diff --git a/dev-libs/apr/apr-1.4.5.bep b/dev-libs/apr/apr-1.4.5.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e36e7653c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/apr/apr-1.4.5.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+DESCRIPTION="apr - Apache Portable Runtime Library" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://apr.apache.org/" 
+SRC_URI="http://www.apache.org/dist/apr/apr-1.4.5.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="97262fe54dddaf583eaaee3497a426e1"
+REVISION="3"
+STATUS_HAIKU="broken"
+DEPEND=""
+BUILD {
+	cd apr-1.4.5
+	libtoolize -fci
+	touch libtool.m4
+	aclocal -I build
+	autoconf
+	ln -sf `finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY`/libtool /libtool 
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--bindir=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` \
+		--sbindir=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` \
+		--libexecdir=`finddir B_COMMON_BIN_DIRECTORY` \
+		--sysconfdir=`finddir B_COMMON_SETTINGS_DIRECTORY` \
+		--localstatedir=`finddir B_COMMON_VAR_DIRECTORY` \
+		--libdir=`finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datarootdir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
+		--datadir=`finddir B_COMMON_DATA_DIRECTORY` \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd apr-1.4.5
+	make install
+}
+
+TEST {
+	cd apr-1.4.5
+	make test
+}
+
+LICENSE="Apache v2"
+COPYRIGHT="2011 The Apache Software Foundation."
diff --git a/dev-libs/apr/patches/apr-1.4.5.patch b/dev-libs/apr/patches/apr-1.4.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb05c30b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/apr/patches/apr-1.4.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+diff -urN apr-1.4.5/config.layout apr-1.4.5-haiku/config.layout
+--- apr-1.4.5/config.layout	2004-11-24 22:51:51.056360960 +0000
++++ apr-1.4.5-haiku/config.layout	2011-07-12 10:34:27.155189248 +0000
+@@ -60,6 +60,23 @@
+     runtimedir:    ${localstatedir}/run
+ </Layout>
+ 
++#	Haiku Layout making use of finddir
++<Layout haiku>
++    prefix:        /boot/common
++    exec_prefix:   /boot/common
++    bindir:        /boot/common/bin
++    sbindir:       /boot/common/servers
++    libdir:        /boot/common/lib
++    libexecdir:    /boot/common/servers
++    mandir:        /boot/common/documentation/man
++    sysconfdir:    /boot/common/settings
++    datadir:       /boot/common/data
++    installbuilddir: /boot/develop/build
++    includedir:    /boot/common/include
++    localstatedir: /boot/common/var
++    runtimedir:    ${localstatedir}/log
++</Layout>
++
+ #   Mac OS X Server (Rhapsody)
+ <Layout Mac OS X Server>
+     prefix:        /Local/Library/WebServer
+diff -urN apr-1.4.5/configure.in apr-1.4.5-haiku/configure.in
+--- apr-1.4.5/configure.in	2011-04-11 19:58:38.054525952 +0000
++++ apr-1.4.5-haiku/configure.in	2011-07-12 10:02:33.756023296 +0000
+@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
+ AC_PROG_CPP
+ AC_PROG_AWK
+ AC_PROG_LN_S
+-AC_PROG_RANLIB
++AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
+ AC_PROG_INSTALL
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(RM, rm, rm)
+ AC_CHECK_PROG(AS, as, as)
+@@ -676,6 +676,7 @@
+       AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostbyname, nsl)
+       AC_SEARCH_LIBS(gethostname, nsl)
+       AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket)
++      AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, network)
+       AC_SEARCH_LIBS(crypt, crypt ufc)
+       AC_CHECK_LIB(truerand, main)
+       AC_SEARCH_LIBS(modf, m)