diff --git a/net-misc/openssh/openssh-5.2p1-haiku.diff b/net-misc/openssh/openssh-5.2p1-haiku.diff
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index 000000000..61f87e9e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/openssh/openssh-5.2p1-haiku.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -urN openssh-5.2p1/configure.ac openssh-5.2p1-haiku/configure.ac
+--- openssh-5.2p1/configure.ac	2009-05-19 03:58:15.000000000 +0000
++++ openssh-5.2p1-haiku/configure.ac	2009-05-19 05:02:04.000000000 +0000
+@@ -484,6 +484,11 @@
+ *-*-dragonfly*)
+ 	SSHDLIBS="$SSHDLIBS -lcrypt"
+ 	;;
++*-*-haiku*) 
++    LIBS="$LIBS -lbsd "
++    AC_CHECK_LIB(network, socket)
++    MANTYPE=man 
++    ;; 
+ *-*-hpux*)
+ 	# first we define all of the options common to all HP-UX releases
+ 	CPPFLAGS="$CPPFLAGS -D_HPUX_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE -D_XOPEN_SOURCE_EXTENDED=1"
+@@ -2611,6 +2616,19 @@
+ 	)
+ fi
+ 
++if test -z "$have_u_int64_t" ; then
++    AC_MSG_CHECKING([for u_int64_t type in posix/stdint.h])
++	AC_TRY_COMPILE(
++		[ #include <posix/stdint.h> ],
++		[ u_int64_t a; a = 1],
++		[
++			AC_DEFINE(HAVE_U_INT64_T)
++			AC_MSG_RESULT(yes)
++		],
++		[ AC_MSG_RESULT(no) ]
++	)
++fi
++
+ if test -z "$have_u_intxx_t" ; then
+ 	AC_CACHE_CHECK([for uintXX_t types], ac_cv_have_uintxx_t, [
+ 		AC_TRY_COMPILE(