diff --git a/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.10.bep b/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.10.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..57917038a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.10.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+DESCRIPTION="The GNU Privacy Guard, a GPL pgp replacement." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnupg.org/" 
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/gnupg/gnupg-1.4.10.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="dcf7ed712997888d616e029637bfc303"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd gnupg-1.4.10
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	autoconf
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd gnupg-1.4.10
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg.OptionalPackageDescription b/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg.OptionalPackageDescription
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8162d3ea8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-crypt/gnupg/gnupg.OptionalPackageDescription
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+Package:	gnupg
+Version:	1.4.10
+Copyright:	1998-2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+License:	GNU GPL v3
+URL:	http://www.gnupg.org/
diff --git a/app-crypt/gnupg/patches/gnupg-1.4.10.patch b/app-crypt/gnupg/patches/gnupg-1.4.10.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..194a713fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-crypt/gnupg/patches/gnupg-1.4.10.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+diff -up gnupg-1.4.10/configure.ac.orig gnupg-1.4.10/configure.ac
+--- gnupg-1.4.10/configure.ac.orig	2010-02-17 15:06:58.390594560 -0700
++++ gnupg-1.4.10/configure.ac	2010-02-17 15:07:20.451936256 -0700
+@@ -657,6 +657,8 @@ dnl be detected.
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, , AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname,
+ 	[NETLIBS="-lnsl $NETLIBS"]))
++AC_CHECK_FUNC(gethostbyname, , AC_CHECK_LIB(network, gethostbyname,
++	[NETLIBS="-lnetwork $NETLIBS"]))
+ AC_CHECK_FUNC(setsockopt, , AC_CHECK_LIB(socket, setsockopt,
+ 	[NETLIBS="-lsocket $NETLIBS"]))
+ 
+diff -up gnupg-1.4.10/util/dotlock.c.orig gnupg-1.4.10/util/dotlock.c
+--- gnupg-1.4.10/util/dotlock.c.orig	2010-02-17 15:07:04.697040896 -0700
++++ gnupg-1.4.10/util/dotlock.c	2010-02-17 15:07:12.601620480 -0700
+@@ -432,7 +432,11 @@ make_dotlock( DOTLOCK h, long timeout )
+     {
+ #ifndef HAVE_DOSISH_SYSTEM
+ # ifndef __riscos__
++#  ifdef __HAIKU__
++      if( !symlink(h->tname, h->lockname) )
++#  else
+       if( !link(h->tname, h->lockname) )
++#  endif
+         {
+           /* fixme: better use stat to check the link count */
+           h->locked = 1;