diff --git a/media-libs/x264/patches/x264-20120803.patch b/media-libs/x264/patches/x264-20120803.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6e48d2cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/x264/patches/x264-20120803.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- x264-snapshot-20120803-2245.orig/configure	2012-08-03 20:45:03.065273856 +0000
++++ x264-snapshot-20120803-2245/configure	2012-08-04 12:56:56.527171584 +0000
+@@ -520,6 +520,9 @@
+         fi
+         HAVE_GETOPT_LONG=0
+         ;;
++    *haiku*)
++    	SYS="haiku"
++    	;;
+     *)
+         die "Unknown system $host, edit the configure"
+         ;;
diff --git a/media-libs/x264/x264-20120803.bep b/media-libs/x264/x264-20120803.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..21aed8d29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/media-libs/x264/x264-20120803.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DESCRIPTION="x264 h.264/AVC encoder" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html" 
+SRC_URI="ftp://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/x264/snapshots/x264-snapshot-20120803-2245.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="0ce9048809a447b89aaecd7c8c8b2e0d"
+REVISION="1"
+MESSAGE="The port only builds with gcc4. Use 'setgcc gcc4' before building."
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd x264-snapshot-20120803-2245
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` 
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd x264-snapshot-20120803-2245
+	make install-lib-static
+}
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2003-2012 http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html"