diff --git a/srcpkgs/ifstatus/patches/ifstatus-1.1.0-gcc43.patch b/srcpkgs/ifstatus/patches/ifstatus-1.1.0-gcc43.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27111d7576
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ifstatus/patches/ifstatus-1.1.0-gcc43.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/Main.h
++++ b/Main.h
+@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
+ #include <unistd.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+ #include <curses.h>
++#include <stdlib.h>
+ 
+ #include <sys/time.h>
+ #include <sys/types.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ifstatus/patches/ifstatus-1.1.0-tinfo.patch b/srcpkgs/ifstatus/patches/ifstatus-1.1.0-tinfo.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b618f4f638
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ifstatus/patches/ifstatus-1.1.0-tinfo.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
+ # Makefile for IFStatus
+ # Gabriel Montenegro 
+ 
+-GCC = g++
+-LDFLAGS = -lncurses
+-CFLAGS = -O2 -Wall
++LDLIBS = $(shell pkg-config --libs ncursesw)
+ 
+ BIN = ifstatus
+ OBJ = BorderDecorator.o\
+@@ -30,7 +28,7 @@
+ all : ifstatus printdone
+ 
+ ifstatus : $(OBJ)
+-	$(GCC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $^ -o $@
++	$(LINK.cc) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@
+ 
+ printdone:
+ 	@if [ -e "./${BIN}" ]; then echo "Compiled.."; else echo "Error compiling!"; fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/ifstatus/template b/srcpkgs/ifstatus/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a35a6bed80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/ifstatus/template
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Template file for 'ifstatus'
+pkgname=ifstatus
+version=1.1.0
+revision=1
+wrksrc=ifstatus
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+patch_args="-Np1"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="ncurses-devel"
+short_desc="Display network traffic on console"
+maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://ifstatus.sourceforge.net/graphic/index.html"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/ifstatus/ifstatus/ifstatus%20v${version}/ifstatus-v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=0ca8a8655a1edf07698efbd5e1d4adc962dbb1bfb078b4899062e89bb05eac10
+
+do_install() {
+	vbin ifstatus
+}