diff --git a/media-libs/speex/speex-1.2rc1-haiku.diff b/media-libs/speex/speex-1.2rc1-haiku.diff
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8950f992d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/speex/speex-1.2rc1-haiku.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff -urN speex-1.2rc1/include/speex/speex_types.h speex-1.2rc1-haiku/include/speex/speex_types.h
+--- speex-1.2rc1/include/speex/speex_types.h	2009-02-19 00:38:33.000000000 +0000
++++ speex-1.2rc1-haiku/include/speex/speex_types.h	2009-02-19 00:35:50.000000000 +0000
+@@ -73,6 +73,15 @@
+    typedef int32_t spx_int32_t;
+    typedef u_int32_t spx_uint32_t;
+ 
++#elif defined(__HAIKU__)
++
++   /* Haiku */
++#  include <sys/types.h>
++   typedef short spx_int16_t;
++   typedef unsigned short spx_uint16_t;
++   typedef int spx_int32_t;
++   typedef unsigned int spx_uint32_t;
++
+ #elif defined (__EMX__)
+ 
+    /* OS/2 GCC */