diff --git a/templates/gzip-fix-build.diff b/templates/gzip-fix-build.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7a8637bfc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gzip-fix-build.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+Patch taken from GoboLinux:
+
+The version of the function "futimens" used by Gzip is incompatible with the
+version that Glibc 2.7+ provides. Prefixing the Gzip function with gz_
+
+Signed-off-by: Jonas Karlsson <jonas@gobolinux.org>
+
+--- gzip.c.orig
++++ gzip.c
+@@ -1637,7 +1642,7 @@
+ 	}
+       }
+ 
+-    if (futimens (ofd, ofname, timespec) != 0)
++    if (gz_futimens (ofd, ofname, timespec) != 0)
+       {
+ 	int e = errno;
+ 	WARN ((stderr, "%s: ", program_name));
+--- lib/utimens.h.orig
++++ lib/utimens.h
+@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
+ #include <time.h>
+-int futimens (int, char const *, struct timespec const [2]);
++int gz_futimens (int, char const *, struct timespec const [2]);
+ int utimens (char const *, struct timespec const [2]);
+--- lib/utimens.c.orig
++++ lib/utimens.c
+@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
+    Return 0 on success, -1 (setting errno) on failure.  */
+ 
+ int
+-futimens (int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
++gz_futimens (int fd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
+ 	  char const *file, struct timespec const timespec[2])
+ {
+   /* Some Linux-based NFS clients are buggy, and mishandle time stamps
+@@ -185,5 +185,5 @@
+ int
+ utimens (char const *file, struct timespec const timespec[2])
+ {
+-  return futimens (-1, file, timespec);
++  return gz_futimens (-1, file, timespec);
+ }
+
diff --git a/templates/gzip.tmpl b/templates/gzip.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6f40c79627
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/gzip.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# Template file for 'gzip'
+pkgname=gzip
+version=1.3.12
+patch_files="$pkgname-fix-build.diff"
+distfiles="http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gzip/$pkgname-$version@.tar.gz"
+build_style=gnu_configure
+short_desc="GNU compression utility (replacement for compress)"
+maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
+checksum=3f565be05f7f3d1aff117c030eb7c738300510b7d098cedea796ca8e4cd587af
+long_desc="
+ gzip (GNU zip) is a compression utility designed to be a replacement for
+ 'compress'. Its main advantages over compress are much better compression
+ and freedom from patented algorithms. The GNU Project uses it as the
+ standard compression program for its system."
+
+run_depends="glibc-2.8"