diff --git a/haiku-apps/yab/patches/yab-1.6.patch b/haiku-apps/yab/patches/yab-1.6.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3b3ee9e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haiku-apps/yab/patches/yab-1.6.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+diff -urN yab-1.6/src/Makefile yab-1.6-haiku/src/Makefile
+--- yab-1.6/src/Makefile	2009-10-23 21:02:10.031195136 +0000
++++ yab-1.6-haiku/src/Makefile	2011-06-01 16:17:53.000000000 +0000
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
+ ##
+ ## Libraries
+ ##
+-LIBPATH = -L/boot/home/config/lib  
++LIBPATH = -L/$(shell finddir B_COMMON_LIB_DIRECTORY)
+ #-L/boot/home/yab/CalendarControl.a
+ LIB = -lncurses -lbe -lroot -ltranslation -ltracker -lmedia $(ZETALIB)
+ 
+@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
+ main.o: main.c yabasic.h config.h 
+ 	$(GCC) $(GCC_OPT) -c main.c -o main.o
+ flex.c: yabasic.flex
++	chmod 755 ./flex
+ 	./flex $(FLEXFLAGS) -t yabasic.flex >flex.c
+ bison.c: yabasic.bison 
+ 	bison $(BISONFLAGS) --output-file bison.c yabasic.bison  
diff --git a/haiku-apps/yab/yab-1.6.bep b/haiku-apps/yab/yab-1.6.bep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3c8340fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/haiku-apps/yab/yab-1.6.bep
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+DESCRIPTION="yab is an extended version of yabasic, a BASIC programming language, with special commands designed for BeOS, Haiku and Zeta." 
+HOMEPAGE="http://sourceforge.net/projects/yab-interpreter" 
+SRC_URI="http://ports-space.haiku-files.org/haiku-apps/source/yab-1.6.zip"
+REVISION="1"
+STATUS_HAIKU="stable"
+DEPEND=""
+CHECKSUM_MD5="071e8653265a60fea96cceab46f67e5b"
+BUILD {
+	cd yab-1.6/src
+	make clean
+	make
+}
+
+INSTALL {
+	cd yab-1.6
+	mkdir -p ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/yab
+	cp -a src/yab ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/yab
+	cp -a Documentation ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/yab
+	cp -a Programs ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/yab
+	cp -a yab-IDE ${DESTDIR}/boot/apps/yab
+}
+
+LICENSE="Artistic
+	GNU GPL v2"
+COPYRIGHT="1995-2006 Marc-Oliver Ihm (yabasic)
+	2006-2009 Jan Bungeroth (yab improvements)"