diff --git a/package/gpm/0002-Install-unversioned-solibrary.patch b/package/gpm/0002-Install-unversioned-solibrary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..27e97acb32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gpm/0002-Install-unversioned-solibrary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+From 06b00d53d8bd513ad5d262dc94a016c6fbf2d3aa Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamil Rytarowski <n54@gmx.com>
+Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 01:30:17 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] Install unversioned solibrary
+
+Unversioned solibraries are shipped with -devel packages in Linux
+distros. Generate and install it for the consistency.
+
+[Upstream patch backported from the github repository,
+https://github.com/telmich/gpm/commit/06b00d53d8bd513ad5d262dc94a016c6fbf2d3aa]
+
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
+---
+ src/Makefile.in | 7 +++----
+ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
+index 6b60ad3..7e9e2ef 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.in
++++ b/src/Makefile.in
+@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ prog/%:	prog/%.o
+ #		| $(SED) '\''s/\($*\)\.o\([ :]*\)/\1.o \1.lo\2/g'\'' > $(DEPDIR)/$@'
+ 
+ # Do it all!
+-all:	gpm lib/libgpm.so.@abi_lev@ @LIBGPM_A@ $(PROG)
++all:	gpm lib/libgpm.so.@abi_lev@ lib/libgpm.so @LIBGPM_A@ $(PROG)
+ 
+ gpm:	$(GOBJ)
+ 	$(CC) @LDFLAGS@ $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(GOBJ) @LIBS@ $(LIBS) -lm
+@@ -168,9 +168,8 @@ lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@:	$(PICS)
+ 	@LDFLAGS@ $(LDFLAGS) -o lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@ $^ @LIBS@ @SHARED_LIBS@ $(LIBS)	
+ lib/libgpm.so.@abi_lev@:	lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@
+ 	$(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ lib/libgpm.so.@abi_lev@
+-# unneeded, isn't it?
+-#lib/libgpm.so:	lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@
+-#	$(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ lib/libgpm.so
++lib/libgpm.so:	lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@
++	$(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ lib/libgpm.so
+ 
+ include $(DEPFILE)
+ 
diff --git a/package/gpm/0003-src-Makefile.in-Really-install-unversioned-solibrary.patch b/package/gpm/0003-src-Makefile.in-Really-install-unversioned-solibrary.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..58b260ce24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/gpm/0003-src-Makefile.in-Really-install-unversioned-solibrary.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+From 445be05fba32c512fd87a0c98b4e9936629ef95e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
+Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2016 17:59:52 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH 1/1] src/Makefile.in: Really install unversioned solibrary
+
+This commit is a follow-up to
+https://github.com/telmich/gpm/commit/06b00d53d8bd513ad5d262dc94a016c6fbf2d3aa
+which created libgpm.so but failed to include it in the install target.
+
+Patch sent upstream: https://github.com/telmich/gpm/pull/11
+
+Signed-off-by: Bernd Kuhls <bernd.kuhls@t-online.de>
+---
+ src/Makefile.in | 1 +
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
+
+diff --git a/src/Makefile.in b/src/Makefile.in
+index 7e9e2ef..bca226f 100644
+--- a/src/Makefile.in
++++ b/src/Makefile.in
+@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ install:	check
+ 	if test "x@SHLIB@" != "x" ; then \
+ 		$(INSTALL_DATA) -m 755 lib/libgpm.so.@abi_full@ $(libdir)/libgpm.so.@abi_full@	;	\
+ 		cd $(libdir) && $(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ libgpm.so.@abi_lev@ 					;	\
++		cd $(libdir) && $(LN_S) -f libgpm.so.@abi_full@ libgpm.so 					;	\
+       echo "WARNING: We installed a lib, you should now call ldconfig" 						; 	\
+       echo "f.i.: ldconfig -n -l $(libdir)/libgpm.so.@abi_full@" 								;	\
+       echo "Or to update everything just type ldconfig"											;	\
+-- 
+2.7.0
+