diff --git a/media-libs/sdl-net/patches/sdl-net-1.2.7.patch b/media-libs/sdl-net/patches/sdl-net-1.2.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b50d7a0b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/sdl-net/patches/sdl-net-1.2.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+diff -Naur SDL_net-1.2.7/configure.in SDL_net-1.2.7-haiku/configure.in
+--- SDL_net-1.2.7/configure.in	2007-07-20 09:40:02.044302336 -0300
++++ SDL_net-1.2.7-haiku/configure.in	2010-05-26 02:50:30.942145536 -0300
+@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@
+     *-*-qnx*)
+         INETLIB="-lsocket"
+         ;;
++    *-*-haiku*)
++        INETLIB="-lnetwork"
++        ;;
+     *-*-beos*)
+         INETLIB=""
+         ;;