diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-7.8.3.recipe b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-7.8.3.recipe
index 1f2a0b696..0c3f3f9fd 100644
--- a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-7.8.3.recipe
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc-7.8.3.recipe
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://www.haskell.org/ghc/"
 COPYRIGHT="The Glasgow Haskell Team"
 LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)
 	GNU LGPL v2.1"
-REVISION="11"
+REVISION="12"
 SOURCE_URI_1="https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/7.8.3/ghc-7.8.3-src.tar.bz2"
 CHECKSUM_SHA256_1="2358826f8424bf571dcc313bd882422fe108a340d6e37db4339ff6d5d6ac3f37"
 SOURCE_URI_2="https://pulkomandy.tk/drop/ghc-7.8.3-i386-unknown-haiku.tar.gz"
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ PROVIDES="
 REQUIRES="
 	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
 	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
-	lib:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 5
+	lib:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 6
 	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ BUILD_REQUIRES="
 	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
 	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
 	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
-	devel:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 5
+	devel:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 6
 	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
 	"
 BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
 	cmd:sed
 	cmd:sort
 	cmd:tar
+	lib:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 5
 	"
 
 BUILD()
diff --git a/dev-lang/ghc/ghc78-7.8.4.recipe b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc78-7.8.4.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02e1fb50f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-lang/ghc/ghc78-7.8.4.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+SUMMARY="The Glasgow Haskell Compiler"
+DESCRIPTION="
+The Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation system (GHC) is a compiler for Haskell.
+
+Haskell is \"the\" standard lazy functional programming language.
+"
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.haskell.org/ghc/"
+COPYRIGHT="The Glasgow Haskell Team"
+LICENSE="BSD (3-clause)
+	GNU LGPL v2.1"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://www.haskell.org/ghc/dist/$portVersion/ghc-$portVersion-src.tar.bz2"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="59e3bd514a1820cc1c03e1808282205c0b8518369acae12645ceaf839e6f114b"
+SOURCE_DIR="ghc-$portVersion"
+#PATCHES="ghc-$portVersion.patchset"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="!x86"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="!x86"
+
+GLOBAL_WRITABLE_FILES="
+	settings/ghc directory keep-old
+	"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	ghc78$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	cmd:ghc = 7.8.4 compat >= 7.8
+	cmd:ghc_$portVersion
+	cmd:ghc_pkg
+	cmd:ghc_pkg_$portVersion
+	cmd:ghci
+	cmd:ghci_$portVersion
+	cmd:haddock
+	cmd:haddock_ghc_$portVersion
+	cmd:hp2ps
+	cmd:hpc
+	cmd:hsc2hs
+	cmd:runghc
+	cmd:runghc_$portVersion
+	cmd:runhaskell
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 6
+	lib:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	haiku_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	devel:libncursesw$secondaryArchSuffix >= 6
+	devel:libz$secondaryArchSuffix
+	docbook_xml_dtd
+	docbook_xsl_stylesheets
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:awk
+	cmd:find
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ghc_7.8.3
+	cmd:grep
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:perl
+	cmd:sed
+	cmd:sort
+	cmd:tar
+	cmd:xsltproc
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	# 2. Build GHC using the bootstrap compiler; we create a "dyn" only install
+	echo "Building GHC proper..."
+	
+	cat > mk/build.mk <<-EOF
+		V = 0
+		GhcLibWays = dyn
+		SRC_HC_OPTS     = -O -H64m
+		GhcStage1HcOpts = -O -fasm
+		GhcStage2HcOpts = -O2 -fasm
+		GhcHcOpts       = -Rghc-timing
+		GhcLibHcOpts    = -O2
+		
+		DYNAMIC_BY_DEFAULT = YES
+		
+		NoFibWays =
+		STRIP_CMD = :
+EOF
+
+	# haikuporter's buildspec confuses GHC, so we omit it, and we can't
+	# have a gcc2 GHC, so just install directly into $prefix/bin
+	runConfigure --omit-buildspec --omit-dirs binDir configure --bindir=$prefix/bin --with-ghc=/bin/ghc-7.8.3 --with-gcc=/bin/gcc-x86
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	export GHC_PACKAGE_PATH=$settingsDir/ghc/package.conf.d
+	/tmp/bootstrap/bin/ghc-pkg init $GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
+	unset GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
+	# 1. Install our new GHC
+	echo "Installing GHC!"
+	make install
+	
+	# 2. Move package.conf.d to settings
+	sed -i -e '/^PKGCONF=/c\
+	PKGCONF='"$settingsDir"'/ghc/package.conf.d' $prefix/bin/ghc-pkg-$portVersion
+	unset GHC_PACKAGE_PATH
+
+	# move package.conf.d files to the right place...
+	mv $libDir/ghc-$portVersion/package.conf.d/*.conf $settingsDir/ghc/package.conf.d/
+	$prefix/bin/ghc-pkg recache
+}