diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.4.0.recipe b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.4.0.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf93d8c50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/ninja-1.4.0.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+SUMMARY="A small build system similar to make."
+HOMEPAGE="http://martine.github.io/ninja/"
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2011 Google Inc."
+SRC_URI="git://github.com/martine/ninja.git#v1.4.0"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86_gcc2 !x86"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	ninja$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:ninja = $portVersion
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	cmd:python
+	cmd:g++$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:as$secondaryArchSuffix
+"
+
+PATCHES="ninja-1.4.0.patchset"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	python ./bootstrap.py
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	cp ninja $binDir
+}
+
+DESCRIPTION="
+	Ninja is a small build system with a focus on speed. It differs from other
+	build systems in two major respects: it is designed to have its input files
+	generated by a higher-level build system, and it is designed to run builds
+	as fast as possible.
+
+	Why yet another build system?
+	Where other build systems are high-level languages Ninja aims to be an
+	assembler.
+
+	Ninja build files are human-readable but not especially convenient to write
+	by hand. (See the generated build file used to build Ninja itself.) These
+	constrained build files allow Ninja to evaluate incremental builds quickly.
+	For the Chrome browser on Linux (the motivating project behind Ninja),
+	Ninja is under a second for a no-op build where the equivalent Makefiles
+	took over ten seconds.
+
+	Ninja's low-level approach makes it perfect for embedding into more
+	featureful build systems. Via gyp it can build Chrome and v8 and node.js
+	etc.; via CMake it can build LLVM and KDE and Blender etc.
+	"
diff --git a/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.4.0.patchset b/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.4.0.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a86057a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/ninja/patches/ninja-1.4.0.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+From 2fa2d0ca09ffb589f08dc11330f91364228f0bdd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Adrien Destugues <pulkomandy@pulkomandy.tk>
+Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 10:06:13 +0200
+Subject: Add minimal Haiku support
+
+
+diff --git a/platform_helper.py b/platform_helper.py
+index b7447a1..bf7a99e 100644
+--- a/platform_helper.py
++++ b/platform_helper.py
+@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import sys
+ 
+ def platforms():
+     return ['linux', 'darwin', 'freebsd', 'openbsd', 'solaris', 'sunos5',
+-            'mingw', 'msvc', 'gnukfreebsd8', 'bitrig']
++            'mingw', 'msvc', 'gnukfreebsd8', 'bitrig', 'haiku']
+ 
+ class Platform( object ):
+     def __init__( self, platform):
+@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ class Platform( object ):
+             self._platform = 'msvc'
+         elif self._platform.startswith('bitrig'):
+             self._platform = 'bitrig'
++        elif self._platform.startswith('haiku'):
++            self._platform = 'haiku'
+ 
+     def platform(self):
+         return self._platform
+@@ -73,3 +75,6 @@ class Platform( object ):
+ 
+     def is_bitrig(self):
+         return self._platform == 'bitrig'
++
++    def is_haiku(self):
++        return self._platform == 'haiku'
+diff --git a/src/util.cc b/src/util.cc
+index 6ba3c6c..7142d13 100644
+--- a/src/util.cc
++++ b/src/util.cc
+@@ -310,7 +310,7 @@ int GetProcessorCount() {
+ #endif
+ }
+ 
+-#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__)
++#if defined(_WIN32) || defined(__CYGWIN__) || defined(__HAIKU__)
+ double GetLoadAverage() {
+   // TODO(nicolas.despres@gmail.com): Find a way to implement it on Windows.
+   // Remember to also update Usage() when this is fixed.
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+