diff --git a/srcpkgs/xob/patches/0001-fix-linking-order.patch b/srcpkgs/xob/patches/0001-fix-linking-order.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fef69b4d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xob/patches/0001-fix-linking-order.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+From f9fc63952749b7bb9d03778dbe68666160a97e4b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Guillaume Babin <645219+gbabin@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 21:00:49 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #4: Change position of LDFLAGS in Makefile
+
+---
+ Makefile | 2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+--- Makefile
++++ Makefile
+@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ MANPREFIX      ?= $(PREFIX)/share/man
+ all: $(PROGRAM)
+ 
+ $(PROGRAM): $(OBJECTS)
+-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJECTS)
++	$(CC) -o $@ $(OBJECTS) $(LDFLAGS)
+ 
+ %.o: %.c %.h
+ 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xob/patches/0002-Set-a-WM_CLASS-for-the-bar-X-window.patch b/srcpkgs/xob/patches/0002-Set-a-WM_CLASS-for-the-bar-X-window.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7d517eddd8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xob/patches/0002-Set-a-WM_CLASS-for-the-bar-X-window.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+From 1cadc7055718138f6ea31765970ca72b7414532e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Florent C <florentc@users.noreply.github.com>
+Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2018 17:02:05 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Fix #3: Set a WM_CLASS for the bar X window
+
+---
+ src/display.c | 12 ++++++++++++
+ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/display.c b/src/display.c
+index db451e0..a229647 100644
+--- src/display.c
++++ src/display.c
+@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
+ 
+ #include "display.h"
+ 
++#include <X11/Xutil.h>
++
+ /* Keep value in range */
+ static int fit_in(int value, int min, int max)
+ {
+@@ -133,6 +135,16 @@ display_context_t init(style_t conf)
+             DefaultVisual(dc.x.display, dc.x.screen_number), CWOverrideRedirect,
+             &window_attributes);
+ 
++        /* Set a WM_CLASS for the window */
++        XClassHint *class_hint = XAllocClassHint();
++        if (class_hint != NULL)
++        {
++            class_hint->res_name = DEFAULT_CONFIG_APPNAME;
++            class_hint->res_class = DEFAULT_CONFIG_APPNAME;
++            XSetClassHint(dc.x.display, dc.x.window, class_hint);
++            XFree(class_hint);
++        }
++
+         /* The new window is not mapped yet */
+         dc.x.mapped = False;
+ 
+
diff --git a/srcpkgs/xob/template b/srcpkgs/xob/template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..824683611b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/xob/template
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Template file for 'xob'
+pkgname=xob
+version=0.1
+revision=1
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libX11-devel libconfig-devel"
+short_desc="Lightweight overlay bar for the X Window System"
+maintainer="maxice8 <thinkabit.ukim@gmail.com>"
+license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://github.com/florentc/xob"
+distfiles="https://github.com/florentc/xob/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
+checksum=751d148fdf2bfa4779f05afa22673653b3475ab0418d4803162d2e4a3097f896
+
+LDFLAGS="-lX11 -lconfig"