diff --git a/dev-libs/libidn/libidn-1.9.recipe b/dev-libs/libidn/libidn-1.9.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e65e192d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libidn/libidn-1.9.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+SUMMARY="libidn is a fully documented implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications."
+DESCRIPTION="GNU Libidn is a fully documented implementation of the Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications. Libidn's purpose is to encode and decode internationalized domain names."
+
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/"
+SRC_URI="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libidn/libidn-1.9.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="f4d794639564256a367566302611224e"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 ?x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+REVISION="1"
+
+LICENSE="
+	GNU GPL v3
+	GNU LGPL v2.1
+	"
+COPYRIGHT="
+	2004-2008 Simon Josefsson
+	1998, 1999 Tom Tromey
+	2001 Red Hat Software
+	1994-2007 Free Software Foundation
+	"
+	
+PROVIDES="
+	libidn = $portVersion
+	lib:libidn$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:idn$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+	
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	gettext${secondaryArchSuffix}_libintl
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gnulib_tool$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gperf
+	cmd:help2man$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:makeinfo
+	"
+	
+PATCHES="libidn-1.9.patch"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	gnulib_tool --import --local-dir=gl/override --source-base=gl \
+	--m4-base=gl/m4 --libtool --no-vc-files \
+	csharpcomp-script error fdl gendocs getopt gnupload gpl-3.0 lgpl-2.1 \
+	maintainer-makefile progname version-etc
+	
+	gnulib_tool --import --local-dir=lib/gl/override --source-base=lib/gl \
+	--m4-base=lib/gl/m4 --lgpl=2 --libtool --macro-prefix=lgl --no-vc-files \
+	gettext-h stdint striconv strverscmp
+	
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	
+	# Libtoolize is going to ask us to add the contents of some files
+	# to aclocal.m4
+	for i in m4/{libtool,lt{options,sugar,version,~obsolete}}.m4; do cat $i >> aclocal.m4; done
+	
+	aclocal -I m4 -I gl/m4 -I lib/gl/m4
+	autoconf
+	automake --add-missing
+	
+	runConfigure ./configure --enable-shared
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+	
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libidn
+	fixPkgconfig
+	
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$developDir \
+		$documentationDir
+}
+
+# ------ devel package ------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	libidn${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libidn$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	libidn$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"
diff --git a/dev-libs/libidn/patches/libidn-1.9.patch b/dev-libs/libidn/patches/libidn-1.9.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..75210c0fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libidn/patches/libidn-1.9.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -ur libidn-1.9-orig/configure.ac libidn-1.9/configure.ac
+--- libidn-1.9-orig/configure.ac	2013-12-24 15:51:24.035913728 +0000
++++ libidn-1.9/configure.ac	2013-12-24 16:39:55.968622080 +0000
+@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
+ AC_SUBST(LT_REVISION, 38)
+ AC_SUBST(LT_AGE, 5)
+ 
++AC_CONFIG_MACRO_DIR([m4])
+ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR([build-aux])
+ AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE([1.10])
+ AB_INIT