@ -3096,7 +3109,7 @@
+ AC_SUBST(LIBM)
+ case $ac_sys_system in
+ Darwin) ;;
+-BeOS) ;;
++BeOS|Haiku) ;;
+ *) LIBM=-lm
+ esac
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING(for --with-libm=STRING)
+diff -urN Python-2.6/setup.py Python-2.6-haiku/setup.py
+--- Python-2.6/setup.py	2008-09-30 00:15:45.000000000 +0000
++++ Python-2.6-haiku/setup.py	2008-10-20 01:28:27.000000000 +0000
+@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
+ 
+         # Check for MacOS X, which doesn't need libm.a at all
+         math_libs = ['m']
+-        if platform in ['darwin', 'beos', 'mac']:
++        if platform in ['darwin', 'beos', 'haiku1', 'mac']:
+             math_libs = []
+ 
+         # XXX Omitted modules: gl, pure, dl, SGI-specific modules
+@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@
+                 missing.append('resource')
+ 
+             # Sun yellow pages. Some systems have the functions in libc.
+-            if platform not in ['cygwin', 'atheos', 'qnx6']:
++            if platform not in ['cygwin', 'atheos', 'qnx6', haiku1']:
+                 if (self.compiler.find_library_file(lib_dirs, 'nsl')):
+                     libs = ['nsl']
+                 else: