diff --git a/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring-1.0.recipe b/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring-1.2.recipe
similarity index 89%
rename from dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring-1.0.recipe
rename to dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring-1.2.recipe
index be19fe6e2..dcdf85a56 100644
--- a/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring-1.0.recipe
+++ b/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring-1.2.recipe
@@ -5,20 +5,19 @@ HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/"
 COPYRIGHT="1998-2018 Free Software Fundation, Inc."
 LICENSE="GNU GPL v2
 	GNU LGPL v3"
-REVISION="2"
+REVISION="1"
 SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libunistring/libunistring-$portVersion.tar.gz
 	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-$portVersion.tar.gz"
-CHECKSUM_SHA256="3c0184c0e492d7c208ce31d25dd1d2c58f0c3ed6cbbe032c5b248cddad318544"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="fd6d5662fa706487c48349a758b57bc149ce94ec6c30624ec9fdc473ceabbc8e"
 
 ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
 SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
 
-libVersion="2.2.0"
+libVersion="5.1.0"
 libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
-portVersionCompat="$portVersion compat >= ${portVersion%%.*}"
 
 PROVIDES="
-	libunistring$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersionCompat
+	libunistring$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
 	lib:libunistring$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
 	"
 REQUIRES="
diff --git a/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring2-1.0.recipe b/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring2-1.0.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..15c1b3afd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-libs/libunistring/libunistring2-1.0.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+SUMMARY="A library for manipulating Unicode strings"
+DESCRIPTION="libunistring provides functions for manipulating Unicode strings \
+and for manipulating C strings according to the Unicode standard."
+HOMEPAGE="https://www.gnu.org/software/libunistring/"
+COPYRIGHT="1998-2018 Free Software Fundation, Inc."
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v2
+	GNU LGPL v3"
+REVISION="1"
+SOURCE_URI="https://ftpmirror.gnu.org/libunistring/libunistring-$portVersion.tar.gz
+	https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/libunistring/libunistring-$portVersion.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA256="3c0184c0e492d7c208ce31d25dd1d2c58f0c3ed6cbbe032c5b248cddad318544"
+SOURCE_DIR="libunistring-$portVersion"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="all !x86_gcc2"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86"
+
+libVersion="2.2.0"
+libVersionCompat="$libVersion compat >= ${libVersion%%.*}"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	libunistring2$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion
+	lib:libunistring$secondaryArchSuffix = $libVersionCompat
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix
+	lib:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel
+	devel:libiconv$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:autoreconf
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:gperf
+	cmd:libtoolize$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:make
+	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	autoreconf -fi
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+		runConfigure ./configure --disable-static
+	else
+		runConfigure --omit-dirs docDir ./configure \
+			--disable-static \
+			--docdir="$developDocDir"
+	fi
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+	rm -f "$libDir"/libunistring.la "$libDir"/charset.alias
+
+	if [ -n "$secondaryArchSuffix" ]; then
+		rm -rf "$documentationDir"
+		maybe_infoDir=
+	else
+		install -t "$developDocDir" README
+		maybe_infoDir="$infoDir"
+	fi
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLib libunistring
+	rm -rf \
+		"$developDir" \
+		${maybe_infoDir:+"$maybe_infoDir"}
+
+	strip "$libDir"/libunistring.so.$libVersion
+}
+
+TEST()
+{
+	make check
+}