diff --git a/app-arch/xar/patches/xar-1.5.2.patch b/app-arch/xar/patches/xar-1.5.2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31d503ffb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/xar/patches/xar-1.5.2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -Naur xar-1.5.2/lib/darwinattr.c xar-1.5.2-haiku/lib/darwinattr.c
+--- xar-1.5.2/lib/darwinattr.c	2007-12-29 18:49:57.035651584 +0000
++++ xar-1.5.2-haiku/lib/darwinattr.c	2013-01-09 20:55:26.246415360 +0000
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <libgen.h>
+-#include <sys/fcntl.h>
++#include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <arpa/inet.h>
+ #include "xar.h"
+diff -Naur xar-1.5.2/lib/stat.c xar-1.5.2-haiku/lib/stat.c
+--- xar-1.5.2/lib/stat.c	2007-12-29 18:49:57.033554432 +0000
++++ xar-1.5.2-haiku/lib/stat.c	2013-01-09 20:55:34.206307328 +0000
+@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
+ #include <sys/types.h>
+ #include <sys/stat.h>
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+-#include <sys/fcntl.h>
++#include <fcntl.h>
+ #include <time.h>
+ #include <pwd.h>
+ #include <grp.h>
diff --git a/app-arch/xar/xar-1.5.2.bep b/app-arch/xar/xar-1.5.2.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5eddcd68b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-arch/xar/xar-1.5.2.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Easily extensible archiver"
+HOMEPAGE="http://code.google.com/p/xar/"
+SRC_URI="http://xar.googlecode.com/files/xar-1.5.2.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="8eabb055d3387b8edc30ecfb08d2e80d"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+MESSAGE="This port builds only with gcc4. Use 'setgcc gcc4' before building."
+DEPEND=""
+
+BUILD {
+	cd xar-1.5.2
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY`
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd xar-1.5.2
+	make install
+}
+
+LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)"
+COPYRIGHT="2005 Rob Braun"