diff --git a/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3.recipe b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bef129961
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app-shells/bash/bash-4.3.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+SUMMARY="The GNU Bourne Again Shell"
+DESCRIPTION="
+Bash is an sh-compatible command language interpreter that \
+executes commands read from the standard input or from a file. Bash also \
+incorporates useful features from the Korn and C shells (ksh and csh).
+"
+HOMEPAGE="http://tiswww.case.edu/php/chet/bash/bashtop.html"
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/bash/bash-4.3.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_SHA512="a852b8e46ee55568dce9d23a30a9dbd1c770c2d2a4bc91e1c3177d723b31b32c5d69d19704a93f165891b409b9dd2cc65723372044e2bd0ee49ed59a11512651"
+REVISION="1"
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+COPYRIGHT="1989, Brian Fox; 2010, Chet Ramey"
+
+ARCHITECTURES="?x86_gcc2 ?x86 ?x86_64"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	bash = $portVersion
+	cmd:bash = $portVersion
+	cmd:bashbug = $portVersion
+	"
+
+REQUIRES="
+        haiku >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libreadline
+	lib:libncursesw
+        "
+
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+        haiku_devel
+	devel:libreadline
+	devel:libncursesw
+	cmd:gcc
+	cmd:bison
+	cmd:make
+	cmd:awk
+        "
+
+
+#PATCHES="
+#	"
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	runConfigure ./configure --without-bash-malloc --with-installed-readline
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+}
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.3.patch b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.3.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3f005381
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/patches/readline-6.3.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -ur orig/readline-6.2/support/shlib-install readline-6.2/support/shlib-install
+--- orig/readline-6.2/support/shlib-install	2009-10-28 14:30:18.057409536 +0100
++++ readline-6.2/support/shlib-install	2013-05-03 01:12:28.695468032 +0200
+@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@
+ # Create symlinks to the installed library.  This section is incomplete.
+ #
+ case "$host_os-$host_vendor" in
+-*linux*|freebsd*-gentoo)
++*linux*|freebsd*-gentoo|haiku*)
+ 	# libname.so.M -> libname.so.M.N
+ 	${echo} ${RM} ${INSTALLDIR}/$LINK2
+ 	if [ -z "$uninstall" ]; then
+diff -ur orig/readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf
+--- orig/readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf	2009-10-28 14:20:21.057147392 +0100
++++ readline-6.2/support/shobj-conf	2013-05-03 01:12:38.631242752 +0200
+@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
+ 	;;
+ 
+ # All versions of Linux (including Gentoo/FreeBSD) or the semi-mythical GNU Hurd.
+-linux*-*|gnu*-*|k*bsd*-gnu-*|freebsd*-gentoo)
++linux*-*|gnu*-*|k*bsd*-gnu-*|freebsd*-gentoo|haiku*)
+ 	SHOBJ_CFLAGS=-fPIC
+ 	SHOBJ_LD='${CC}'
+ 	SHOBJ_LDFLAGS='-shared -Wl,-soname,$@'
diff --git a/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.recipe b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.recipe
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..195332846
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sys-libs/readline/readline-6.3.recipe
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+SUMMARY="The GNU Readline library"
+DESCRIPTION="
+The GNU Readline library provides a set of functions for use by applications \
+that allow users to edit command lines as they are typed in. Both Emacs and vi \
+editing modes are available. The Readline library includes additional \
+functions to maintain a list of previously-entered command lines, to recall \
+and perhaps reedit those lines, and perform csh-like history expansion on \
+previous commands.
+The history facilites are also placed into a separate library, the History \
+library, as part of the build process. The History library may be used without \
+Readline in applications which desire its capabilities.
+"
+HOMEPAGE="http://cnswww.cns.cwru.edu/php/chet/readline/rltop.html"
+COPYRIGHT="1989-2011 Free Software Foundation, Inc."
+LICENSE="GNU GPL v3"
+SRC_URI="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/readline/readline-6.3.tar.gz"
+CHECKSUM_MD5="33c8fb279e981274f485fd91da77e94a"
+REVISION="1"
+ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86 x86_64"
+SECONDARY_ARCHITECTURES="x86_gcc2 x86"
+
+PATCHES="readline-6.3.patch"
+
+PROVIDES="
+	readline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	lib:libhistory$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	lib:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	"
+REQUIRES="
+	haiku$secondaryArchSuffix >= $haikuVersion
+	lib:libncurses$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_REQUIRES="
+	haiku${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel >= $haikuVersion
+	devel:libncurses$secondaryArchSuffix
+	"
+BUILD_PREREQUIRES="
+	cmd:aclocal
+	cmd:autoconf
+	cmd:gcc$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:ld$secondaryArchSuffix
+	cmd:libtoolize
+	cmd:make
+	"
+
+
+BUILD()
+{
+	libtoolize --force --copy --install
+	aclocal
+	autoconf
+	runConfigure ./configure \
+		--with-curses
+	make $jobArgs
+}
+
+INSTALL()
+{
+	make install
+
+	prepareInstalledDevelLibs libhistory libreadline
+	rmdir $binDir
+
+	# devel package
+	packageEntries devel \
+		$dataDir \
+		$developDir \
+		$documentationDir
+}
+
+# ----- devel package -------------------------------------------------------
+
+PROVIDES_devel="
+	readline${secondaryArchSuffix}_devel = $portVersion
+	devel:libhistory$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	devel:libreadline$secondaryArchSuffix = $portVersion compat >= 6
+	"
+REQUIRES_devel="
+	readline$secondaryArchSuffix == $portVersion base
+	"