diff --git a/srcpkgs/newlisp/patches/build-fixes.patch b/srcpkgs/newlisp/patches/build-fixes.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6de7544d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/newlisp/patches/build-fixes.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+--- makefile_linuxLP64_utf8_ffi.orig	2013-03-21 01:03:17.261250308 +0100
++++ makefile_linuxLP64_utf8_ffi	2013-03-21 01:03:59.860419804 +0100
+@@ -6,16 +6,15 @@
+ OBJS = newlisp.o nl-symbol.o nl-math.o nl-list.o nl-liststr.o nl-string.o nl-filesys.o \
+ 	nl-sock.o nl-import.o nl-xml.o nl-web.o nl-matrix.o nl-debug.o nl-utf8.o pcre.o
+ 
+-CFLAGS = -fPIC -m64 -Wall -pedantic -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-long -c -O2 -g -DREADLINE -DSUPPORT_UTF8 -DNEWLISP64 -DLINUX -DFFI -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu
++CFLAGS += -fPIC -Wall -pedantic -Wno-uninitialized -Wno-strict-aliasing -Wno-long-long -c -DREADLINE -DSUPPORT_UTF8 -DNEWLISP64 -DLINUX -DFFI
+ 
+-CC = gcc
++CC ?= gcc
+ 
+ default: $(OBJS)
+-	$(CC) $(OBJS) -m64 -g -lm -ldl -lreadline -lffi -o newlisp # for UBUNTU Debian
++	$(CC) $(OBJS) -lm -ldl -lreadline -lffi -o newlisp # for UBUNTU Debian
+ #	$(CC) $(OBJS) -m64 -g -lm -ldl -lreadline -ltermcap -o newlisp # slackware
+ #	$(CC) $(OBJS) -m64 -g -lm -ldl -lreadline -lncurses -o newlisp # other Linux Dist
+ #	$(CC) $(OBJS) -m64 -g -lm -ldl -o newlisp # without readline support
+-	strip newlisp
+ 
+ .c.o:
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $<
diff --git a/srcpkgs/newlisp/template b/srcpkgs/newlisp/template
index 1e98d6011d..6b5c0eaeeb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/newlisp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/newlisp/template
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'newlisp'
 pkgname=newlisp
-version=10.4.3
+version=10.4.5
 revision=1
 makedepends="which readline-devel libffi-devel"
+crossmakedepends="readline-devel libffi-devel"
 short_desc="Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3, zlib, $pkgname"
 homepage="http://www.newlisp.org"
 distfiles="$homepage/downloads/$pkgname-$version.tgz"
-checksum=e874a3c452e9f188803c2118f55e1754eba97422b3efb660853baa34be3e3751
+checksum=4bf972a8e5f8c4490f02e6a987ee76c4690498841ffd5235b38a03694ad2da52
 long_desc="
  newLISP is a Lisp-like, general-purpose scripting language. It is especially
  well-suited for applications in AI, web search, natural language processing,
@@ -18,8 +19,7 @@ long_desc="
  support for distributed and parallel processing, and Bayesian statistics."
 
 do_build() {
-	sed -i "s|${XBPS_MACHINE}-linux-gnu/||" newlisp.h
-	./configure && make ${makejobs}
+	make -f makefile_linuxLP64_utf8_ffi ${makejobs}
 }
 
 do_install() {