diff --git a/haiku-apps/beam/beam-1.2alpha.recipe b/haiku-apps/beam/beam-1.2alpha.recipe
index 0237b5074..7688305c8 100644
--- a/haiku-apps/beam/beam-1.2alpha.recipe
+++ b/haiku-apps/beam/beam-1.2alpha.recipe
@@ -1,28 +1,48 @@
-DESCRIPTION="An e-mail client." 
+SUMMARY="An e-mail client." 
 HOMEPAGE="http://beam.sourceforge.net" 
 SRC_URI="git://beam.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/beam/beam"
 REVISION="1"
-STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
-DEPEND="liblayout >= 1.4.0
-	libpcre >= 8.00"
-#CHECKSUM_MD5=""
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2"
+PROVIDES="
+	beam = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	liblayout >= 1.4.0
+	libpcre >= 8.00
+	lib:libssl
+"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	devel:liblayout >= 1.4.0
+	devel:libpcre
+	devel:libiconv
+	devel:libssl
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:jam
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:bison
+	cmd:flex
+	"
 BUILD()
 {
-	cd beam-1.2alpha
-	jam
+	jam -q -j$jobArgs
 }
 
 INSTALL()
 {
-	cd beam-1.2alpha
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/Beam
-	cp -a generated/distro-haiku/* ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/Beam
-	cp -a Changes.txt GnuGeneralPublicLicense.txt Readme.txt ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/Beam
-	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/Beam/Icons
-	cp -a resources/iconset* ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/Beam/Icons
-	cd ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/Beam/tools
+	mkdir -p ${appsDir}/Beam
+	cp -a generated/distro-haiku/* ${appsDir}/Beam
+	cp -a Changes.txt Readme.txt ${appsDir}/Beam
+	mkdir -p ${appsDir}/Beam/Icons
+	cp -a resources/iconset* ${appsDir}/Beam/Icons
+	cd ${appsDir}/Beam/tools
 	ln -s ../lib .
 	ln -s ../add-ons .
 }
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
 COPYRIGHT="2000-2012 Oliver Tappe"
+DESCRIPTION="
+Beam (BEware, Another Mailer) is an open source e-mail client for BeOS (R5 and
+onwards) that aims to be fast, stable and feature-complete.
+"