diff --git a/www-client/links/links-2.3pre2.bep b/www-client/links/links-2.3pre2.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a2160164
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-client/links/links-2.3pre2.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+DESCRIPTION="links web browser" 
+HOMEPAGE="http://links.twibright.com" 
+SRC_URI="http://links.twibright.com/download/links-2.3pre2.tar.gz"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+CHECKSUM_MD5="bb2a4e058c88b8ec0c9f6c0e1640555c"
+BUILD {
+	cd links-2.3pre2
+	autoconf
+	./configure --prefix=`finddir B_COMMON_DIRECTORY` \
+		--mandir=`finddir B_COMMON_DOCUMENTATION_DIRECTORY`/man
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd links-2.3pre2
+	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+}
+
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="1999 - 2011 Mikulas Patocka
+	2000 - 2011 Petr Kulhavy, Karel Kulhavy, Martin Pergel"
diff --git a/www-client/links/patches/links-2.3pre2.patch b/www-client/links/patches/links-2.3pre2.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..873f956fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/www-client/links/patches/links-2.3pre2.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+diff -urN links-2.3pre2/configure.in links-2.3pre2-haiku/configure.in
+--- links-2.3pre2/configure.in	2011-04-19 15:30:57.058982400 +0000
++++ links-2.3pre2-haiku/configure.in	2011-05-12 13:33:49.214958080 +0000
+@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
+ 
+ dnl Check for libraries
+ 
++AC_SEARCH_LIBS(socket, socket network)
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([for EMX], ac_cv_have_emx,
+ 	AC_TRY_COMPILE(, [#ifndef __EMX__
+ 	kill me!