diff --git a/net-misc/rsync/patches/rsync-3.0.7.patch b/net-misc/rsync/patches/rsync-3.0.7.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a76dc86a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/rsync/patches/rsync-3.0.7.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+diff -ruw rsync-3.0.7/Makefile.in rsync-3.0.7-haiku/Makefile.in
+--- rsync-3.0.7/Makefile.in	2009-12-13 02:22:43.000000000 +0100
++++ rsync-3.0.7-haiku/Makefile.in	2010-01-05 12:01:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ bindir=@bindir@
+ mandir=@mandir@
+ 
+-LIBS=@LIBS@
++LIBS=@LIBS@ -lz
+ CC=@CC@
+ CFLAGS=@CFLAGS@
+ CPPFLAGS=@CPPFLAGS@
+@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
+ HEADERS=byteorder.h config.h errcode.h proto.h rsync.h ifuncs.h lib/pool_alloc.h
+ LIBOBJ=lib/wildmatch.o lib/compat.o lib/snprintf.o lib/mdfour.o lib/md5.o \
+ 	lib/permstring.o lib/pool_alloc.o lib/sysacls.o lib/sysxattrs.o @LIBOBJS@
+-ZLIBOBJ=zlib/deflate.o zlib/inffast.o zlib/inflate.o zlib/inftrees.o \
+-	zlib/trees.o zlib/zutil.o zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o
++#ZLIBOBJ=zlib/deflate.o zlib/inffast.o zlib/inflate.o zlib/inftrees.o \
++#	zlib/trees.o zlib/zutil.o zlib/adler32.o zlib/compress.o zlib/crc32.o
+ OBJS1=flist.o rsync.o generator.o receiver.o cleanup.o sender.o exclude.o \
+ 	util.o main.o checksum.o match.o syscall.o log.o backup.o
+ OBJS2=options.o io.o compat.o hlink.o token.o uidlist.o socket.o hashtable.o \
+@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
+ DAEMON_OBJ = params.o loadparm.o clientserver.o access.o connection.o authenticate.o
+ popt_OBJS=popt/findme.o  popt/popt.o  popt/poptconfig.o \
+ 	popt/popthelp.o popt/poptparse.o
+-OBJS=$(OBJS1) $(OBJS2) $(OBJS3) $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(LIBOBJ) $(ZLIBOBJ) @BUILD_POPT@
++OBJS=$(OBJS1) $(OBJS2) $(OBJS3) $(DAEMON_OBJ) $(LIBOBJ) @BUILD_POPT@
+ 
+ TLS_OBJ = tls.o syscall.o lib/compat.o lib/snprintf.o lib/permstring.o lib/sysxattrs.o @BUILD_POPT@
+ 
+diff -ruw rsync-3.0.7/configure.in rsync-3.0.7-haiku/configure.in
+--- rsync-3.0.7/configure.in	2009-12-31 22:08:07.000000000 +0100
++++ rsync-3.0.7-haiku/configure.in	2010-01-05 13:36:20.000000000 +0100
+@@ -427,6 +427,9 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ AC_SEARCH_LIBS(inet_ntop, resolv)
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, network)
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS(getpass, bsd)
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS(getxattr, gnu)
+ 
+ # Solaris and HP-UX weirdness:
+ # Search for libiconv_open (not iconv_open) to discover if -liconv is needed!
+@@ -974,6 +977,11 @@
+ 	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_FREEBSD_XATTRS, 1, [True if you have FreeBSD xattrs])
+ 	AC_DEFINE(SUPPORT_XATTRS, 1)
+ 	;;
++    haiku*)
++	AC_MSG_RESULT(Using Linux xattrs)
++	AC_DEFINE(HAVE_LINUX_XATTRS, 1, [True if you have Linux xattrs])
++	AC_DEFINE(SUPPORT_XATTRS, 1)
++	;;
+     *)
+ 	if test x"$enable_xattr_support" = x"yes"; then
+ 	    AC_MSG_ERROR(Failed to find extended attribute support)
+diff -ruw rsync-3.0.7/rsync.h rsync-3.0.7-haiku/rsync.h
+--- rsync-3.0.7/rsync.h	2009-12-23 20:36:27.000000000 +0100
++++ rsync-3.0.7-haiku/rsync.h	2010-01-05 12:01:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -386,7 +386,9 @@
+ #ifdef MAKEDEV_TAKES_3_ARGS
+ #define MAKEDEV(devmajor,devminor) makedev(0,devmajor,devminor)
+ #else
+-#define MAKEDEV(devmajor,devminor) makedev(devmajor,devminor)
++#define MAKEDEV(devmajor,devminor) ((dev_t)0)
++#define major(dev) (0)
++#define minor(dev) (0)
+ #endif
+ 
+ #ifdef HAVE_COMPAT_H
+diff -ruw rsync-3.0.7/testsuite/hands.test rsync-3.0.7-haiku/testsuite/hands.test
+--- rsync-3.0.7/testsuite/hands.test	2007-03-18 21:40:01.000000000 +0100
++++ rsync-3.0.7-haiku/testsuite/hands.test	2010-01-05 12:01:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
+ 
+ runtest "basic operation" 'checkit "$RSYNC -av \"$fromdir/\" \"$todir\"" "$fromdir/" "$todir"'
+ 
+-ln "$fromdir/filelist" "$fromdir/dir"
++cp -p "$fromdir/filelist" "$fromdir/dir"
+ runtest "hard links" 'checkit "$RSYNC -avH \"$fromdir/\" \"$todir\"" "$fromdir/" "$todir"'
+ 
+ rm "$todir/text"
+diff -ruw rsync-3.0.7/testsuite/relative.test rsync-3.0.7-haiku/testsuite/relative.test
+--- rsync-3.0.7/testsuite/relative.test	2007-09-23 04:18:57.000000000 +0200
++++ rsync-3.0.7-haiku/testsuite/relative.test	2010-01-05 12:01:44.000000000 +0100
+@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@
+ sleep 1
+ runtest "basic relative" 'checkit "$RSYNC -avR ./$deepstr \"$todir\"" "$chkdir" "$todir"'
+ 
+-ln $deepstr/filelist $deepstr/dir
+-ln ../chk/$deepstr/filelist ../chk/$deepstr/dir
++cp -p $deepstr/filelist $deepstr/dir
++cp -p ../chk/$deepstr/filelist ../chk/$deepstr/dir
+ runtest "hard links" 'checkit "$RSYNC -avHR ./$deepstr/ \"$todir\"" "$chkdir" "$todir"'
+ 
+ cp "$deepdir/text" "$todir/$deepstr/ThisShouldGo"
diff --git a/net-misc/rsync/rsync-3.0.7.bep b/net-misc/rsync/rsync-3.0.7.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbe4a4bfb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-misc/rsync/rsync-3.0.7.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+DESCRIPTION="Rsync" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://www.samba.org/rsync" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.samba.org/ftp/rsync/src/rsync-3.0.7.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="b53525900817cf1ba7ad3a516ab5bfe9"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd rsync-3.0.7
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	./configure --prefix=/boot/common --enable-xattr-support --disable-iconv --disable-iconv-open --disable-ipv6 --disable-locale --disable-debug
+	make reconfigure
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd rsync-3.0.7
+	make install
+	make test
+}