diff --git a/dev-lang/v8/patches/gyp-r1773.patch b/dev-lang/v8/patches/gyp-r1773.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12b632a7b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/v8/patches/gyp-r1773.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,133 @@
+Index: pylib/gyp/haiku_tool.py
+===================================================================
+--- pylib/gyp/haiku_tool.py	(revision 0)
++++ pylib/gyp/haiku_tool.py	(revision 0)
+@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
++#!python
++# Copyright (c) 2011 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
++# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
++# found in the LICENSE file.
++
++"""These functions are executed via gyp-haiku-tool when using the Makefile
++generator."""
++
++import fcntl
++import os
++import struct
++import subprocess
++import sys
++
++
++def main(args):
++  executor = HaikuTool()
++  executor.Dispatch(args)
++
++
++class HaikuTool(object):
++  """This class performs all the Haiku tooling steps. The methods can either be
++  executed directly, or dispatched from an argument list."""
++
++  def Dispatch(self, args):
++    """Dispatches a string command to a method."""
++    if len(args) < 1:
++      raise Exception("Not enough arguments")
++
++    method = "Exec%s" % self._CommandifyName(args[0])
++    getattr(self, method)(*args[1:])
++
++  def _CommandifyName(self, name_string):
++    """Transforms a tool name like copy-info-plist to CopyInfoPlist"""
++    return name_string.title().replace('-', '')
++
++  def ExecFlock(self, lockfile, *cmd_list):
++    """Emulates the most basic behavior of Linux's flock(1)."""
++    # Rely on exception handling to report errors.
++    fd = os.open(lockfile, os.O_RDONLY|os.O_NOCTTY|os.O_CREAT, 0o666)
++    fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_EX)
++    ret = subprocess.call(cmd_list)
++    # Haiki bug -- lock is not released on file close?
++    fcntl.flock(fd, fcntl.LOCK_UN)
++    return ret
++
++
++if __name__ == '__main__':
++  sys.exit(main(sys.argv[1:]))
+
+Property changes on: pylib/gyp/haiku_tool.py
+___________________________________________________________________
+Added: svn:executable
+   + *
+
+Index: pylib/gyp/generator/make.py
+===================================================================
+--- pylib/gyp/generator/make.py	(revision 1773)
++++ pylib/gyp/generator/make.py	(working copy)
+@@ -497,6 +497,13 @@
+ cmd_infoplist = $(CC.$(TOOLSET)) -E -P -Wno-trigraphs -x c $(INFOPLIST_DEFINES) "$<" -o "$@"
+ """
+ 
++SHARED_HEADER_HAIKU_COMMANDS = """
++# gyp-haiku-tool is written next to the root Makefile by gyp.
++# Use $(4) for the command, since $(2) and $(3) are used as flag by do_cmd
++# already.
++quiet_cmd_haiku_tool = HAIKUTOOL $(4) $<
++cmd_haiku_tool = ./gyp-haiku-tool $(4) $< "$@"
++"""
+ 
+ def WriteRootHeaderSuffixRules(writer):
+   extensions = sorted(COMPILABLE_EXTENSIONS.keys(), key=str.lower)
+@@ -2010,6 +2017,12 @@
+         'flock': './gyp-flock-tool flock',
+         'flock_index': 2,
+     })
++  elif flavor == 'haiku':
++    header_params.update({
++        'flock': './gyp-haiku-tool flock',
++        'flock_index': 2,
++        'extra_commands': SHARED_HEADER_HAIKU_COMMANDS,
++    })
+ 
+   header_params.update({
+     'CC.target':   GetEnvironFallback(('CC_target', 'CC'), '$(CC)'),
+Index: pylib/gyp/common.py
+===================================================================
+--- pylib/gyp/common.py	(revision 1773)
++++ pylib/gyp/common.py	(working copy)
+@@ -411,12 +411,14 @@
+     return 'openbsd'
+   if sys.platform.startswith('aix'):
+     return 'aix'
++  if sys.platform.startswith('haiku'):
++    return 'haiku'
+ 
+   return 'linux'
+ 
+ 
+ def CopyTool(flavor, out_path):
+-  """Finds (flock|mac|win)_tool.gyp in the gyp directory and copies it
++  """Finds (flock|mac|win|haiku)_tool.gyp in the gyp directory and copies it
+   to |out_path|."""
+   # aix and solaris just need flock emulation. mac and win use more complicated
+   # support scripts.
