diff --git a/dev-util/lcov/lcov-1.12.recipe b/dev-util/lcov/lcov-1.12.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e6064e249
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lcov/lcov-1.12.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+SUMMARY="A graphical front-end for GCC's coverage testing tool gcov"
+DESCRIPTION="collects gcov data for multiple source files and \
+creates HTML pages containing the source code annotated with \
+coverage information. It also adds overview pages for easy \
+navigation within the file structure. LCOV supports statement, \
+function and branch coverage measurement."
+HOMEPAGE="http://ltp.sourceforge.net/coverage/lcov.php"
+SOURCE_URI="https://github.com/linux-test-project/lcov/releases/download/v1.12/lcov-1.12.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="b474e49c6c962754063b3be97a757a2ba9e7a455f0aea612863bf67e9b8b8ea7"
+COPYRIGHT="2002 - 2016 The lcov Developers"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+REVISION="1"
+PATCHES="lcov-1.12.patchset"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="any"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	lcov = $portVersion
+	cmd:gendesc
+	cmd:genhtml
+	cmd:geninfo
+	cmd:genpng
+	cmd:lcov
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	perl
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	true
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install CFG_DIR=/etc BIN_DIR=$binDir MAN_DIR=$manDir
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/lcov/patches/lcov-1.12.patchset b/dev-util/lcov/patches/lcov-1.12.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f22e023ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/lcov/patches/lcov-1.12.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+From fd1210ab8cf34aac395ec2153384b19804cadf67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kostadin Damyanov <maxmight@gmail.com>
+Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 22:43:28 +0200
+Subject: port to haiku
+
+
+diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
+index 19af0ca..365734a 100644
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@ VERSION := $(shell bin/get_version.sh --version)
+ RELEASE := $(shell bin/get_version.sh --release)
+ FULL    := $(shell bin/get_version.sh --full)
+ 
+-CFG_DIR := $(PREFIX)/etc
+-BIN_DIR := $(PREFIX)/usr/bin
+-MAN_DIR := $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man
++#CFG_DIR := $(PREFIX)/etc
++#BIN_DIR := $(PREFIX)/usr/bin
++#MAN_DIR := $(PREFIX)/usr/share/man
+ TMP_DIR := $(shell mktemp -d)
+ FILES   := $(wildcard bin/*) $(wildcard man/*) README Makefile \
+ 	   $(wildcard rpm/*) lcovrc
+diff --git a/bin/gendesc b/bin/gendesc
+index 7287c83..fb2aa50 100755
+--- a/bin/gendesc
++++ b/bin/gendesc
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
++#!/bin/perl -w
+ #
+ #   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2002
+ #
+diff --git a/bin/genhtml b/bin/genhtml
+index cf1b7f5..21165f7 100755
+--- a/bin/genhtml
++++ b/bin/genhtml
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
++#!/bin/perl -w
+ #
+ #   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2002,2012
+ #
+diff --git a/bin/geninfo b/bin/geninfo
+index 7c4e6cc..0931805 100755
+--- a/bin/geninfo
++++ b/bin/geninfo
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
++#!/bin/perl -w
+ #
+ #   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2002,2012
+ #
+diff --git a/bin/genpng b/bin/genpng
+index 55e013e..a8a502d 100755
+--- a/bin/genpng
++++ b/bin/genpng
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
++#!/bin/perl -w
+ #
+ #   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2002
+ #
+diff --git a/bin/lcov b/bin/lcov
+index 7760ba2..811baca 100755
+--- a/bin/lcov
++++ b/bin/lcov
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
++#!/bin/perl -w
+ #
+ #   Copyright (c) International Business Machines  Corp., 2002,2012
+ #
+diff --git a/bin/updateversion.pl b/bin/updateversion.pl
+index 6c83181..0b6e090 100755
+--- a/bin/updateversion.pl
++++ b/bin/updateversion.pl
+@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
+-#!/usr/bin/perl -w
++#!/bin/perl -w
+ 
+ use strict;
+ 
+-- 
+2.7.0
+