diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/build b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/build
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..d832e8380e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/build
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/build toolchain
+$SCRIPTS/build libXft
+$SCRIPTS/build libICE
+$SCRIPTS/build libX11
+$SCRIPTS/build libXext
+$SCRIPTS/build libXtst
+$SCRIPTS/build libXinerama
+
+LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -fwhole-program"
+
+cd $PKG_BUILD
+
+$AUTORECONF
+./configure --host=$TARGET_NAME \
+            --build=$HOST_NAME \
+            --prefix=/usr \
+            --sysconfdir=/etc \
+            --localstatedir=/var \
+            --x-includes=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/include \
+            --x-libraries=$SYSROOT_PREFIX/usr/lib \
+            --disable-debug \
+            --disable-history \
+            --with-xterm=rxvt \
+            --with-xft \
+            --with-x
+
+make
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/config/ratpoisonrc b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/config/ratpoisonrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..20d4958744
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/config/ratpoisonrc
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+startup_message off
+set wingravity static
+set transgravity static
+set maxsizegravity static
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/init.d/50_ratpoison b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/init.d/50_ratpoison
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..11151a3ae4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/init.d/50_ratpoison
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+################################################################################
+#      Copyright (C) 2009-2010 OpenELEC.tv
+#      http://www.openelec.tv
+#
+#  This Program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#  the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
+#  any later version.
+#
+#  This Program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+#  GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+#  along with OpenELEC.tv; see the file COPYING.  If not, write to
+#  the Free Software Foundation, 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.
+#  http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html
+################################################################################
+
+# starting windowmanager
+#
+# runlevels: openelec
+
+. /etc/profile
+
+progress "starting Windowmanager"
+
+# waiting for Xorg to start
+  wait_for_xorg
+
+# starting ratpoison
+  DISPLAY=:0.0 ratpoison > /dev/null 2>&1 &
+
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/install b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/install
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ebee2027f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/install
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+. config/options
+
+$SCRIPTS/install libXft
+#$SCRIPTS/install libICE
+$SCRIPTS/install libX11
+$SCRIPTS/install libXext
+$SCRIPTS/install libXtst
+$SCRIPTS/install libXinerama
+$SCRIPTS/install liberation-fonts
+
+PKG_DIR=`find $PACKAGES -type d -name $1`
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/usr/bin
+  cp $PKG_BUILD/src/ratpoison $INSTALL/usr/bin
+
+mkdir -p $INSTALL/etc
+  cp $PKG_DIR/config/ratpoisonrc $INSTALL/etc
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/patches/ratpoison-1.4.5-getline.diff b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/patches/ratpoison-1.4.5-getline.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..95fcab638d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/patches/ratpoison-1.4.5-getline.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+diff -Naur ratpoison-1.4.5-old/configure.in ratpoison-1.4.5-new/configure.in
+--- ratpoison-1.4.5-old/configure.in	2009-07-12 14:01:04.000000000 -0700
++++ ratpoison-1.4.5-new/configure.in	2009-07-14 19:56:24.000000000 -0700
+@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@
+ dnl Checks for typedefs, structures, and compiler characteristics.
+ 
+ dnl Checks for library functions.
+-AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getopt getopt_long setsid setpgid setpgrp putenv vsnprintf usleep)
++AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getline getopt getopt_long setsid setpgid setpgrp putenv vsnprintf usleep)
+ 
+ AC_TYPE_SIGNAL
+ 
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/patches/ratpoison-1.4.5-staticgravity.diff b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/patches/ratpoison-1.4.5-staticgravity.diff
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..642fe0e262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/patches/ratpoison-1.4.5-staticgravity.diff
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+diff -Naur ratpoison-1.4.5-old/src/actions.c ratpoison-1.4.5-new/src/actions.c
+--- ratpoison-1.4.5-old/src/actions.c	2009-07-14 19:56:16.000000000 -0700
++++ ratpoison-1.4.5-new/src/actions.c	2009-07-14 19:56:56.000000000 -0700
+@@ -1882,6 +1882,8 @@
+ {
+   int ret = -1;
+ 
++  if (!strcasecmp (data, "static") || !strcasecmp (data, "static") || !strcmp (data, "10"))
++    ret = StaticGravity;
+   if (!strcasecmp (data, "northwest") || !strcasecmp (data, "nw") || !strcmp (data, "7"))
+     ret = NorthWestGravity;
+   if (!strcasecmp (data, "north") || !strcasecmp (data, "n") || !strcmp (data, "8"))
+diff -Naur ratpoison-1.4.5-old/src/manage.c ratpoison-1.4.5-new/src/manage.c
+--- ratpoison-1.4.5-old/src/manage.c	2009-07-14 19:56:16.000000000 -0700
++++ ratpoison-1.4.5-new/src/manage.c	2009-07-14 19:56:56.000000000 -0700
+@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@
+     case SouthEastGravity:
+       win->x = frame->x + frame->width - win->width - win->border;
+       break;
++    case StaticGravity:
++      win->x = frame->x + win->x;
++      break;
+     }
+ 
+   /* Y coord. */
+@@ -561,6 +564,9 @@
+     case SouthWestGravity:
+       win->y = frame->y + frame->height - win->height - win->border;
+       break;
++    case StaticGravity:
++      win->y = frame->y + win->y;
++      break;
+     }
+ }
+ 
diff --git a/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/url b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/url
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d585357f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/x11/other/ratpoison/url
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http://mirror.lihnidos.org/GNU/savannah/ratpoison/ratpoison-1.4.5.tar.gz
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