diff --git a/sdl_ttf/.footprint b/sdl_ttf/.footprint
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c69807452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdl_ttf/.footprint
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/include/SDL/
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/include/SDL/SDL_ttf.h
+drwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0 -> libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.2
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.2
+-rw-r--r--	root/root	usr/lib/libSDL_ttf.a
+-rwxr-xr-x	root/root	usr/lib/libSDL_ttf.la
+lrwxrwxrwx	root/root	usr/lib/libSDL_ttf.so -> libSDL_ttf-2.0.so.0.6.2
diff --git a/sdl_ttf/.md5sum b/sdl_ttf/.md5sum
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4083fa2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdl_ttf/.md5sum
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+094b6c08769e9842dbe1dfb5efa22df7  SDL_ttf-2.0.8.tar.gz
+b6c2d4ca22bea6031192e97aba7acb72  sdl_ttf-noftinternals.patch
diff --git a/sdl_ttf/Pkgfile b/sdl_ttf/Pkgfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c0f678956
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdl_ttf/Pkgfile
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Description: TrueType library for libsdl.
+# URL: http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/
+# Maintainer: Danny Rawlins, romster at shortcircuit dot net dot au
+# Packager: Simone Rota, sip at crux dot nu
+# Depends on: freetype libsdl
+
+name=sdl_ttf
+version=2.0.8
+release=1
+source=(http://www.libsdl.org/projects/SDL_ttf/release/SDL_ttf-$version.tar.gz \
+	sdl_ttf-noftinternals.patch)
+
+build() {
+	cd SDL_ttf-$version
+	patch  -i $SRC/sdl_ttf-noftinternals.patch
+	./configure	--prefix=/usr
+	make 
+	make DESTDIR=$PKG install
+}
+
diff --git a/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-noftinternals.patch b/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-noftinternals.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2d536ff7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sdl_ttf/sdl_ttf-noftinternals.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+diff -Nru SDL_ttf-2.0.8.orig/SDL_ttf.c SDL_ttf-2.0.8/SDL_ttf.c
+--- SDL_ttf-2.0.8.orig/SDL_ttf.c	2006-05-01 11:26:17.000000000 +0200
++++ SDL_ttf-2.0.8/SDL_ttf.c	2007-01-03 13:32:42.438178717 +0100
+@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
+ #include <freetype/freetype.h>
+ #include <freetype/ftoutln.h>
+ #include <freetype/ttnameid.h>
+-*/
+-#include <freetype/internal/ftobjs.h>
+ 
++#include <freetype/internal/ftobjs.h>
++*/
+ #ifndef FT_OPEN_STREAM
+ #define FT_OPEN_STREAM ft_open_stream
+ #endif
+@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@
+ 	}
+ 	memset(stream, 0, sizeof(*stream));
+ 
+-	stream->memory = library->memory;
++	stream->memory = NULL;
+ 	stream->read = RWread;
+ 	stream->descriptor.pointer = src;
+ 	stream->pos = (unsigned long)position;