diff --git a/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe b/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b13bb20b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-libs/libxau/libxau-1.0.8.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+SUMMARY="libxau"
+DESCRIPTION="
+libxau.
+"
+HOMEPAGE="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/" 
+SRC_URI="http://xorg.freedesktop.org/releases/individual/lib/libXau-1.0.8.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="fdd477320aeb5cdd67272838722d6b7d544887dfe7de46e1e7cc0c27c2bea4f2"
+REVISION="1"
+COPYRIGHT="1988, 1993, 1994, 1998  The Open Group"
+LICENSE="MIT (no promotion)"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+#TODO: make a _devel package ?
+PROVIDES="
+	libxau$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libxau$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libXau$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	devel:libxau$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	devel:libXau$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	xproto$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	devel:xproto$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	devel:util_macros$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:libtool
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:pkg_config$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+SOURCE_DIR="libXau-$portVersion"
+
+PATCHES="libxau-1.0.8.patch"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	autoreconf -i
+	runConfigure ./configure
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libXau
+	fixPkgconfig
+}
diff --git a/x11-libs/libxau/patches/libxau-1.0.8.patch b/x11-libs/libxau/patches/libxau-1.0.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6207c27d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/x11-libs/libxau/patches/libxau-1.0.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+From cb03f4d4b90ab2a437ac7269afb80caf7c085d2e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: =?UTF-8?q?Fran=C3=A7ois=20Revol?= <revol@free.fr>
+Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2014 19:23:51 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Add check for libnetwork (Haiku)
+
+---
+ configure.ac | 3 +++
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
+index 7f914ea..6139fbc 100644
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ if test "x$xthreads" = "xyes" ; then
+     if test "x$mtsafe" = "x" ; then
+ 	AC_CHECK_LIB(nsl, gethostbyname_r, [mtsafe=yes])
+     fi
++    if test "x$mtsafe" = "x" ; then
++	AC_CHECK_LIB(network, gethostbyname_r, [mtsafe=yes])
++    fi
+     if test "x$mtsafe" = "xyes" ; then
+ 	AC_DEFINE(XUSE_MTSAFE_API, 1,
+ 		  [Whether libXau needs to use MT safe API's])
+-- 
+1.8.3.4
+