diff --git a/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.bep b/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad7e51c46
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/bc/bc-1.06.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Handy console-based calculator utility" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.gnu.org/software/bc/bc.html" 
+SRC_URI="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bc/bc-1.06.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+CHECKSUM_MD5="d44b5dddebd8a7a7309aea6c36fda117"
+BUILD {
+	cd bc-1.06
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd bc-1.06
+	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd bc-1.06/Test
+	timetest
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2
+	GNU LGPL v2.1"
+COPYRIGHT="1991-2000 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
diff --git a/sys-devel/bc/patches/bc-1.06.patch b/sys-devel/bc/patches/bc-1.06.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aa3420d14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-devel/bc/patches/bc-1.06.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -urN bc-1.06/Test/timetest bc-1.06-haiku/Test/timetest
+--- bc-1.06/Test/timetest	2000-07-07 23:34:10.023592960 +0000
++++ bc-1.06-haiku/Test/timetest	2010-12-13 09:35:03.000000000 +0000
+@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
+ #
+ # Time the functions.
+ #
+-SYSBC=/usr/bin/bc
++SYSBC=/boot/common/bin/bc
+ if [ x$BC = x ] ; then
+   BC=../bc/bc
+ fi