diff --git a/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-cxx11-string_literals.patch b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-cxx11-string_literals.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a16ad32667
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-cxx11-string_literals.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+Compiling with -std=c++11 requires blanks between string literals
+and macros defining strings.
+
+--- dialogmain.cpp	2016-03-02 20:31:01.000000000 +0100
++++ dialogmain.cpp	2016-12-27 22:03:26.774405881 +0100
+@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
+ #define VERSION "1.0"
+ 
+ static const char* about_message=
+-PROGRAM_NAME" v"VERSION"\n\
++PROGRAM_NAME " v" VERSION "\n\
+ Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Andriy Martynets <martynets@volia.ua>\n\
+ License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.\n\
+ This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.\n\
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ More information on <https://github.com/martynets/dialogbox/>.\n";
+ 
+ static const char* about_html_message=
+-"<h3>"PROGRAM_NAME" version "VERSION"</h3>\
++"<h3>" PROGRAM_NAME " version " VERSION "</h3>\
+ <p><b>Copyright (C) 2015, 2016 Andriy Martynets </b><a href=\"mailto:martynets@volia.ua\">martynets@volia.ua</a></p>\
+ <p><b>License GPLv3+:</b> GNU GPL version 3 or later <a href=\"http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html\">http://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html</a>.</p>\
+ <p>This program comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. \
+@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
+ under certain conditions. See the GNU GPL for details.</p>\
+ <p>More information on <a href=\"https://github.com/martynets/dialogbox/\">https://github.com/martynets/dialogbox/</a>.</p>";
+ 
+-static const char* default_title=PROGRAM_NAME" v"VERSION;
++static const char* default_title=PROGRAM_NAME " v" VERSION;
+ 
+ static void help();
+ static void version();
+@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
+ static void help()
+ {
+ 	const char* usage=
+-"Usage:	"PROGRAM_NAME" [options]\n\
++"Usage:	" PROGRAM_NAME " [options]\n\
+ Translate commands on stdin into widgets of GUI dialogbox and output user\n\
+ actions to stdout.\n\
+ \n\
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-missing_headers.patch b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-missing_headers.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dfbec53bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-missing_headers.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+For Qt5 the header files of widgets have to be explicitly included.
+
+--- dialogbox.hpp	2016-03-02 20:31:01.000000000 +0100
++++ dialogbox.hpp	2016-12-27 21:54:05.335465144 +0100
+@@ -22,6 +22,23 @@
+ #define DIALOGBOX_H
+ 
+ #include <QtGui>
++#include <QApplication>
++#include <QDir>
++#include <QFile>
++#include <QDialog>
++#include <QTabWidget>
++#include <QListWidget>
++#include <QBoxLayout>
++#include <QLayoutItem>
++#include <QLabel>
++#include <QCheckBox>
++#include <QGroupBox>
++#include <QRadioButton>
++#include <QPushButton>
++#include <QProgressBar>
++#include <QComboBox>
++#include <QLineEdit>
++#include <QTextEdit>
+ 
+ #define BUFFER_SIZE 1024
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-qt_add_widgets.patch b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-qt_add_widgets.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ac999d4a6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/patches/fix-qt_add_widgets.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+For Qt5 the project file needs to add QT += widgets.
+
+--- dialogbox.pro	2016-03-02 20:31:01.000000000 +0100
++++ dialogbox.pro	2016-12-27 22:06:17.270398461 +0100
+@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+ TEMPLATE = app
+ TARGET = dialogbox
++QT += widgets
+ DEPENDPATH += .
+ INCLUDEPATH += .
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/dialogbox/template b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e01916a2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/dialogbox/template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'dialogbox'
+pkgname=dialogbox
+version=1.0
+revision=1
+build_style=qmake
+hostmakedepends="qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
+makedepends="qt5-devel"
+short_desc="Scriptable engine with customizable GUI for shell scripts"
+maintainer="Jürgen Buchmüller <pullmoll@t-online.de>"
+license="GPL-3"
+homepage="https://github.com/martynets/dialogbox"
+distfiles="https://github.com/martynets/dialogbox/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=554e59712a616772cff5734206e2a223171ad57c0e922421d8383a763b11640e