diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/patches/qemu-1.7.0.patchset b/app-emulation/qemu/patches/qemu-1.7.0.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..69f7279ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/patches/qemu-1.7.0.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+From 4656339211c608955f9dbbabf4c6a9456f20fd64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:02:49 +0000
+Subject: Haiku: adapt configure for x86_64
+
+* don't hardcode arch/cpu.
+* define _POSIX_C_SOURCE for memalign.
+
+diff --git a/configure b/configure
+index 2f11a10..59ed591 100755
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -583,7 +583,7 @@ Haiku)
+   sysconfdir="${prefix}/etc"
+   bindir="${prefix}"
+   confsuffix=""
+-  CFLAGS="-fno-pic -march=prescott -mtune=core2 $CFLAGS"
++  CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -D_POSIX_C_SOURCE"
+   QEMU_CFLAGS="-DB_USE_POSITIVE_POSIX_ERRORS $QEMU_CFLAGS"
+   LIBS="-lposix_error_mapper -lnetwork -lbe -lbsd -lgame -lmedia -lstdc++ $LIBS"
+ ;;
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+
+
+From 8d6f0e83ae6e429a1407b991772e3be40df292a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Jerome Duval <jerome.duval@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2014 17:19:05 +0000
+Subject: Haiku: don't hardcode types.
+
+
+diff --git a/include/fpu/softfloat.h b/include/fpu/softfloat.h
+index a445506..f3927e2 100644
+--- a/include/fpu/softfloat.h
++++ b/include/fpu/softfloat.h
+@@ -55,24 +55,12 @@ these four paragraphs for those parts of this code that are retained.
+ | to the same as `int'.
+ *----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+ typedef uint8_t flag;
+-#ifndef __HAIKU__
+ typedef uint8_t uint8;
+ typedef int8_t int8;
+ typedef unsigned int uint32;
+ typedef signed int int32;
+ typedef uint64_t uint64;
+ typedef int64_t int64;
+-#else
+-// Haiku types
+-typedef signed char int8;
+-typedef unsigned char uint8;
+-typedef short int16;
+-typedef unsigned short uint16;
+-typedef long int32;
+-typedef unsigned long uint32;
+-typedef long long int64;
+-typedef unsigned long long uint64;
+-#endif
+ 
+ #define LIT64( a ) a##LL
+ #define INLINE static inline
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+
diff --git a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-1.7.0.recipe b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-1.7.0.recipe
index 74725b0af..d2634ff42 100644
--- a/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-1.7.0.recipe
+++ b/app-emulation/qemu/qemu-1.7.0.recipe
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ SRC_URI="git+https://github.com/mmlr/qemu-haiku.git#e57972be33c91222a580d47c68b1
 COPYRIGHT="2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard"
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 REVISION="1"
-ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64"
+
+PATCHES="qemu-1.7.0.patchset"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	qemu = $portVersion
@@ -59,6 +61,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:awk
 	cmd:gcc
 	cmd:ld
 	cmd:make
diff --git a/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.4.0.recipe b/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.4.0.recipe
index d3250e9ad..d3d140368 100644
--- a/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.4.0.recipe
+++ b/sys-apps/dtc/dtc-1.4.0.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 COPYRIGHT="2005 David Gibson, IBM Corporation"
 REVISION="1"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64"
 
 PROVIDES="
 	dtc = $portVersion
diff --git a/sys-devel/bison/bison-2.5.recipe b/sys-devel/bison/bison-2.5.recipe
index 32524beed..4770240af 100644
--- a/sys-devel/bison/bison-2.5.recipe
+++ b/sys-devel/bison/bison-2.5.recipe
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bison/bison-2.5.tar.gz"
 CHECKSUM_MD5="687e1dcd29452789d34eaeea4c25abe4"
 REVISION="1"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86 x86_64"
 
 PATCHES="bison-${portVersion}.patch"
 
diff --git a/x11-libs/pixman/pixman-0.20.0.recipe b/x11-libs/pixman/pixman-0.20.0.recipe
index 0373ac2c7..b5046ee3e 100644
--- a/x11-libs/pixman/pixman-0.20.0.recipe
+++ b/x11-libs/pixman/pixman-0.20.0.recipe
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ COPYRIGHT="1987-1998  The Open Group
 
 REVISION="1"
 
-ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86 x86_64"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
 PROVIDES="