diff --git a/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.9.recipe b/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.9.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..448fa334e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.9.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+SUMMARY="The gzip compression utilities"
+DESCRIPTION="gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a \
+replacement for compress. Its main advantages over compress are much \
+better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. It has been \
+adopted by the GNU project and is now relatively popular on the Internet."
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/"
+COPYRIGHT="1992-1993 Jean-loup Gailly
+	1999-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gzip/gzip-$portVersion.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="ae506144fc198bd8f81f1f4ad19ce63d5a2d65e42333255977cf1dcf1479089a"
+PATCHES="gzip-$portVersion.patchset"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ppc"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	gzip = $portVersion
+	cmd:gunzip = $portVersion
+	cmd:gzexe = $portVersion
+	cmd:gzip = $portVersion
+	cmd:uncompress = $portVersion
+	cmd:zcat = $portVersion
+	cmd:zcmp = $portVersion
+	cmd:zdiff = $portVersion
+	cmd:zegrep = $portVersion
+	cmd:zfgrep = $portVersion
+	cmd:zforce = $portVersion
+	cmd:zgrep = $portVersion
+	cmd:zless = $portVersion
+	cmd:zmore = $portVersion
+	cmd:znew = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:sed
+	"
+
+TEST_REQUIRES="
+	cmd:diff
+	cmd:grep
+	cmd:less
+	cmd:more
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	AUTOCONF=: AUTOMAKE=: CFLAGS="-Wno-error" \
+		runConfigure ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}
diff --git a/app-arch/gzip/patches/gzip-1.9.patchset b/app-arch/gzip/patches/gzip-1.9.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d80d5a46b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/gzip/patches/gzip-1.9.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+From 77d105f390e2ee1ab31bc6e032ba22ec9111f860 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: fbrosson <fbrosson@localhost>
+Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:03:14 +0000
+Subject: Do not try to create hard links.
+
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index d4ecc3f..9c0b0f7 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ install-exec-hook remove-installed-links:
+ 	     rm -f "$$dest" && \
+ 	     case $@ in \
+ 	     install-exec-hook) \
+-	       ln "$$source" "$$dest" || $(LN_S) "$$source" "$$dest";; \
++	       $(LN_S) "$$source" "$$dest";; \
+ 	     esac \
+ 	    ) || exit; \
+ 	  done; \
+-- 
+2.19.0
+