diff --git a/media-gfx/potrace/patches/potrace-1.8.patch b/media-gfx/potrace/patches/potrace-1.8.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a4c312936
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/potrace/patches/potrace-1.8.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+diff -urN potrace-1.8/Makefile.in potrace-1.8-haiku/Makefile.in
+--- potrace-1.8/Makefile.in	2007-04-09 00:28:49.063963136 +0000
++++ potrace-1.8-haiku/Makefile.in	2010-09-22 14:37:46.670564352 +0000
+@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
+ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+ LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
+ LIBS = @LIBS@
++LIBM = @LIBM@
+ LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
+ MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
+ MKBITMAP = @MKBITMAP@
+diff -urN potrace-1.8/configure.in potrace-1.8-haiku/configure.in
+--- potrace-1.8/configure.in	2007-04-09 00:27:12.063700992 +0000
++++ potrace-1.8-haiku/configure.in	2010-09-22 13:58:47.000000000 +0000
+@@ -135,7 +135,8 @@
+   ])
+ fi
+ 
+-AC_CHECK_LIB(m, floor, true, AC_MSG_ERROR([cannot find the m library (-lm)]))
++AC_CHECK_LIB(m, cos, LIBM="$LIBM -lm")
++AC_CHECK_LIB(m, floor, LIBM="$LIBM -lm")
+ 
+ dnl ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+ dnl Check for library functions.
+diff -urN potrace-1.8/src/Makefile.am potrace-1.8-haiku/src/Makefile.am
+--- potrace-1.8/src/Makefile.am	2007-04-09 00:36:44.066060288 +0000
++++ potrace-1.8-haiku/src/Makefile.am	2010-09-22 14:51:36.089653248 +0000
+@@ -16,16 +16,16 @@
+  backend_gimp.c backend_gimp.h backend_xfig.c backend_xfig.h		   \
+  backend_pdf.c backend_pdf.h lzw.c lzw.h bitops.h auxiliary.h potracelib.h \
+  bitmap.h curve.h platform.h progress.h
+-potrace_LDADD = libpotrace.a @EXTRA_OBJS@ -lm @EXTRA_LIBS@
++potrace_LDADD = libpotrace.a @EXTRA_OBJS@ $(LIBM) @EXTRA_LIBS@
+ potrace_DEPENDENCIES = libpotrace.a @EXTRA_OBJS@
+ 
+ mkbitmap_SOURCES = mkbitmap.c bitmap_io.c bitmap_io.h greymap.c	\
+  greymap.h platform.h
+-mkbitmap_LDADD = @EXTRA_OBJS@ -lm
++mkbitmap_LDADD = @EXTRA_OBJS@ $(LIBM)
+ mkbitmap_DEPENDENCIES = @EXTRA_OBJS@
+ 
+ potracelib_demo_SOURCES = potracelib_demo.c
+-potracelib_demo_LDADD = libpotrace.a -lm
++potracelib_demo_LDADD = libpotrace.a $(LIBM)
+ potracelib_demo_DEPENDENCIES = libpotrace.a
+ 
+ #----------------------------------------------------------------------
+diff -urN potrace-1.8/src/Makefile.in potrace-1.8-haiku/src/Makefile.in
+--- potrace-1.8/src/Makefile.in	2007-04-09 00:37:31.066322432 +0000
++++ potrace-1.8-haiku/src/Makefile.in	2010-09-22 14:34:20.208666624 +0000
+@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@
+ LDFLAGS = @LDFLAGS@
+ LIBOBJS = @LIBOBJS@
+ LIBS = @LIBS@
++LIBM = @LIBM@
+ LTLIBOBJS = @LTLIBOBJS@
+ MAKEINFO = @MAKEINFO@
+ MKBITMAP = @MKBITMAP@
+@@ -172,15 +173,15 @@
+  backend_pdf.c backend_pdf.h lzw.c lzw.h bitops.h auxiliary.h potracelib.h \
+  bitmap.h curve.h platform.h progress.h
+ 
+-potrace_LDADD = libpotrace.a @EXTRA_OBJS@ -lm @EXTRA_LIBS@
++potrace_LDADD = libpotrace.a @EXTRA_OBJS@ $(LIBM) @EXTRA_LIBS@
+ potrace_DEPENDENCIES = libpotrace.a @EXTRA_OBJS@
+ mkbitmap_SOURCES = mkbitmap.c bitmap_io.c bitmap_io.h greymap.c	\
+  greymap.h platform.h
+ 
+-mkbitmap_LDADD = @EXTRA_OBJS@ -lm
++mkbitmap_LDADD = @EXTRA_OBJS@ $(LIBM)
+ mkbitmap_DEPENDENCIES = @EXTRA_OBJS@
+ potracelib_demo_SOURCES = potracelib_demo.c
+-potracelib_demo_LDADD = libpotrace.a -lm
++potracelib_demo_LDADD = libpotrace.a $(LIBM)
+ potracelib_demo_DEPENDENCIES = libpotrace.a
+ 
+ #----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/media-gfx/potrace/potrace-1.8.bep b/media-gfx/potrace/potrace-1.8.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9c35063c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-gfx/potrace/potrace-1.8.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+DESCRIPTION="transforms bitmaps into vector graphics" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://potrace.sourceforge.net/" 
+SRC_URI="http://potrace.sourceforge.net/download/potrace-1.8.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="e73b45565737d64011612704dd4d9f86"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+
+BUILD {
+	cd potrace-1.8
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	automake
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd potrace-1.8
+	make install
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2001-2007 Peter Selinger"