diff --git a/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.8.recipe b/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.8.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3d2fee69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/gzip/gzip-1.8.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+SUMMARY="The gzip compression utilities"
+DESCRIPTION="gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a \
+replacement for compress. Its main advantages over compress are much \
+better compression and freedom from patented algorithms. It has been \
+adopted by the GNU project and is now relatively popular on the Internet."
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/gzip/"
+COPYRIGHT="1992-1993 Jean-loup Gailly
+	1999-2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/gzip/gzip-$portVersion.tar.xz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="ff1767ec444f71e5daf8972f6f8bf68cfcca1d2f76c248eb18e8741fc91dbbd3"
+PATCHES="gzip-$portVersion.patchset"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64 arm ppc"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	gzip = $portVersion
+	cmd:gunzip = $portVersion
+	cmd:gzip = $portVersion
+	cmd:gzexe = $portVersion
+	cmd:uncompress = $portVersion
+	cmd:zcat = $portVersion
+	cmd:zcmp = $portVersion
+	cmd:zdiff = $portVersion
+	cmd:zegrep = $portVersion
+	cmd:zfgrep = $portVersion
+	cmd:zforce = $portVersion
+	cmd:zgrep = $portVersion
+	cmd:zless = $portVersion
+	cmd:zmore = $portVersion
+	cmd:znew = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku_devel
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:automake
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:less
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	export CFLAGS="-Wno-error"
+	autoreconf -fi
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}
diff --git a/app-arch/gzip/patches/gzip-1.8.patchset b/app-arch/gzip/patches/gzip-1.8.patchset
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaaaf9ff5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/gzip/patches/gzip-1.8.patchset
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+From 39ee8c0d94879bde10822f2b95caedde3d6842fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
+Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 21:50:24 +0000
+Subject: [PATCH] gzexe: Fallback on file copying for backup
+
+BFS doesn't support hard links.
+
+Signed-off-by: Timothy Gu <timothygu99@gmail.com>
+
+diff --git a/gzexe.in b/gzexe.in
+index e458563..45e1900 100644
+--- a/gzexe.in
++++ b/gzexe.in
+@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ EOF
+     echo >&2 "$0: $tmp: cannot chmod"
+     continue
+   }
+-  ln -f "$file" "$file~" || {
++  ln -f "$file" "$file~" || cp -f "$file" "${file}~" || {
+     res=$?
+     echo >&2 "$0: cannot backup $i as $i~"
+     continue
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+
+
+From 67f0045113c5be938d6912969f84ab2b541a9807 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: fbrosson <fbrosson@localhost>
+Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2016 21:03:14 +0000
+Subject: Do not try to create hard links.
+
+
+diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
+index 738c63c..665974f 100644
+--- a/Makefile.am
++++ b/Makefile.am
+@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ install-exec-hook remove-installed-links:
+ 	     rm -f "$$dest" && \
+ 	     case $@ in \
+ 	     install-exec-hook) \
+-	       ln "$$source" "$$dest" || $(LN_S) "$$source" "$$dest";; \
++	       $(LN_S) "$$source" "$$dest";; \
+ 	     esac \
+ 	    ) || exit; \
+ 	  done; \
+-- 
+2.7.0
+