diff --git a/dev-util/cmake/cmake-2.8.1.bep b/dev-util/cmake/cmake-2.8.1.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bac41a52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-util/cmake/cmake-2.8.1.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+DESCRIPTION="cmake - Cross platform Make" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.cmake.org" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.cmake.org/files/v2.8/cmake-2.8.1.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="feadc2e5ebbfed0efc90178583503725"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd cmake-2.8.1
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd cmake-2.8.1
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/dev-util/cmake/cmake.OptionalPackageDescription b/dev-util/cmake/cmake.OptionalPackageDescription
index 235f9fea7..5046e966d 100644
--- a/dev-util/cmake/cmake.OptionalPackageDescription
+++ b/dev-util/cmake/cmake.OptionalPackageDescription
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Package:	CMake
-Version:	2.8.0
-Copyright:	2002-2009 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium, All rights reserved.
+Version:	2.8.1
+Copyright:	2002-2010 Kitware, Inc., Insight Consortium, All rights reserved.
 License:	CMake
 URL:		http://www.cmake.org/