+@@ -424,7 +426,8 @@
+       'aix': 'flock',
+       'solaris': 'flock',
+       'mac': 'mac',
+-      'win': 'win'
++      'win': 'win',
++      'haiku': 'haiku',
+       }.get(flavor, None)
+   if not prefix:
+     return
+Index: gyptest.py
+===================================================================
+--- gyptest.py	(revision 1773)
++++ gyptest.py	(working copy)
+@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@
+       'linux2':   ['make', 'ninja'],
+       'linux3':   ['make', 'ninja'],
+       'darwin':   ['make', 'ninja', 'xcode'],
++      'haiku1':   ['make'],
+     }[sys.platform]
+ 
+   for format in format_list:
diff --git a/dev-lang/v8/patches/v8-3.16.1.patch b/dev-lang/v8/patches/v8-3.16.1.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b2f79bc9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/v8/patches/v8-3.16.1.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+diff --git a/src/platform.h b/src/platform.h
+index 0b327a3..306154f 100644
+--- a/src/platform.h
++++ b/src/platform.h
+@@ -96,9 +96,6 @@ int random();
+ 
+ #endif  // WIN32
+ 
+-#ifdef __HAIKU__
+-#define isless(x, y) __builtin_isless(x, y)
+-#endif // __HAIKU__
+ 
+ #include "atomicops.h"
+ #include "lazy-instance.h"
diff --git a/dev-lang/v8/v8-3.16.1.recipe b/dev-lang/v8/v8-3.16.1.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5faef34b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/v8/v8-3.16.1.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+SUMMARY="V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine."
+DESCRIPTION="
+V8 is Google's open source JavaScript engine.  V8 is written in C++
+and is used in Google Chrome, the open source browser from Google.  V8
+implements ECMAScript as specified in ECMA-262, 5th edition, and runs
+on Windows (XP or newer), Mac OS X (10.5 or newer), and Linux systems
+that use IA-32, x64, or ARM processors.  V8 can run standalone, or can
+be embedded into any C++ application.
+"
+LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="2006-2012 The V8 Project Authors"
+HOMEPAGE="https://code.google.com/p/v8/" 
+SRC_URI="git+https://github.com/hamishm/v8.git#5698a30"
+SRC_URI_2="svn+http://gyp.googlecode.com/svn/trunk#1773"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
+if [ $effectiveTargetArchitecture != x86_gcc2 ]; then
+	# x86_gcc2 is fine as primary target architecture as long as we're building
+	# for a different secondary architecture.
+	ARCHITECTURES="$ARCHITECTURES ?x86_gcc2"
+else
+	ARCHITECTURES="$ARCHITECTURES !x86_gcc2"
+fi
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="?x86"
+
+# On x86_gcc2 we don't want to install the commands in bin/<arch>/, but in bin/.
+commandSuffix=$secondaryArchSuffix
+commandBinDir=$binDir
+if [ "$targetArchitecture" = x86_gcc2 ]; then
+    commandSuffix=
+    commandBinDir=$prefix/bin
+fi
+
+PROVIDES="
+	v8$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:d8$commandSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libv8$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES=""
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:python
+	cmd:which
+	cmd:ar$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	v8${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libv8$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	v8$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion
+	"
+
+PATCHES="v8-3.16.1.patch"
+
+PATCH()
+{
+	cd $sourceDir2
+	patch -p0 -i $(haikuporter -t)/dev-lang/v8/patches/gyp-r1773.patch
+}
+
+SOURCE_DIR="v8"
+
+SOURCE_DIR_2="gyp"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	ln -sfn $sourceDir2 build/gyp
+
+	GYP_GENERATORS=make \
+	build/gyp/gyp --generator-output="out" build/all.gyp \
+		-Ibuild/standalone.gypi --depth=. \
+		-Dv8_target_arch=ia32 \
+		-S.ia32 \
+		-Dcomponent=shared_library \
+		-Dv8_enable_backtrace=1 \
+		-Dv8_can_use_vfp2_instructions=true \
+		-Dv8_can_use_vfp3_instructions=true
+
+		# enable these in the future?
+		#-Duse_system_icu=1 \
+		#-Dconsole=readline
+
+
+	make library=shared ia32.release $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	mkdir $commandBinDir
+	cp -af out/ia32.release/d8 ${commandBinDir}
+	mkdir -p ${includeDir}/v8
+	cp -af include/*  ${includeDir}/v8
+	mkdir -p ${libDir}
+	cp -af out/ia32.release/lib.target/libv8.so ${libDir}
+	
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libv8
+	packageEntries devel $developDir
+}