diff --git a/app-text/gocr/gocr-0.49.bep b/app-text/gocr/gocr-0.49.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd25998ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/gocr/gocr-0.49.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+DESCRIPTION="An OCR (Octical Character Recognition) reader" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://jocr.sofrceforge.net" 
+SRC_URI="http://www-e.uni-magdeburg.de/jschulen/ocr/gocr-0.49.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+CHECKSUM_MD5="4e527bc4bdd97c2be15fdd818857507f"
+
+BUILD {
+	cd gocr-0.49
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--libdir=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY` \
+		--bindir=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd gocr-0.49
+	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2000-2010 Joerg Schulenburg"
diff --git a/app-text/gocr/patches/gocr-0.49.patch b/app-text/gocr/patches/gocr-0.49.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d2be483be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-text/gocr/patches/gocr-0.49.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+diff -urN gocr-0.49-orig/configure.in gocr-0.49/configure.in
+--- gocr-0.49-orig/configure.in	2010-08-04 12:33:10.000000000 +0000
++++ gocr-0.49/configure.in	2011-06-03 13:04:26.985137152 +0000
+@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@
+ # netpbm-9     : libpnm    + pnm.h (+ p[bgp]m.h)
+ # pnm_readpaminit (netpbm-10)
+ # pnm_readpnminit (netpbm-9,10)
+-# ToDo: how to check that -lm is needed?
+-LDFLAGS="-lm $LDFLAGS"
++AC_CHECK_LIBM
++LDFLAGS="$LIBM $LDFLAGS"
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(pnm_readpnminit,[netpbm pnm],[check_netpbm_h="pam.h pnm.h"],
+  [ echo " * * * try option --with-netpbm=PATH"])
+ fi
+diff -urN gocr-0.49-orig/src/barcode.c gocr-0.49/src/barcode.c
+--- gocr-0.49-orig/src/barcode.c	2010-08-04 12:03:59.000000000 +0000
++++ gocr-0.49/src/barcode.c	2011-06-03 13:05:00.909115392 +0000
+@@ -999,8 +999,10 @@
+        /* j is the num of bars found above, some inner bars are not counted */
+        /* ToDo: better iterative add next nearest bars from sorted list near bars? */
+        {
+-         int row, col;
++         int row, col, nc, nr, dm_d;
++         int cpos=0;         
+          char *dm_bitmap=NULL;
++         char *code=0;
+ 
+          // store pattern without finder pattern into dm_bitmap
+          dm_bitmap=(char *)malloc(4*(bx1-regx)*(by1-regy));
+@@ -1016,6 +1018,7 @@
+ 
+          /* transport the info to the gocr-output (development) */
+          if (JOB->cfg.verbose) {
++
+            fprintf(stderr,"\n#      ");
+            for (col=0;col<2*bx1;col++)
+               if (col<=8) fprintf(stderr," %1d",col); else
+@@ -1048,7 +1051,6 @@
+            }
+          }
+ 
+-         char *code=0; int cpos=0;
+          box2->c=PICTURE; /* BARCODE */
+          code=NULL;
+          code=(char *)malloc(6*4*bx1*by1/8+128); /* maxlen: &#%3d; = 6 */
+@@ -1070,9 +1072,10 @@
+          /* ToDo: decode and print/store barcode bars=j */
+          x = +0; // col += 2
+          y = +4; // row -= 2
+-         int nc=2*(bx1-regx), nr=2*(by1-regy),
++         nc=2*(bx1-regx);
++         nr=2*(by1-regy);
+              // dm_mode=0,  // ECC200-mode: 0=ASCII+digitpair, 230=C40
+-             dm_d=+1; // direction right/down
++         dm_d=+1; // direction right/down
+          for (j=0;j<(bx1-regx)*(by1-regy)/2;j++) { // each byte
+            int dm_byte=0;
+            const int *pp; /* pointer to (const int) */