diff --git a/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/cimg.patch b/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/cimg.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3d38246fa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/cimg.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+--- cimg.cc.orig	2017-01-05 00:43:20.664395461 +0100
++++ cimg.cc	2017-01-05 00:44:12.366397039 +0100
+@@ -94,11 +94,11 @@
+       ct == PNG_COLOR_TYPE_GRAY_ALPHA)
+     png_set_gray_to_rgb(pngp);
+ 
+-  alloc(pngp->width,pngp->height);
++  alloc(width,height);
+   if (!ok) { fclose(f); return; }
+   ok = 0;
+ 
+-  for(i=0;i<pngp->height;i++) {
++  for(i=0;i<height;i++) {
+     png_read_row(pngp, (png_bytep) (&data[i*rowlen]), NULL);
+   }
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/configure.patch b/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/configure.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9f33ca60fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/configure.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+--- configure.orig	2017-01-05 01:07:49.029440284 +0100
++++ configure	2017-01-08 19:42:47.704475698 +0100
+@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
+ my $version     = "1.1.1";
+ my $cxx         = "g++";
+ my @cxxflags    = ("-O6");
+-my @ldflags     = ("-lpthread");
++my @ldflags     = ("-ldl", "-lpthread");
+ my @libs        = ();
+ my $configh     = "config.h";
+ my $configmake  = "config.make";
+@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
+ my $manprefix   = '';
+ #my $dgt         = 1;
+ 
++
+ # ------------
+ 
+ sub usage;
+@@ -640,7 +641,20 @@
+  #   print CONFIGH "#define WITH_DGT_BOARD 1\n";
+  # }
+ #}
++ #
+ 
++@envcxxflags = split(/ /, $ENV{CXXFLAGS});
++for (@envcxxflags) {
++	if ($_ ne "") {
++		push @cxxflags, "$_";
++}
++}
++@envldflags = split(/ /, $ENV{LDFLAGS});
++for (@envldflags) {
++	if ($_ ne "") {
++		push @ldflags, "$_";
++}
++}
+ 
+ # end
+ 
+@@ -649,7 +663,7 @@
+ }
+ 
+ if ($manprefix eq '') {
+-  $manprefix = "$prefix/man";
++  $manprefix = "$prefix/share/man";
+ }
+ 
+ print CONFIGH "#define DATADIR \"$dataprefix\"\n";
+@@ -666,7 +680,6 @@
+ close CONFIGH;
+ print "wrote $configh\n";
+ 
+-print CONFIGMAKE "CXX       = $cxx\n";
+ print CONFIGMAKE "CXXFLAGS  = @cxxflags\n";
+ print CONFIGMAKE "LDFLAGS   = @ldflags\n";
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/ntext.patch b/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/ntext.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8248599ef1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/eboard/patches/ntext.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- ntext.cc.orig	2017-01-05 00:57:16.943420989 +0100
++++ ntext.cc	2017-01-05 00:57:29.321421367 +0100
+@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@
+     return;
+   }
+ 
+-  p = strchr(text, '\n');
++  p = (char *) strchr(text, '\n');
+   if (p!=NULL) {
+     *p = 0;
+     i = strlen(text);
diff --git a/srcpkgs/eboard/template b/srcpkgs/eboard/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3a2e19bc9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/eboard/template
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# Template file for 'eboard'
+pkgname=eboard
+version=1.1.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config"
+makedepends="libpng-devel gtk+-devel"
+short_desc="A chess interface to ICS and chess engines"
+maintainer="cipr3s <cipr3s@gmx.com>"
+license="GPL-2"
+homepage="http://www.bergo.eng.br/eboard"
+distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
+checksum="ad971086697c0d5a1c8a64401f6675339e832acb386dc96fa4e17da1832ca26e"